In the Silence of Decay

Name: In the Silence of Decay
Rating: 4.764705657958984 (17 reviews)

Lisa Boyle

Oct 2023 · Pinter P.I. Book 1 · Lisa Boyle Writes, LLC

4,8

17 reviews

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2024 IPPY Gold Medal Winner, Best Regional Fiction: West Mountain

2024 Eric Hoffer Book Awards Category Finalist Mystery/Crime

2024 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Finalist: Crime Fiction

New Mexico, 1979: After a career in the military as a CID detective, all James Pinter wants to do is drive his rig and mind his own damn business. But when his daughter, Molly, finds a dead woman behind a gas station and a disabled boy at her side, he’s forced to reckon with his former life. The State Police record the death as an overdose—just another drug addict from the reservation—but James can’t ignore the clues they’re conveniently overlooking.

Reluctant to get involved but fearing for the boy’s life, James shares his suspicions with the Navajo Nation. The victim’s sister, desperate for answers, insists on James’s help. But the more James investigates, the further he and Molly are dragged into a world of drugs and corruption, big money and explosive secrets.

When James’s life is threatened, he knows he ought to leave town and take Molly with him. But he won’t abandon the innocent. Not after what happened at My Lai.

Ratings and reviews

4,8

17 reviews

Lauren Garlitz

06 November 2023

This book was one I didn’t want to put down once I started it. I really liked the relationship between James and Molly - how he realized his mistake in not being in her life and trying to include and educate her while keeping her safe and her power to forgive. As far as the mystery of the investigation goes there are several facets to it. Each must be figured out to truly determine what’s happening and what’s happened. With so much happening in the story there was never a dull moment.

Matt Clements

20 October 2023

This book started off slowly while working on building the world. Honestly, I'm so glad I kept reading for it took off like a train out of a station into the wild wilderness. The research done for the book was top notch and the characters were all three dimensional with their own motivations in a web of murder, deception, power and greed. I'm excited to see where this potential series goes as it is a tour de force of a great murder mystery. The family ties, the day to day struggles with addict

Jennifer

21 April 2025

I wanted to read the whole book in one sitting but restrained myself. Instead, I savored it like a good wine and a box of dark chocolate. Definitely going to keep reading the series.

About the author

Lisa Boyle is the award-winning author of three historical fiction novels. Her debut, Signed, A Paddy, won the 2022 Eric Hoffer Historical Fiction Award and the 2022 Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award. Lisa is originally from Finksburg, MD, but now lives in South Carolina with her husband, her daughter, and their goofy looking dog named Lloyd. In the Silence of Decay is Lisa’s first crime fiction novel.

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