Nightshade
Nightshade by Michael Connelly is set to be published in 2025. This edition presents a gripping narrative centered around Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell, who finds himself reassigned to the tranquil Catalina Island after department politics disrupt his work on the homicide desk. While managing minor offenses typical of his new post, Stilwell discovers a body submerged in the harbor, identifiable only by a streak of purple dye in her hair. This discovery sets off a chain of events that intertwines with a poaching case, revealing the darker undercurrents of island life.
Readers will follow Detective Stilwell as he navigates the complexities of both investigations, pushing boundaries and confronting challenges from an old adversary intent on undermining his efforts. As he delves deeper into the cases, he uncovers hidden secrets that threaten to unravel the peaceful facade of the island. This narrative explores themes of justice and the impact of past decisions, all while maintaining a focus on the intricate dynamics of crime and authority.
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“Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been “exiled” to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found weighed down at the bottom of the harbor–a Jane Doe identifiable at first only by a streak of purple dye in her hair. At the same time, a report of poaching on a protected reserve turns into a case fraught with violence and danger as Stilwell digs into the shady past of an island bigwig. Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, Stilwell doggedly works both cases. Though hampered by an old beef with an ex-colleague determined to thwart him at every turn, he is convinced he is the only one who can bring justice to the woman known as “Nightshade.” Soon, his investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a dark heart to the serene island that was meant to be his escape from the evils of the big city”–
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