The Graffiti Conspiracy

A murdered handyman. A wall of graffiti. A trail of grudges that refuses to stay buried.

Earl Ricci wasn’t a popular man.

As the handyman for the low-income Hope Apartments, he enforced rules no one wanted to follow and carried out the dirty work —including changing locks and evicting tenants—that made him a lengthy list of enemies. He left the job under suspicion, and his reputation followed him long after.

Now, years later, Ricci is murdered while painting over a wall of graffiti. Was it a random attack, a message from the artist, or a reckoning from his troubled past?

Major Crimes Detectives Quinn Delaney and Marci Burkett dig into Ricci’s life, uncovering grudges, false leads, and connections that refuse to hold steady. Every suspect has a motive. Every trail grows colder by the hour. And the killer may be counting on it.

Can Delaney and Burkett cut through years of grudges to deliver justice for a man few mourned?

The Graffiti Conspiracy is the seventeenth book in the 509 Crime Stories, a fast-paced series set in Eastern Washington with rotating lead detectives. If you love gritty whodunits with authentic characters, this case is one you can’t afford to miss.