An Auden & O'Callaghan Mystery Series by Gregory Ashe, C.S. Poe

Rufus O’Callaghan has eked out a living on the streets of New York City by helping the police put away criminals as a confidential informant. But when Rufus shows up for an arranged meeting and finds his handler dead, his already-uncertain life is thrown into a tailspin. Now someone is trying to kill Rufus too, and he’s determined to find out why... moreRufus O’Callaghan has eked out a living on the streets of New York City by helping the police put away criminals as a confidential informant. But when Rufus shows up for an arranged meeting and finds his handler dead, his already-uncertain life is thrown into a tailspin. Now someone is trying to kill Rufus too, and he’s determined to find out why.After leaving the Army under less than desirable circumstances, Sam Auden has drifted from town to town, hitching rides and catching Greyhounds, until he learns that a former Army buddy, now a police detective in New York City, has died by suicide. Sam knows that’s not right, and he immediately sets out to get answers.As Rufus and Sam work together to learn the truth of their friend’s death, they find themselves entangled in a web of lies, cover-ups, and accelerating danger. And when they witness a suspect killed in cold blood, they realize they’re running out of time. less

After solving the mystery behind the death of his former friend in July, ex-Army, Sam Auden, has been aimlessly wandering the country. Everything had gone sideways in New York City, so when his phone rings three months later, the caller asking for help is the last person Sam expected.Confidential informant, Rufus O'Callaghan, has been struggling. His NYPD contact was murdered over the summer, and the man Rufus is head over heels for was driven away by his own undiagnosed trauma... moreAfter solving the mystery behind the death of his former friend in July, ex-Army, Sam Auden, has been aimlessly wandering the country. Everything had gone sideways in New York City, so when his phone rings three months later, the caller asking for help is the last person Sam expected.Confidential informant, Rufus O'Callaghan, has been struggling. His NYPD contact was murdered over the summer, and the man Rufus is head over heels for was driven away by his own undiagnosed trauma. But when he receives an anonymous letter which promises information on his mother, life goes from dark to dangerous in the blink of an eye.Sam and Rufus must dig into Rufus’s rough and turbulent past in order to solve a series of contemporary murders connected to his mother. And if the two can’t expose who the killer is in time, they will most certainly become his next targets. less