Fresh Kill

Jimmy McSwain returns, but the question lingers, now that he has finally solved the fifteen-year-old murder of his NYPD cop-father, Joseph, who has he become?

Busy concentrating on family issues, Jimmy hasn't taken a new case in nearly three months, and when a call comes in from Philip Connelly, who wants proof of his wife, Myra's, cheating, Jimmy is torn. Take the case, or say no. He rejects it, only to learn a week later that Philip has been found dead in a park on Staten Island. The police believe it was suicide, but Myra -- a self-admitted adulteress -- is convinced he was murdered. Jimmy agrees to take the case. But it seems his decision to rejoin the world has also affected the other areas of his life: his sister is facing a health crisis, an old friend from his father's past has resurfaced, and his lover, Captain Francis X. Frisano, is working a difficult case in Chelsea where gay men are being attacked. 

If that wasn't enough, Jimmy is on the hunt to bring down his new nemesis, the criminal mastermind Mr. Wu-Tin. A fire at one of his warehouses stirs fear in Jimmy that the man is trying to destroy evidence of his crimes. That's when life throws him a twist, and suddenly Jimmy feels that just as he's hoping to find answers, new mysteries emerge about whether the path he's on leads to a fresh start, or a fresh kill.



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.