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Once a competitive swimmer destined for Olympic gold, Duck Darley is now barely scraping by as an unlicensed PI, chasing down cheating spouses for the same Manhattan elite who once viewed him as equal . . . Ducks lost glory days resurface when hes hired to track down the teenaged sister of a former teammate turned Olympic champion. Privileged Madeline McKay vanished over Labor Day weekend, leaving behind a too-perfect West Village apartment and a promising athletic career of her own. Duck thinks hes hunting for a self-destructive runaway - until Madelines film student ex is savagely murdered, and the media spins her as the psycho who killed him. As Duck searches for Madeline, hes plunged back into the dark underbelly of Olympic swimming - a world rife with wild lies and terrible violence. And he soon learns that no matter how hard he tries to escape his past, demons still lurk beneath every surface . . . "A novel thatsparkles with wit, sass, and wonderful narrative style." - Ken Bruen "Deliciously lascivious and violent . . . the pull of his dark world will keep readers captivated to the last page." - Kyle Mills
About the Author
Casey Barrett is a crime novelist, Canadian Olympian, and the co-founder and co-CEO of Imagine Swimming, New York City's largest learn-to-swim school. He is the author of the Shamus-nominated Duck Darley series, set in present-day Manhattan, featuring the fallen rich kid, convicted felon, turned unlicensed private investigator, Lawrence Darley, Jr., son of a Madoff-esque fraudster father. He is conflicted and less than sober. Casey has won three Emmy awards and one Peabody award for his work on NBC's broadcasts of the Olympic Games. He was the author of the popular swimming blog, Cap & Goggles, and was a regular contributor to the Village Voice. His work has also appeared in GQ, Rolling Stone, and Swimming World magazine.
