A Witness Above

By: Andy Straka

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Synopsis: Thirteen years ago, Frank Pavlicek left the NYPD under less-than-ideal circumstances. Now, the divorced father of a teenage daughter, he works as a private investigator in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he indulges his passion for falconry-and tries to live outside the shadow of his pasthellip;Frank was hunting with his red-tailed hawk, Armistead, when he found it. A teenage boyrsquo;s body-barely concealed behind a pile of brush in a part of the forest Frank had recently visited with his daughter, Nicole. Itrsquo;s a truly gruesome crime scene-one of the many things Frank doesnrsquo;t miss about working homicide in the big city. But what Frank finds in the dead boyrsquo;s wallet is even more disturbing: Nicolersquo;s phone number, scribbled in ink on the edge of a bill. He pockets the evidence and flees. Days later, his daughter is in jail. His past is coming back to haunt him. And his reputation-and life-are on the linehellip;.