Monterey Lies

Barker, the mysterious homeless detective with no memory of his past, returns in the wild, third installment of the Barker Mysteries. Sequestered in a thrown-together shack beneath the soggy planks of California's Old Fisherman's Wharf, Barker and his gaggle of street dogs have kept largely to themselves since the events of Monterey Pulp. When three teenagers go missing in Carmel-by-the-Sea, and an incriminating note is Ieft on the beach below his barnacle-covered home, Barker is thrust into pulse-pounding action. From the sinister friar of the historic Carmel Mission to an encounter with crime boss Sleepy Redbone in the sweltering red rocks of Sedona, Arizona, our reluctant hero faces his greatest threats and learns a secret to his past he thought lost - his first name. "When three teenagers go missing in Carmel-by-the-Sea, and an incriminating note is Ieft on the beach below Barker's barnacle-covered home, Barker is thrust into pulse-pounding action. From the sinister friar of the historic Carmel Mission to an encounter with crime boss Sleepy Redbone in the sweltering red rocks of Sedona, Arizona, our reluctant hero faces his greatest threats." Goodreads 5-star review