The Possum Fur Plot by Kevin Berry

A million dollars of goods are stolen… but the insurance company doesn’t want to pay out.

Private investigator Danny Ashford is hired to investigate. He and sassy investigative reporter Deepa Banwait soon learn the warehouse break-in was no ordinary robbery.

As they search for the stolen goods, Danny and Deepa discover a wider conspiracy is in play. Robbery escalates to murder. But as they close in on solving the case, they bring themselves closer to a dangerous criminal…

Contemporary crime noir novella set in the ruins of a post-earthquake-hit city.