Grey Matters: Talk of the Towne

Rosalie Towne Malloy’s death looks like suicide. But gym-owner and freshly-minted P.I. Dave Danbrough smells a rat. This messy case lands squarely in Dave’s lap – and his boss’s at Grey Investigations – when Rosalie’s supposed-to-be-dead son shows up out of nowhere, looking for answers.

Suddenly, Dave’s in over his head. A suspicious hit-and-run barely misses. An explosion rocks his client’s house. The SEC sniffing around interstate commerce frauds? Technically not his problem. Fighting off bad guys at the ninja granny’s studio on the rez? Purely optional. He survives it all.

But the real gut-punch? Rosalie didn’t have to kill herself to keep her secret. Someone else made sure that secret stayed buried… with her. Dave’s first case is a tangled web of lies, lethal secrets, and a truth darker than he imagined.

Grey Matters: Talk of the Towne, novel cover, by Ashleen O'Gaea

Genre: Mystery

Pages: 199

Published: September 2025

Series: Grey Investigations (Book 1)

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