Истории Noelwhite

**short stories** The life of a working private detective doesn't leave a whole lot of downtime, and nobody knows this better than Holden Burke. Collected here are a series of his professional adventures, exploits, and other odd tales from the depths of his motley case files.

**first runner-up at the 5th Ohana Awards (Mystery/Thriller)** "I've given a lot up, sure. We all give things up to different degrees." "How different?" "Depends. We're all different. We all have different things to give up." Holden Burke is a lot of things -- ex-football star, current private investigator, problem solver, and professional smart-ass. In The Big Run-Off, the seemingly simple case of a rich but morally bankrupt petrol tycoon and his wild runaway son gives way to a dark secret spanning forty years and a complex web of lies, blackmail, and murder. (cw: suicide, homophobic language, discussion of homophobic violence)