Kasey Lansdale Crime Thriller Author

First Chance | 9.8.26

In Hopeful, TX, justice is best left to Chance--perfect for fans of Sue Grafton, Michael Connelly, and Mare of Easttown.

Chance Kirby isn't new to detective work, but starting over in Hopeful, Texas is a big step. Determined to leave behind her father and stepmother's shadow and carve out a future of her own, she opens a small PI agency expecting missing heirlooms and small disputes. What she gets is anything but.

Darla Weaver's sister, Patience, was found abandoned on the roadside months ago. The official investigation has gone cold, leaving Darla without answers. Frustrated by the town's indifference and desperate to know what really happened, she turns to Chance.

As she begins to dig, Chance discovers a small town brimming with secrets, uncovering layers of eccentricities, unexpected alliances, and quiet tensions simmering just beneath the surface. Slowly, Chance begins to suspect that Patience's murder may be only one shade of a much darker pattern ...