Robert Ellis The Girl Buried in the Woods

In a remote park on top of a hill overlooking Los Angeles-in the dead of night-Detective Matt Jones finds himself at a crossroads. Haunted by the specters of past cases, Jones is called back to the labyrinth of crime by a discovery so chilling it might freeze a lighted match. A fifteen-year-old girl has been savagely murdered, her body buried in the woods. Driven by the horror of the crime-the outrage-Jones and his partner, Denny Cabrera, burn through the evidence like wildfire. But each new clue reveals another layer of deceit. A turf war between an infamous mob figure and the powers of Wall Street. City officials cloaked in suits and secrets hiding in the shadows ready to strike. Worse still, the number of murder victims soon matches the number of suspects, and a treacherous plot comes to light with everyone sharing the same goal. Pin the murders on Matt Jones. He's guilty. We know he's the one. For Jones, it becomes a race against time. A harrowing journey into the heart of darkness, where the line between right and wrong blurs, and where the price paid for the truth could cost him his soul. ***