Unforgiving Shadows — Ray Flynt

Brad Frame lived a serene but aimless existence on Philadelphia's Main Line until his mother and sister were kidnapped and murdered. The tragedy transformed his life and gave him a sense of purpose. After helping the police catch their killers, and with the aid of his mentor, Philadelphia Detective Nick Argostino, Brad opened his own private detective agency vowing to help bring justice to others whose lives had been turned upside down. Unforgiving Shadows opens eleven years later when Brad is invited to the execution by lethal injection of Frank Wilkie, one of two men responsible for the death of his mother and sister. Thinking that Wilkie might have something to say, Brad reluctantly attends. Wilkie remains silent, but as Brad exits the prison the chaplain races after him, thrusting the condemned man's Bible into his hands. Within hours another man is anxious to get his hands on Wilkie's Bible, and Brad suspects the motivation could involve the still-missing ransom money from the kidnapping. But as the reason becomes clear, Brad's world is once again turned upside down. Aided by his associate, Sharon Porter, Brad unravels an eleven-year-old mystery that casts new suspicion on family, neighbors and business associates alike.

Ray Flynt, a native Pennsylvanian, currently lives near Annapolis, Maryland.