Private investigator Eli Sharpe thought his next case would be simple: recover a stolen baseball. Not just any baseball -- the one from Jim Honeycutt's 300th career win, a priceless piece of memorabilia belonging to the legendary Hall of Fame pitcher and self-made millionaire. But when Eli arrives at the Honeycutt estate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, he finds himself entangled in a family feud straight out of Shakespeare -- part King Lear, part Southern Gothic nightmare.

Honeycutt's note to Eli is cryptic: "LOOK AT DAUGHTERS. FIND YOUR BALL."
The meaning becomes clear soon enough. The old pitcher has four daughters, each more ambitious -- and more dangerous -- than the last. There's Magnolia, the sharp-tongued lawyer with a hoarder's house and a knack for manipulation; April, the calculating bookkeeper with beauty and brains; Robin, the English teacher with secrets of her own; and Heather, the precocious teenage prodigy who could talk circles around a Harvard debate team. Then there's Tess Honeycutt, the glamorous matriarch who may be pulling the family's strings -- or strangling them with them.

What starts as a search for a missing baseball turns into an explosive investigation of greed, jealousy, and betrayal inside one of Asheville's wealthiest and most dysfunctional families. Eli quickly realizes the stolen ball is just the surface. Below it lies a deadly inheritance dispute, a ghostwritten autobiography gone wrong, and a trail of deceit that could leave someone dead.

Armed with nothing but his wit, his worn seersucker jacket, and a stubborn sense of honor, Eli navigates a mansion full of liars, drunks, and opportunists -- all while trying to stay one step ahead of a client who might be more villain than victim.

In Split to Splinters, Max Everhart serves up a masterful mystery rich in crackling dialogue, sardonic humor, and emotional depth. As Eli Sharpe digs deeper into the Honeycutt family's secrets, he must decide whether justice is something you chase -- or something you invent for yourself.

Smart, stylish, and darkly funny, this second Eli Sharpe mystery delivers a fast-paced, character-driven story that will satisfy fans of Robert B. Parker, Raymond Chandler, and Tana French.

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