Hemlock And Homicide A Smiley And McBlythe Mystery

Tinsel, treachery and toxins... the perfect Christmas cocktail. Acclaimed for success in a career where sight is considered essential for detection, blind private investigator Steve Smiley has always relied on his extraordinarily heightened senses and razor-sharp intellect. His sighted business partner is usually at hand to offer her penetrating insights, but when she becomes consumed with a high-stakes real estate development, Smiley finds himself at loose ends - until fate pairs him with an unlikely ally: a washout from the police K9 program. In their first case together, what appears to be a simple matter of proving a pharmacist's innocence in a poisoning death quickly unravels into something far more sinister. Every conversation reveals another suspect, every clue points to another motive, and in the shadows, someone is watching their investigation with growing concern. When an act of arson sends his partner to the hospital, Smiley realizes he's stumbled onto something bigger than a single murder.