Book Four of the Vasily Korsokovach Investigates series and a featured selection at the 2023 Tucson Festival of Books.
They say the second time’s the charm.
Then again, maybe they don’t, but after a rocky summer in Maine, Vasily Korsokovach certainly hopes it’s true as he returns to more comfortable territory to resume the life he didn’t know he’d missed in his native Southern California. With a second chance at his law enforcement career and the welcome but unexpected support of a new significant other, Vas thinks he’s finally found the fresh start that faltered so badly months earlier.
Balancing personal healing with his professional duties grows rather complicated after a freak rainstorm delivers the body of the head gymnastics coach from Cal State Irvine into a Rancho Linda reservoir. Wrapped in a tumbling mat bearing the school’s logo is about the only lead Vasily has, but his habit of following any thread – no matter how thin – reveal secrets well buried from a decade earlier, and a carefully choreographed conspiracy to keep them buried, no matter the cost.
Secrets that only another fellow Olympian might understand.
Secrets that reveal some are loathe to let bygones be bygones.
Released on September 5, 2022