The Six-Chambered Heart

A private detective walks a tightrope between right and wrong, survival and vengeance as he works to outwit a serial killer and the corrupt cop who wants him dead. The Chicago mob killed his best friend so Maddock got even. He thinks he got away clean but his conscience disagrees. Still, he thinks it's time to wrap up his detective agency and get out of town. Just in case. But a grieving father with a stack of cash convinces him to take on one more job - find the psychopath who murdered his daughter and avenge her death. Killing the mobster was justice...or was it vengeance? He can't decide. The line between right and wrong is beginning to blur. Killing for money blurs it even more. Still, it's a lot of money. Enough for a new life. And he's just met Marie...

The Six-Chambered Heart is a novel of action and suspense, viewed through the inner dialogue of Maddock, a Denver private investigator. Vengeance, right versus wrong, justice are the touchstones of Maddock's art. The canvas is today, with a glance to early noir. His palette is the usual colors...black, red and dead. In the midst of this maelstrom, a wry sense of the human condition, a burgeoning love affair, and a puncher's chance are the brushes he wields. The highwire he walks is thin indeed. Not for the weak, the fearful; not for you or me.