Private investigator Peter Bragg learns that The Dead Never Forget when he’s hired by a retired mobster to find out who is threatening his eleven-year-old daughter.
Bragg’s relentless search for The Missing and the Dead pits him against a brilliant serial killer obsessed with the expressions of death on his victim’s faces. Edgar Award Finalist
Bragg becomes the hunter and the hunted as killers descend on the city to find thirty-two Pieces of Death — gem-encrusted chess pieces smuggled out of China that are worth a staggering fortune. Shamus Award Finalist
BRAGG V1 is a perfect opportunity for crime and mystery fans to discover this highly talented author. Lynch’s prose is straightforward and literate but never condescending and always entertaining. His work is undeniably strong enough to be appreciated and celebrated with the best authors of crime fiction.
Bragg is authentic, gripping, gritty
Bragg is a San Francisco private investigator who combines angst and wit in the perfect proportion... a scarred-but-tender, manly-but-sensitive paladin of the dispossessed.
The books are damn good, featuring a hard but believable hero
This is a hard-boiled novel of the old school. Bragg can take a licking and keep on ticking. He’s bright, witty, and very attractive to the ladies, and it’s fun to ride along with him in this well-written and entertaining story.