PUFF: Spaceman with a Badge

Los Angeles Detective Wade Cutter used to orbit the Earth. Now he works homicide in a city built on smoke, secrets, and official lies. When a runaway girl takes one drag from the wrong cigarette and dies in a way no body should, Cutter is pulled into a conspiracy that stretches from Parker Center to North Carolina tobacco country - and far beyond. Federal agents are already covering tracks. Witnesses are dying. And every clue points to a product line designed not just to kill, but to change what it touches. To stop it, Cutter must follow the tobacco trail east to a processing plant hiding something older and more dangerous than corporate crime. What begins as a noir murder investigation becomes a covert war against a system built on addiction, logistics, and survival at any cost. A gritty blend of detective noir, conspiracy thriller, and science fiction horror, Puff: Spaceman with a Badge is for readers who like their mysteries sharp, their institutions rotten, and their truths expensive.