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The Stars Are Fire: A Simon Beck Mystery

Detective Simon Beck came to Palm Springs for peace—not parties.

But when a young man turns up dead at the base of a desert trail, Simon is pulled into a web of privilege, desire, and secrets that won’t stay buried. A quiet force with a haunted past, he follows the trail through a world of beautiful lies and dangerous men—where power shields guilt, and the truth can cost more than a life.

Simon is no stranger to loss, or to love that leaves a mark. A transplant from Chicago’s North Shore, he carries both an elite education and a fractured history—one shaped by grief, silence, and the ways men learn to hide. As a detective, he’s methodical and unflinching. As a man, he’s still figuring out how to be known.

In a town where sun-drenched perfection masks deep corruption, Simon finds himself facing wealthy men with everything to lose—and secrets worth killing for. Solving the case may mean exposing not just the killer, but pieces of himself he’s spent years trying to outrun.