Where the Bones Lie

＂WHERE THE BONES LIE is a road trip into California’s gleaming, seething underbelly. Movie stars, mobsters, wildfires--buckle up and hold on for a heady ride.＂
- Meg Gardiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author

＂WHERE THE BONES LIE isn’t just Nick Kolakowski’s strongest novel yet, it’s a helluva page-turner, loaded with sinister humor, a twisty plot, and the kind of complicated characters readers deserve. Don’t miss this one.＂
- Alex Segura, author of Secret Identity and Alter Ego

＂Nick Kolakowski is a noir voice for the 21st century.＂
- Steven Powell, Edgar-winning author of Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy

＂Nick Kolakowski’s WHERE THE BONES LIE starts off in fifth gear and never slows down. This is the best detective novel I’ve read in years.＂
- Steve Weddle, author of The County Line

For Dash Fuller, Hollywood’s underbelly is home. He’s spent years making the film industry’s worst secrets disappear, and it’s left him a cynical burnout with a taste for bourbon and self-loathing.

But when a young woman comes to him with a peculiar quest, Dash sees a chance at redemption. Madeline Ironwood is the daughter of Ken Ironwood, a notorious smuggler and murderer who disappeared 20 years ago. Ken’s skeleton has just been discovered in a barrel at the bottom of a dried-up lake, and Madeline wants to know who killed him.

Dash agrees to help, and as this desperate daughter and jaded cynic claw their way through a world of sun-bleached secrets, crooked cops, and Hollywood thugs, they soon uncover a conspiracy involving some of LA’s most powerful people.

Get ready for a fast-paced, darkly funny thriller with a twist you won’t see coming.

I live and write in NYC. My recent novels and novellas include ＂Groundhog Slay＂ (Crystal Lake Publishing), ＂Payback is Forever＂ (Shotgun Honey), and ＂Boise Longpig Hunting Club＂ (Down & Out Books). I grew up as a voracious reader of mystery and crime fiction, and my own writing is an attempt to pay homage to the best of the genre while also using it as a lens through which to view our weird, sometimes not-so-wonderful modern life.