Commissions

Getready for a rollicking and irresistible new mystery from award-winning artistand author Paul Madonna

Amsterdam,2019—following the conclusion of Come to Light. Former rock star turned artistEmit Hopper’s life has taken yet another strange turn. His old friend, thelegendary San Francisco private detective Ronnie Gilbert, is dead, and hiskiller has just been acquitted. But when a disheveled acquaintance from Ronnie’spast walks into Emit’s shop, a puzzling mystery resurfaces, twenty years cold.

We’retransported back to San Francisco, 1999, to when Emit and Ronnie first met. Emithas returned to taking commissions drawing people’s houses, only to be strong-armedby a shady police lieutenant into acting as her off-the-books spy. On top ofthat, a strange young woman claiming to be his daughter refuses to leave himalone. From there unfolds an intricate tale of corruption and murder that leadsto an explosive scandal, with consequences that, two decades hence, are finallyrevealed.

Fromthe world of the Emit Hopper Mysteries series, The Commissions kicksoff the origin story of what promises to be an unforgettable new eccentricdetective, Ronnie Gilbert. In a mystery filled with suspense and surprisesaround every corner, Paul Madonna delivers a rich and captivating portrait of SanFrancisco in the last days before the turn of the millennium, brought to life byone hundred of his signature pen-and-ink drawings.