November
a Nina Alvarez Mystery
Nina Alvarez is determined to start living life unbound by duty and openly be with the woman she loves.
Since her father died of cancer a year ago, life has revolved around parenting Junior, her out-of-control younger brother and caring for her depressed mother, but her plans to start living life her way are shattered when Junior’s body is found floating in the Chicago River and police rule his death a suicide.
Nina blames herself and her drinking for her brother’s death. As she fights to unravel the mystery of her brother’s death, Nina discovers a tangled web of lies meant to hide a harrowing abuse of power that binds her brother, the woman she loves, and the son of a violent gang leader to an unimaginable truth.