The Long Silt A Walter Corran Mystery

Calverton, 1947. A city built on commerce, silence, and carefully buried truths.

When quiet bookkeeper Arthur Voss vanishes without warning, private investigator Walter Corran expects a routine missing-person case. Instead, the search leads him into a maze of old shipping records, fraudulent insurance claims, institutional corruption, and a death the city decided long ago to forget.

Twelve years earlier, a young schoolteacher named Constance Hale drowned near a shipping pier owned by one of Calverton's most respected businessmen. The verdict was swift: accidental death. The questions ended.

Arthur Voss spent years proving they should never have ended at all.

As Corran follows a trail hidden in ledgers, forgotten files, and reluctant memories, he uncovers a conspiracy stretching from the harbor front to the police department itself. Each answer brings him closer to a powerful man with everything to lose and to a truth that others are willing to kill to keep buried.

Rich in atmosphere and moral complexity, The Long Silt is a classic noir mystery about memory, corruption, loyalty, and the cost of asking questions that powerful people would rather leave unanswered.

Perfect for readers who enjoy Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Joseph Hansen, and thoughtful historical crime fiction where the mystery matters as much as the people caught inside it.