Where There's Smoke

SUMMARY: Ben Smoke is an ex-cop, a tough-guy bachelor who never had a case he couldn't crack--that is, until someone starts snatching bodies from a funeral home. This is the kind of challenge Smoke loves--only this time, the case leads him on a bizarre and dangerous journey, leading to a crazy, kinky lady, a twisted killer, black magic, and ancient Egyptian rites. It's a devilish--and deadly--business. This is a case that might just be too hot for Smoke to handle. Benjamin Smoke is a former policeman and an unlicensed private investigator who wants a case he cannot solve, an opportunity to catch a master criminal. He becomes obsessed with solving a crime when he meets an undertaker who has had a corpse stolen with no clues and no apparent motive. Benjamin Smoke, retired detective lieutenant and unlicensed private investigator, finally realizes his dream, the investigation of a perfect crime, this one involving two disappearing and reappearing corpses, no motives or leads, and an assortment of off-beat characters.