Silent Echo

Jim Booker was once the best at finding the missing in Los Angeles—until his own body betrayed him.Now he's dying of AIDS-related cancer, propped up by painkillers and the loyalty of Numi, the only friend who hasn’t abandoned him.But when his former best friend comes begging for help to find his missing wife, Booker can't say no. Not just because the woman is Olivia—the woman Booker once loved—but because finding the lost is the one thing that still gives his ruined life meaning.When Olivia turns up dead, her throat slashed, Booker refuses to let the disease killing him stop him from hunting her killer. Even if the LAPD doesn't want his help. Even if his own body is too weak to carry him down the next street.As he digs into Los Angeles's seedy underbelly, Booker battles painful memories, old betrayals, and the terrifying possibility the murder might tie back to his own haunted past.Silent Echois a raw, unflinching, and unexpectedly moving noir about a dying man’s last chance for redemption, perfect for fans of Michael Connelly, Lawrence Block, and classic hard-boiled PI fiction with a devastating twist.★★★★★ “I don’t like books that make me cry... except this one! A dying private eye gives his all to find the killer of his soul mate, the wife of his childhood friend. In studying the case, he feels it must be connected to his own brother’s death many years ago. Each day could be his last, but with the help of his friend Numi, he works on, trying to solve the horrifying riddle. Moving, suspenseful, a love story. Superb book.” ―Reviewer★★★★★ “So Rain hit upon a brilliant idea. Write about the slow demise of the subject as he tries to solve a murder that has directly impacted his life, and may have even led to his own physical decline. You find very few writers today who actually succeed in the job of the novelist, so finding one like this is an unexpected treat.” ―Reviewer★★★★★ “No matter how many books I read, I am constantly amazed to pick up a book by somebody I've never read—and find he is a well-known author wi