NYPD officer Callum Nowak gets placed on administrative leave for roughing up a suspect. Finding himself with time on his hands, he returns to his small hometown of Nyes Landing in the Catskill Mountains, and cares for his former foster mom while she recovers from a broken wrist.

When someone murders the husband of his high school girlfriend before he came out as gay and police consider her their prime suspect, he becomes determined to find the killer. Aided by a handsome stranger who awakens feelings he didn’t realize he could have, he confronts his traumatic childhood fear of the woods in search of evidence. 

But when a local boy goes missing, can he face his phobia alone and save the child? Or will the ghosts of his past defeat him?

If you enjoy books like Fadeout by Joseph Hansen or Savage Season by Joe R. Lansdale, then you’ll love The Lost Boy, the first novel in the Nyes Landing Crime Mystery series featuring Officer Callum Nowak.

Coming November 2024!