n nTwo unscrupulous antiquity dealers, Hugh Underdonk and Alfred Bacon, hope to get their hands on the Dare Diary, a long lost journal written by Eleanor Dare, one of the original members of Roanoke Islands Lost Colony. Detective Weston Wolf is drawn into this web of deception and murder by a beautiful woman who claims to be a descendant of Eleanor. As the bodies pile up, Wolf must untangle this web to save his own neck.n n nn nIn the spirit of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Joe C. Ellis has weaved together a fast-paced noir detective novel set on the Outer Banks with a menagerie of unusual characters. This novel launches Book 1 of the Weston Wolf -- Outer Banks Detective Series.n n nn nPraise for Elliss other series--the Outer Banks Murder Series: n nWow. This guy can write If you like any of the best selling suspense/mystery writers (Coben, Child, Patterson), give Joe Ellis a try for a refreshing change.Gee Gee Rosell - Island Free Pressn n nn nMurder at Whalehead will absorb the reader from its firsttantalizing page to its last satisfying conclusion.Michele Rubin - Writers House, NYn n nn nJoe Ellis weaves engaging characters, suspense, and triumph of spirit together in a great read.Nancy Haddock - Bestselling Novelistn