Acquisition Announcement and Cover Reveal: WHERE THE BONES LIE by Nick Kolakowski

The Datura team is thrilled to announce that Nick Kolakowski is joining the Datura author family with WHERE THE BONES LIE, an electrifying new mystery noir novel, perfect for fans of Jordan Harper. But that’s not all; the final cover is HERE!

Publication date: 11th March 2024

ABOUT THE BOOK:

For Dash Fuller, Hollywood’s underbelly is home sweet home. He’s spent years helping to disappear the film industry’s worst secrets, and it’s left him a cynical burnout who loves bourbon a little too much. But when a young woman named Madeline Ironwood comes to him with a peculiar quest, Dash sees it as a chance for redemption.

Madeline is the daughter of Ken Ironwood, a notorious smuggler and murderer who disappeared 20 years ago. Ken’s skeleton was recently discovered in a barrel at the bottom of a dried-up lake, and Madeline wants to know who killed him.

Dash agrees to help, and as this desperate daughter and jaded cynic claw their way through a world of sun-bleached secrets, crooked cops, and Hollywood thugs, they soon uncover a massive conspiracy involving some of LA’s most powerful people.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Nick Kolakowski lives and writes in NYC. His recent novels and novellas include “Groundhog Slay” (Crystal Lake Publishing), “Payback is Forever” (Shotgun Honey), and “Boise Longpig Hunting Club” (Down & Out Books). Nick grew up as a voracious reader of mystery and crime fiction, and his own writing is an attempt to pay homage to the best of the genre while also using it as a lens through which to view our weird, sometimes not-so-wonderful modern life.