Chasing Leaves: A Nic Quarry Novel

by Benjamin Ashton

Nic Quarry is considered the odd man out among the other homicide detectives, his family, and possibly the general public, if they gave him any thought. Antisocial, meandering of mind, introspective – just plain weird. Even the man himself felt his light fading. But, after a near death experience, Detective Quarry latches onto a cold case of a missing girl with renewed vigor, albeit with his same uncompromising determination of old. Unable to accept the mysteries surrounding Jackie Maldonado’s disappearance and the stagnation of the previous investigations, Quarry dives headfirst into the seedy underbelly of Austin, Texas and the sordid pleasures to be found there, the ones that always have a price. His shaky faith is held to the flame as he journeys to an inevitable end and wonders what God, if any, would test their own children through such vile trials.

372 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 26, 2025