"A high-quality murder mystery with a labyrinthine plot and a memorable heroine." "...nerve-wracking."— Kirkus Reviews. A bustling thriller with a whip-smart female protagonist, Little’s debut novel offers moxie and menace on every page. Thirty-six-year old police officer Emma Thorne certainly has her hands full. As if it isn’t hard enough living in the twitchy-curtain town of Hampshire, Connecticut, her professor husband’s ongoing depression has become so severe he’s stopped teaching his Yale classes. Then, all of a sudden, he vanishes. Soon thereafter, Hampshire’s lecherous mayor promotes Emma to Chief of Police at the exact time that a serial killer starts terrorizing the town. The cops call him “Mr. Sharpie,” because of the permanent marker clues he inks on victims’ bodies. As they search for Mr. Sharpie, Emma’s loyalties are torn when her missing husband becomes a suspect. And when the small-town tides-of-favor turn and her fellow officers start to doubt her innocence, Emma goes rogue to protect both the townspeople and herself against Mr. Sharpie’s rage. Frantic to stop the murders, she is now on the run ... hunted by her fellow officers. "... nerve-wracking ."" A high-quality murder mystery with a labyrinthine plot and a memorable heroine ."--Kirkus Reviews Full review from Kirkus:"In Little's debut thriller, a small-town Connecticut cop investigates a series of murders that she suspects may have been committed by her missing spouse. Officer Emma Thorne has been dealing with her husband Will Foster's severe depression. Will, a Yale University professor, hasn't taught a class in months and has hinted that he's contemplating suicide. One day, Emma returns home to find that he's inexplicably disappeared, leaving his wallet, identification, and cellphone behind. A search, with help from fellow officers, turns up nothing. After accepting the job of police chief--a position vacated after her father's unexpected death--Emma hires private investigator Mark Byrne to focus on locating Will. Emma, meanwhile, is busy with a murder case; a guy whom she dated back in high school initially seems to be a suicide until Emma, working with a forensic pathologist, uncovers foul play. After more bodies are found that are clearly homicides, cops dub the killer "Mr. Sharpie," as each victim is marked with a letter or number, written in ink. A cryptic text leads Emma to believe that Will is alive, and evidence from murder scenes seems to implicate him in the killings. It seems that all the victims have ties to Emma, so there's a good chance she may become a suspect, as well--or the next victim.Little's gleefully convoluted mystery has a first-rate protagonist for a prospective series. Over the course of the story, Emma valiantly deals with a lecherous mayor and uncooperative cops who resent her role as chief. Although many secondary characters show deviousness, Emma's police dog, Pepper, is refreshingly loyal and reliable. The story features plenty of violence, including brutal homicides and meticulous examination of the corpses. Even the humor is dark, although it's delivered well; in one scene, for instance, Emma gets rid of an annoying woman who's fawning over the easygoing Pepper by saying, "I wouldn't get near her if I were you. She's vicious." Intermittent scenes from the killer's perspective will put readers ahead of the investigators, but that doesn't make the tale any less nerve-wracking.A high-quality murder mystery with a labyrinthine plot and a memorable heroine." Before turning to writing, Christopher Little was a well-known photojournalist. His assignments--for publications like  People ,  Time ,  Life , and  The New York Times --took him to all fifty states and seventy-seven of the world's countries. He has photographed thirteen books and wrote and photographed one non-fiction book,  The Rockbound Coast: Travels in Maine  (W.W. Norton). Among his books are  Atlantic High  (Doubleday) and  Racing Through Paradise (Random House) with William F. Buckley, Jr.;  Fallingwater  (Abbeville) 1986;  Fallingwater (Rizzoli) 2016; and  Elegant New York  (Abbeville) with John Tauranac. He has photographed countless famous people, including Katharine Hepburn; John Lennon; Margaret Thatcher; Queen Elizabeth II; Juan Carlos, former King of Spain; His Highness the Aga Khan; Johnny Cash; Mick Jagger; Tom Hanks; Bill Cosby; Willie Nelson; Sting; Vanessa Williams; Henry Kissinger; Hillary Clinton; and each U.S. president from Nixon to George W. Bush--seven in all.  Ever So Silent  is his first novel. Little lives in Northwest Connecticut with his wife and their rescue dog, Ruby.