Charlie Dell — Brett Halliday

From the author of the Mike Shayne Mysteries: A man's obsessive affair with his wife's teenage sister takes him down a dark and dangerous path.
 
A quiet construction engineer in Denver, Colorado, Charlie Dell doesn't need any complications in his life. But his wife, Irma, insists they take in her younger sister, Lois, as a matter of duty. Charlie bristles at the thought of having a seventeen-year-old girl around . . . until he gets one look at Lois.
 
She's a far cry from the buck-toothed kid Dell remembers, and more than willing to indulge in a little sin with her sister's husband. Insane with passion, Dell starts cutting corners at work in order to find time alone with her. But actions have consequences -- deadly, serious ones -- and the further Dell goes to cover his tracks, the darker and more dangerous his path gets.
 
“This is a taut, matter-of-fact novel -- simply and powerfully written.” -- The Nashville Tennessean
 
Praise for Brett Halliday's Mike Shayne Mysteries
 
“[Mike Shayne is] one of the best of the tough sleuths.” -- The New York Times
 
“Unlike anything else in the genre.” -- L. J. Washburn, author of For Whom the Funeral Bell Tolls
 
“Raw, ingenious storytelling . . . Pure pleasure.” -- Shane Black, creator of Lethal Weapon and writer/director of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, on Murder Is My Business