The Lies That Bind

The Lies That BindA Benton Stone MysteryBenton Stone isn't a normal private investigator. He doesn't just follow leads-he feels them. His ability to sense emotions is both a weapon and a curse, dragging him into cases most people would rather forget.When Melissa Carter is found murdered in her Minneapolis home, the case is closed before the autopsy ink dries. The police call it a robbery gone wrong, but Stone knows a cover-up when he sees one. Too many missing pieces. Too many questions no one wants answered.Melissa had no enemies-so why did someone want her dead? Why did her employer erase her records? And why does everyone connected to her seem afraid to talk?The deeper Stone digs, the more he feels it-the quiet panic of men who should have protected her, the cold calculation of those who profited from her death. Someone powerful is pulling the strings, and they don't just want Stone off the case. They want him buried with it.But he's been here before. He knows how this city works. The rich buy silence. The guilty walk free. And the truth only comes out when someone's willing to bleed for it.This time, that someone might be him.