Poodle Stew Rebranded

Hunter B. Phillips doesn’t handle homicides anymore—or at least that’s what he tells himself.

When a young woman’s body turns up mutilated in the street, the city’s old wounds open fast. Cigarettes burn down. Memories surface. And the quiet life Hunter’s built for himself starts to crack.

Poodle Stew is a hardboiled noir mystery set in a city that never forgets its dead. With sharp dialogue, dark humor, and a detective who knows the cost of caring too much, this story walks the thin line between justice and survival.

A Hunter B. Phillips story.