Introduction: Murder On The Moon Pier

Something old is stirring beneath the surface of Lake Erie.

The pier creaks. The shadows shift. And a man with a haunted past just stepped into town.

Set in a forgotten corner of 1920s Prohibition-era Michigan, Murder On The Moon Pier introduces Declan Rourke, a quiet drifter with blood on his hands and unfinished business in a town that never stopped whispering.

Bootleggers. Betrayals. A woman with secrets.
And a pier that remembers everything.

Author’s Note

“I grew up in Luna Pier, Michigan, more specifically in Allen’s Cove, a quiet stretch of shoreline that always felt like it held more stories than people.

As a kid, I’d walk the waterfront, searching for remnants from the past. It wasn’t hard to imagine shadows moving between the cottages, or the lake whispering secrets out past the breakwater.

This book is fiction. But the bones of it, the wind off Lake Erie, the fog rolling in before dawn, the way certain houses seem to look back at you, those are all real.

In creating Declan Rourke, I wanted a character who could stand toe to toe with this town. Someone running from the past but grounded in instinct. Someone sharp enough to navigate danger, but quiet enough to hear when the town starts talking.”

Because make no mistake: The Moon Pier talks.
It just does it in whispers.

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