Sham Shamus: Soft-boiled Noir – Where Shadows Laugh

The ultimate identity crisis. From riches to rags. Deadly secrets revealed. Private investigator Eric Henderson is juggling an existential crisis—literally. Sharing his life and body with penniless criminal lawyer Nick Norton, Henderson is one of two identities born from Chicago lawyer Warren Stevick’s desperate bid to escape retribution from dangerous clients. Stevick became Norton and later created Henderson as a fallback.Henderson and Norton are the quintessential odd couple, with the ghost of Stevick always in the background. Still, they have developed a workable routine, but all that is shattered when P.I. Henderson is hired to track down Warren Stevick. He has been hired to find himself.Events spiral as a body with Stevick’s ID is found in Norton’s office, identified as Stevick by his ex-wife! The past resurfaces with a vengeance, putting their collective lives at risk. Attempting to unmask his enemy, Henderson stages a showdown in a vintage elevator in a deserted office building. If he survives, can he continue living as Henderson, or will he be forced to erase still another past and start life anew again?