Darkness of the Soul

It is two days before Christmas and retired detective Michael Drakanis is whistling as he drives home. He is looking forward to spending the holiday with the two people he loves most in the world—his wife, Gina, and their son, Joey. But just as he crests the hill by his house, a dark premonition overwhelms him. A handful of cops await him with horrifying news. His beloved family has just been murdered in cold blood. Drakanis is now a widower for reasons he cannot fathom.

Three years later, Drakanis is still helplessly stuck in the depths of the darkness that accompanies grief; he is content to simply survive from day to day. But when his former partner, Vince Parker, notifies him of another murder—with a crime scene eerily similar to Gina and Joey's—Drakanis is unwillingly dragged into a murder investigation with little evidence except a dead body and a missing artwork.

As Drakanis's future hangs in the balance, those close to him must make a valiant...