The Golden Peak Conspiracy: A James Staphano Novel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798186219262)

A dead engineer. A shadow defense contract. And a conspiracy buried deep beneath Denver's biggest brewery.
The war might be drawing to a close, but the shadows in 1945 Denver are darker than ever. Private investigator James Staphano and his partner Mike Dunne are hired to look into a fatal "industrial accident" at the Golden Peak Brewery. But when the plant's chief engineer leaves behind a locked paymaster's box filled with encrypted shipping manifests, a simple corporate espionage case turns radioactive.
The brewery is a front. Beneath the vats of fermenting lager lies a subterranean bunker refining raw uranium for a classified, off-the-books military operation. And Golden Peak's chief fixer, Thomas Locke, is perfectly willing to drop bodies in the streets to keep the government's secret quiet.
Operating with the help of their razor-sharp office manager, Vera, the newly expanded Staphano & Dunne agency is thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse. From back-alley shootouts in a midnight-blue 1941 Packard to a ticking-clock ambush at the abandoned Platte River rail yards, James and Mike must outgun a squad of professional killers and expose a treasonous shadow contract before the cargo vanishes into the New Mexico desert.
If you crave classic, hardboiled noir mysteries packed with historical grit, relentless action, and sharp dialogue, step into the shadows of the third riveting installment of the James Staphano Novels.

Grab your copy of The Golden Peak Conspiracy today and join the investigation.

Author: Pete Staff
ISBN-13: 9798186219262
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 07/08/2026
Pages: 166
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d