The Cinder Drop: Murder in the Steel City

by Larry Elin

At first, the discovery of the nearly cremated remains of a Catholic priest at the steel plant's cinder drop, and the body of a teenage girl in her bed a few days earlier seem unrelated. But Lackawanna, New York Police Detective James Plishka and his new understudy, Tom Baldwin discover that the two victims were working on an explosive expose of corruption by city government, the local mob, and drug runners in Central America. They are dead, the book is missing, and there are way too many suspects. In The Cinder Drop, Elin weaves a page-turning story of how two cops, one white, one Black, form the perfect team to uncover the truth. And the truth is a surprise the reader will never expect.
Fans of Harlan Coben, John Sandford, Craig Johnson and Paul Doiron will enjoy this mystery.

383 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 12, 2023