THIRTEEN YEARS OF DUST is the intriguing, introductory novel for the Duke Bradley, Private Eye series. Duke is an egotistical, sarcastic, and obsessive ex-FBI special detective who got canned from the bureau for botching a decade-long investigation because he was blind drunk. It's a secret he has vowed to take to the grave, and only his ex-partner knows what really happened that night in Bay Springs, Mississippi. Now after a stint in rehab and losing everything, he is sober and will do what it takes to stay that way. Down on his luck, highly in debt to his ex-wife, and with a landlord just itching to evict him, Duke has devised a way to get some quick cash doing what he does best, solving murders. In a city full of addiction, he sets forth, determined to stay clean and not let anyone get away with murder I present for your consideration.