Mr Clarinet Stone, Nick

Max Mingus is a disgraced ex-cop turned private investigator. His latest case: find a missing child in Haiti. The boy disappeared from one of the wealthiest families on the island, and the deeper Max digs, the darker things get — voodoo rituals, child trafficking networks, and whispers of a bogeyman called Mr Clarinet who steals children in the night. Nick Stone delivers a brutal, sweat-soaked thriller that doesn't pull punches. The Haiti setting is visceral and unsettling, the mystery genuinely disturbing, and Max is the kind of morally compromised protagonist who makes questionable decisions you can't look away from. This isn't a cozy mystery — it's got teeth. For fans of Dennis Lehane's gritty crime fiction or anyone who likes their thrillers with real moral weight.