The Dark End of the Rainbow grabbed me by the throat and pulled me into its world." -Sandra Balzo, Author of the Maggy Thorsen Mysteries and Main Street Murders


"The opening pages of The Dark End of the Rainbow will have readers eagerly searching for the pot of gold at its
end." -Theodore B. Hertel, MWA's Robert L. Fish Award-winning author


Teenager Xandra Byrd plans one final drug drop to finance her budding skateboard career. High school principal Leah Davis returns to work after maternity leave, so stressed by the change in routine that she forgets her infant is in the car. Then both Xandra and the baby vanish. Now Detective Joe Zetts, whose own career is on the line, must solve the puzzle of the twin disappearances before the baby's mother is indicted for murder.


This emotionally powerful tale examines the corrosive effect of keeping secrets and the healing power of love, uniting the protagonists in a race to save themselves from falling into the dark end of the rainbow.