Small Brutal Incidents

Home from a brutal stint fighting the Japanese in the Pacific, Burns finds himself unemployed. What's worse, he's been blackballed as a whistleblower from the only mill in town that's still hiring. His life changes forever when Stephen Ketchum, the son of a prominent mill owner, is found murdered and the family pays Burns $5,000 to find the killer. In order to do so, Burns will have to battle the local, corrupt police, other Ketchum family members, Pittsburgh's wealthy elite, and his own alcoholism. Sparse, wicked, and satisfying, Small Brutal Incidents marks the debut of a fresh new voice.