Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Get ready for a rollicking and irresistible new trilogy from award-winning artist and author Paul Madonna.Amsterdam, 2019--following the conclusion of Come to Light. Former rock star turned author and artist Emit Hopper's life has taken a strange turn. A deal to turn his best-selling book into a television show falls through, he is forced to take commissions drawing people's houses, and a strange young woman claiming to be his daughter refuses to leave him alone. On top of all this, he has been trying, and failing, to write a new book about his old friend, the legendary San Francisco private detective Ronnie Gilbert, whose legacy is shrouded in depravity and disgrace.
But when a disheveled acquaintance from long ago, who had also known Ronnie, walks into Emit's shop, a puzzling mystery returns, twenty years cold: San Francisco, 1999, back when Emit and Ronnie first met. From there unfolds an intricate tale of corruption and murder that led to an explosive scandal, with consequences that, two decades hence, have finally returned, demanding payback. From the world of the
Emit Hopper Mysteries series,
The Commissions kicks off a trilogy filled with suspense and surprises around every corner. Paul Madonna delivers a rich insider's portrait of The City of that time, along with one hundred of his signature pen-and-ink drawings.