The Darkest Game

Shot dead and stripped of his valuables, the senior curator at the Huntington Library appears to be the victim of a mugging gone wrong—a case doomed to rot in an evidence locker. But scholar-turned- LAPD Detective Tully Jarsdel suspects something more sinister is afoot. An investigation that starts with disgruntled grad students and antique dealers soon reveals a history of theft and fraud, all leading to Hollywood’s abandoned playground: Catalina Island. In his most dangerous investigation yet, can Jarsdel uncover LA’s lost history before the conspiracy silences him forever?