The Price of Conceit

Arrogance has a price. Small town life in rural Texas suits Detective Dan Kibirli. He has the respect and admiration of the people living there and the cases he investigates are as straightforward as it gets. But when he finds himself trapped in a baffling secret room in the basement of the Claremonte County Courthouse with no memory of how he got there, Kibirli begins to see that his life in Claremonte may not be quite as simple as he perceives it to be. Saddled with the inept deputy, Frank Wells, and the unsolicited advice from his alcoholic friend, Dr. Darwin Canton, Kibirli tries to discover the identity of the person who trapped him all while trying to keep his most recent case from being thrown out of court. With rising suspicion of the people closest to him, Kibirli blinds himself to anything that challenges his preconceptions. And his arrogance. Kibirli must eventually face the hard truth that the cost of protecting his ego is much steeper than a blemish on a sterling conviction record.