The Scott Drayco Series: Books 1-3

📖 The Scoop

The last thing he needed was to inherit a rundown opera house. And now, he’s just found a body inside.

Scott Drayco isn’t a typical private detective: a former concert pianist with the rare condition of synesthesia—where he "sees" sounds as colors, shapes, and textures—he turned to a career in law enforcement after a violent attack put an end to his music dreams.

When Drayco inherits a rundown Opera House in a Virginia seaside town following a particularly brutal case, he just wants to arrange a quick sale for the unwanted “gift” while nursing his battered soul in a peaceful setting near the shore.

Those hopes are shattered when a dead body turns up on the Opera House stage, a mysterious “G” carved into the man’s chest. With himself a suspect in the murder, Drayco is forced to dig into very old, and very dangerous, secrets to clear his name.

Standing in his way are a wary sheriff, hostility over coastal development, and the seductive wife of a town councilman. But as Drayco digs deeper, it becomes increasingly apparent he's running out of time to solve the unusually twisty mystery before tensions explode into more violence and he becomes the next victim.

Read the first three novels in the Scott Drayco mystery series—PLAYED TO DEATH; REQUIEM FOR INNOCENCE; and DIES IRAE—finalists for the Shamus, Silver Falchion, Daphne, Foreword Reviews, and Kindle Book Awards

Book in this series have been a finalist for the Shamus, Silver Falchion, Daphne, and Foreword Review Awards

"Lawson's protagonist is greatly compelling." - Publishers Weekly Book Prize

"Worth putting on your reading list."- Library Journal

​"I fell in love with the main character and found myself cheering him on to solve each mystery." - 5-star review

​"So good, I read it twice from beginning to end." - 5 star review

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Genre: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators (fancy, right?)