Play It Cool (Joe Sheldon, #1)

Joe Sheldon used to write about Miami’s criminals.

Now he’s working for one.

After losing his column at a major newspaper, Joe’s down to cheap drinks, old records, and a novel that isn’t going to save him. He’s not a cop. Not a detective. Just a guy who knows how to ask questions—and when to stop asking them.

So when his old friend Dickie Caldwell offers him cash to find a gambler who skipped town owing serious money, Joe says yes.

He shouldn’t have.

Because the gambler isn’t the only one who’s disappeared.

Dickie’s girlfriend is gone. There’s a ransom note. And the story Joe’s being told doesn’t hold together.

Now Joe has to figure out who’s lying, who wants the money, and why everybody around him seems to know more than they’re saying.

For a guy who used to write about crime, Joe’s about to find out the hard way what life looks like on the other side.