The Lost Boy

Can Officer Callum Nowak face his childhood phobia of the woods in time to catch a killer and save a missing boy? Or will the ghosts of his past defeat him?

As soon as Callum “Cal” Nowak aged out of foster care at eighteen, he fled his small hometown in the Catskill Mountains, hoping to leave his traumatic childhood behind. He landed in New York City, where he joined the police force.

Fourteen years later, while placed on administrative leave for roughing up a suspect, Cal returns home because his aging foster mom needs help. Everywhere he turns, he’s reminded of his mother’s brutal murder, which he witnessed as a child.

When Cal’s best friend’s husband dies in his arms from a gunshot wound, he must catch the killer before she goes to prison for a crime she didn’t commit. Having no official jurisdiction in the town, though, he must be discreet, which proves no easy feat.

Guided by a handsome stranger who awakens feelings he didn’t know he could have, Cal ventures into the woods where he spent five of the worst days and nights of his life hiding from his mother’s killer, and together they uncover important evidence in the case.

But when a local boy goes missing, can Cal face his phobia alone and save the boy? Or will his childhood trauma defeat him?

Set in 2002, The Lost Boy is the first novel in the Nyes Landing Crime Mystery series. If you enjoy murder mysteries with a touch of gay romance, don’t miss this gripping and emotional read that will keep you on the edge of your seat.