The Butterfly Collector
A Joe Sputnik, PI Mystery
New York City – 2041.
A dark secret, hidden for 20 years.
A semi-secret society of powerful women who move behind the scenes of the most powerful families and corporations of New York City.
A private police force with a personal grudge against him.
Ten years after going into self-imposed exile in the outer boroughs of New York City, Private Investigator Joe Sputnik finds himself back in the dark world of Manhattan’s über-wealthy and powerful when a young Painted Lady—the semi-secret society of elaborately tattooed courtesans and entertainers—is found murdered on the Central Park Carousel, his business card slipped into her cleavage.
And when more Painted Ladies turn up in prominent locations around the city, their throats slit, blood drained but dressed in elegant gowns, can Joe uncover the secret of who is killing them and why before Audrey, his former lover and current head of the Painted Ladies becomes the final victim?