The Way You Say My Name (Paperback or Softback)

On New Year’s day, P.I. Declan Shaw is hired to investigate a disappearance. Amanda Spencer, a young mother of two, slipped away from a Christmas concert without leaving a clue. What made her run and who is she running from?

While digging up shreds of info from Amanda’s parents and friends, Declan meets Sam Chandler. She’s the kind of woman who stops him in his tracks. Sexy, smart, and complicated. And skilled at keeping secrets. So skilled Declan questions his abilities as a detective. What began as an intriguing missing person case soon shifts into a cross-country pursuit with Sam’s life in the balance.

For once, Declan isn’t the searcher, he’s the one who cannot afford to be found.

In The Way You Say My Name, narratives intertwine as a double spiral winds tighter and tighter. Amanda’s story is one of them. Protecting Sam is the other.

And the closer Declan comes to finding Amanda, the more he risks losing Sam.

What folks are saying about the Declan Shaw series…

“M.E. Proctor has burst onto the crime fiction scene with tenacity and grace.”
—Teresa Brock, Best Thriller Books

“Like most of us, Declan Shaw is a work in progress. More than that, he’s a fine addition to the pantheon of gumshoe that has come before.”
—Beau Johnson, author of the Bishop Rider Stories

“Beautifully written with sharp dialogue and a fast pace that will keep you turning pages late into the night.”
—Michael Downing, author of Saints of the Asphalt

“I always like to see an investigator with the classic Sam Spade style set-up (one detective, one secretary, one top-floor agency) and Shaw certainly possessed all the swagger and repartee to hold his own among the big beasts of the genre.”
—Ed Church, author of the Brook Deelman Mysteries

“Proctor has a painter’s eye. Engrossing, satisfying, and done with class.”
—Coy Hall, author of the Royce Pembrook Thrillers