Welcome to Litsy!

NYPD detective turned small town PI Laney Bird is in a fight to save lives�including her own�after a neighborhood block party turns deadly. A transplant to the upstate New York hamlet of Sylvan, all Laney wants is a peaceful life for herself and her son. But things rarely remain calm in Laney�s life�and when her neighborhood summer block party explodes in shocking violence and ends with the disappearance of her friend and another woman, she�ll need all her skills as a PI to solve a mystery that reaches far beyond her small town. As people closest to Laney fall under suspicion, the local authorities and even her colleagues question her own complicity. And then there�s fifteen-year-old Alfie, her complicated and enigmatic son, obviously hiding something. Even as Laney struggles to bury evidence of her boy�s involvement, his cagey behavior rings every maternal alarm. Laney�s personal life unravels as she�s drawn into her missing friend�s dark secrets and she realizes she and Alfie are in danger. With treachery blazing hot as the searing summer sun, Laney fights to save lives, her family�s included.