The Cost of Survival

Imagine a father who hates his grown sons so much, he pits them against each other in a winner-take-all, fight-to-the-death for his estate. Add greed-and stir.

Private investigator Jimmy Favreaux just wanted a peaceful vacation in the northern Minnesota lake country. But the moment he unpacks, the past comes calling.

"Jimmy? I need your help. This is Marsha Little. I hear the sheriff's department is after me because they found Jacob's body in the lake."

"I'm so sorry to hear-"

She cuts him off, her voice tight, urgent.

"They found Jacob's body in the lake, but... that's not where I left him."

Now wide awake and pulled back into the chaos, Jimmy enlists the help of his trusted partner and girlfriend, Wendi, and an old friend, retired attorney Porter "Vandy" Vandriesen. Together, they unravel a twisted legacy of resentment, betrayal, and cold-blooded ambition.

Not everyone wants the inheritance.

But someone wants it badly enough to kill-and already has.

Family ties snap. Secrets rise. And in a place where everyone has something to hide, the price of survival might be death.

The Cost of Survival - The latest installment in the Blue Bridge Mysteries-a smart, suspenseful small-town noir where family loyalty has an expiration date.

"Blood isn't thicker than money" Groucho Marx