White Dunes

For fans of crime novels and noir, WHITE DUNES features quirky characters and a resolute female detective.

Murder and violence are rife in the desert city of White Dunes, California, where gangsters run a seedy underworld of sex trafficking and vice. Detectives secretly record a conversation between a crooked judge and a hit man hired to murder two thugs. Police arrest both men, but the bodies are missing, and the killer won't confess. The case stalls when the judge dies in jail from a fatal "accident."

Meanwhile, Serenity Bower arrives in White Dunes with her daughter and abusive partner, Bill. Serenity's dreams for a better life get dashed when Bill becomes embroiled with the town's gangsters. Before her first day at a new job, Serenity finds an unsigned note pleading for help and worries of being dragged into a crime. Days later, headlines announce the disappearance of a married couple.

As Detective Viola Hendricks discovers the truth about each incident, coincidence and fate uncover a bombshell. People's lives on both coasts get changed in ways they could never have predicted.