Dalrymple's Equation

When homicide detectives Kennedy and Donovan are called to a downtown bar, they find a young man dead on the floor, his demise pinned on a single, seemingly ordinary drink. A quick look at the bottle reveals a lethal dose of arsenic, turning a routine nightcap into a murder mystery that has the precinct buzzing. The bartender, Timothy Garver, insists he never saw the victim before and swears the poison was not his doing, setting off a clash of alibis and doubts.

As the lab works and the detectives interrogate the nervous barkeep, the case spirals into a maze of missing motives, hidden formulas, and the unsettling feeling that something larger is at play. The narrative follows the pair as they sift through forensic clues, press a reluctant witness, and wrestle with the unsettling question of whether they’re being led astray. Readers are drawn into a tense, methodical hunt for truth, where each detail could be the key to cracking the equation that binds the crime together.