Someone's Broken Heart

In the quiet town of Proof Crossroads, where the past lingers like fog on the lake and everyone knows your middle name, Godfrey Squires is just trying to get by. He’s an artist by passion, a stage actor by impulse, and a waiter by necessity. He’s not a detective, not even close. But when his oldest friend, cartoonist Annie La Blanc, is arrested for the murder of a local councilor, Godfrey finds himself pulled into a mystery he never asked for.

The evidence is damning. The motive, manufactured. And the truth? Buried beneath small-town politics, personal vendettas, and a comic strip that cut too close to the bone.

As Godfrey stumbles through a world of whispered threats, shadowy figures, and a warning from someone known only as the “Montreal Negotiator,” he must rely on nothing but instinct, loyalty, and the pulp detective novels he’s read too many times. But this isn’t fiction. And someone’s broken heart is bleeding into everything.

Told with dry wit, emotional depth, and a noir-tinged lens, Someone’s Broken Heart is the first in a series of atmospheric mysteries where justice is never clean, and the truth is always personal.