Heart Beat

Jimmy McSwain is enjoying a relaxing holiday at his grandmother's cottage, but it turns out to be a set-up. Hester Bryne has a favor to ask: to meet with her old friends, Franklin and Carolyn Hardy, who wish to hire the young private-eye-in-training to find their son. Seems he's been gone for forty years.

Jimmy, taken with the idea of reuniting a father with his son, wants to take the case. But he must get the all clear from his new boss, Finn, the ex-cop who has taken Jimmy under his wing. A visit to Finn's home proves to be yet another set-up, one that takes an unexpected twist in the name of a newcomer to the city, Aiden Garvey. 

As Jimmy immerses himself in the case of the missing son, he keeps getting distracted by the newfound presence of a man who makes his heart skip a beat. Juggling the promise of a new relationship with the complexities presented by this puzzling case, Jimmy realizes he's getting too close to one of them, and it could end with more broken hearts than lives. 

Can a remembrance of his father be both his motivation and the cause for the destruction lying in wait?



Adam Carpenter is the author of many titles of fiction, mixing genres of mystery, suspense, romance, and erotica, all with an LGBT theme. He is best-known for the Jimmy McSwain Files, including Hidden Identity, Crime Wave, Stage Fright, Guardian Angel, Forever Haunt, Fresh Kill, and Second Shot. Future volumes are currently being written. Other series include the White Pine Firefighters, the European Flings Quartet, the Cane's Inlet Trilogy, the Wonderland Scandal, and the Eden Saga.

Under the name Joseph Pittman, he is the author of the acclaimed Linden Corners series, including Tilting at Windmills, A Christmas Wish, A Christmas Hope, A Christmas Dream, and Chasing Windmills. He has also written the Todd Gleason Crime Novels: London Frog, California Scheming, Two Todd Tales, Two More Todd Tales, and The Cannes Con.

His nonfiction books include The Shadow Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Rescue Dog and The Broadway Diaries: 30 Years from Aisle to Stage. He lives in on the Jersey Shore with his husband, Steve, and their dog, Shadow, but continues to work on Broadway.

For more information, visit lindencornerspress.com.