The Graffiti Conspiracy

A murdered handyman. A wall of graffiti. A trail of grudges that refuses to stay buried.Earl Ricci wasn’t a popular man.As the handyman for the low-income Hope Apartments, he enforced rules no one wanted to follow and carried out the dirty work —including changing locks and evicting tenants—that made him a lengthy list of enemies. He left the job under suspicion, and his reputation followed him long after.Now, years later, Ricci is murdered while painting over a wall of graffiti. Was it a random attack, a message from the artist, or a reckoning from his troubled past?Major Crimes Detectives Quinn Delaney and Marci Burkett dig into Ricci’s life, uncovering grudges, false leads, and connections that refuse to hold steady. Every suspect has a motive. Every trail grows colder by the hour. And the killer may be counting on it.Can Delaney and Burkett cut through years of grudges to deliver justice for a man few mourned?The Graffiti Conspiracy is the seventeenth book in the 509 Crime Stories, a fast-paced series set in Eastern Washington with rotating lead detectives. If you love gritty whodunits with authentic characters, this case is one you can’t afford to miss.