One Came Back

Cole Harper Mystery Series, Book 6

By: Tom Weiss

Narrated by: Tom Weiss

When private investigator Cole Harper is approached by Maria Moretti, a woman he barely remembers from 1943, she's holding two things he can't ignore—one of his old business cards and a postcard pulled from her mailbox. The message on the postcard is written in code...but the handwriting is unmistakable. It belongs to her son, Navy Yeoman Third Class Frank Moretti, who the Navy says vanished four years earlier and was officially declared "missing at sea."

Yet, the postcard is new.

What begins as a simple inquiry drags Harper into a shadow world of wartime secrets, black-market deals, and men with long memories. Someone is determined to keep the past buried—and someone else wants Harper out of the way for good.

From the fog-slick docks of Philadelphia to the quiet corners of South Philly, Harper follows the faint trail of a sailor who should've stayed missing...and learns that not everyone who comes back is the same.

A sharp, atmospheric noir mystery featuring Cole Harper at his hard-boiled best.

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