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Sudden Grief
A teenage boy is dead, the victim of a hit-and-run. Clues have dried up and the police have assigned it to the cold case file. The father still seeks justice and engages the services of Finley Sullivan Investigations. Jimmy McSwain is about to be handed his most challenging case as he enters the second year of his apprenticeship.
Jimmy can empathize with Malcom Tenney. Their situations are reversed, though, one having lost a child, the other a father. But that’s where the similarities end. Fourteen-year-old Roddy Tenney was an anomaly in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a violin prodigy with a bright future in a troubled neighborhood. His father tried his best to shield him from the dangers on Brooklyn’s tough streets, providing him with a privileged life.
Malcolm is convinced the boy’s death is related to a real estate developer who will stop at nothing, including murder, to take control of the valuable property where Tenney’s Auto Emporium stands. As Jimmy goes undercover, mutual grief becomes the motivation in solving a case built on tragedy ... before another can occur.
Jimmy can empathize with Malcom Tenney. Their situations are reversed, though, one having lost a child, the other a father. But that’s where the similarities end. Fourteen-year-old Roddy Tenney was an anomaly in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a violin prodigy with a bright future in a troubled neighborhood. His father tried his best to shield him from the dangers on Brooklyn’s tough streets, providing him with a privileged life.
Malcolm is convinced the boy’s death is related to a real estate developer who will stop at nothing, including murder, to take control of the valuable property where Tenney’s Auto Emporium stands. As Jimmy goes undercover, mutual grief becomes the motivation in solving a case built on tragedy ... before another can occur.
116 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 6, 2026
About the author
Adam Carpenter
106 books101 followersADAM CARPENTER is the best-selling author of many titles of gay mystery, intrigue, romance, and erotica.
His series featuring P.I. Jimmy McSwain is, in order: HIDDEN IDENTITY, CRIME WAVE, STAGE FRIGHT. GUARDIAN ANGEL, FOREVER HAUNT, FRESH KILL, SECOND SHOT, FALSE JUSTICE, JERSEY SCORE, co-written with Joseph Pittman, and PERFECT DEATH.
Jimmy McSwain's Early Files features SILVER SHIELD, HEART BEAT, DOUBLE EDGE, BURIAL PLOT, SUDDEN GRIEF, and the forthcoming FAMILY TRUST.
Adam's is also the author of the soapy drama, "The Cane's Inlet Mystery" trilogy: SCANDALOUS LIES, SINISTER MOTIVES, and SUSPICIOUS TRUTHS.
He is also the author of the "Edenwood Saga" trilogy, EDEN'S PAST, EDEN'S PRESENT, and EDEN'S FUTURE.
The White Pine Firefighters series includes SECRET FLAMES, HEAT OF THE MOMENT, A RAGING FIRE, and BURNING TRUTH.
The European Flings Quartet includes the short story, PASSPORT TO A FLING, PASSION IN PARIS, RAPTURE IN ROME, LUST IN LONDON, and NUPTIALS IN NICE,
The Wonderland Scandal includes DESPERATE HUSBANDS, DESPERATE LOVERS, and DESPERATE ENEMIES.
Other books include DUDE RANCH, SUMEMR'S CHOICE, ISLAND DESIRES, THAT PASSIONATE SEASON, and the short story collection, NOCTURNAL DELIGHTS.
His series featuring P.I. Jimmy McSwain is, in order: HIDDEN IDENTITY, CRIME WAVE, STAGE FRIGHT. GUARDIAN ANGEL, FOREVER HAUNT, FRESH KILL, SECOND SHOT, FALSE JUSTICE, JERSEY SCORE, co-written with Joseph Pittman, and PERFECT DEATH.
Jimmy McSwain's Early Files features SILVER SHIELD, HEART BEAT, DOUBLE EDGE, BURIAL PLOT, SUDDEN GRIEF, and the forthcoming FAMILY TRUST.
Adam's is also the author of the soapy drama, "The Cane's Inlet Mystery" trilogy: SCANDALOUS LIES, SINISTER MOTIVES, and SUSPICIOUS TRUTHS.
He is also the author of the "Edenwood Saga" trilogy, EDEN'S PAST, EDEN'S PRESENT, and EDEN'S FUTURE.
The White Pine Firefighters series includes SECRET FLAMES, HEAT OF THE MOMENT, A RAGING FIRE, and BURNING TRUTH.
The European Flings Quartet includes the short story, PASSPORT TO A FLING, PASSION IN PARIS, RAPTURE IN ROME, LUST IN LONDON, and NUPTIALS IN NICE,
The Wonderland Scandal includes DESPERATE HUSBANDS, DESPERATE LOVERS, and DESPERATE ENEMIES.
Other books include DUDE RANCH, SUMEMR'S CHOICE, ISLAND DESIRES, THAT PASSIONATE SEASON, and the short story collection, NOCTURNAL DELIGHTS.
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