Introducing Detective Luke Steele
A Free Novella from Jon Sealy
Chasing Keys
A ransacked auto shop on the outskirts of town. A mysterious bloodstain. And a missing troublemaker who might not want to be found.
Southern noir meets small-town secrets — and one detective who’s most at home on the other side of the caution tape.
Detective Luke Steele’s quiet Friday afternoon ends when his childhood friend vanishes from his auto shop — leaving behind blood on concrete and a cryptic ledger pointing to a high-stakes gambling ring. Teaming up with Sheriff’s Deputy Kayla Baker, he finds a ransacked office, blood on the floor of the service bay, and a cryptic ledger hinting at a high-stakes gambling ring. They soon discover they aren’t the only ones hunting for Robby, and the people he’s in debt to aren’t the type to ask polite questions…