The Running Bag
(2026)(The first book in the Illustrated Jonas Watcher series)
A novel by Gene Poschman
Being at the bottom of San Francisco Bay, tangled in a net, wasn’t part of Jonas Watcher’s plan.
In 1930s San Francisco, a chance encounter leaves him with a mysterious bag of money and a target on his back. As he attempts to walk away he is pulled into the office of a murdered private investigator—and a case already in motion.
With a persistent police lieutenant watching closely and a woman searching for her missing husband, Jonas finds himself caught in a situation that refuses to stay simple. Each attempt to leave only draws him deeper into a world where money moves quietly, loyalties shift without warning, and violence is often unseen until it is too late.
As the lines between truth and misdirection blur, Jonas decides he must see the case through, knowing that some answers are not meant to be found.
Genre: Mystery
In 1930s San Francisco, a chance encounter leaves him with a mysterious bag of money and a target on his back. As he attempts to walk away he is pulled into the office of a murdered private investigator—and a case already in motion.
With a persistent police lieutenant watching closely and a woman searching for her missing husband, Jonas finds himself caught in a situation that refuses to stay simple. Each attempt to leave only draws him deeper into a world where money moves quietly, loyalties shift without warning, and violence is often unseen until it is too late.
As the lines between truth and misdirection blur, Jonas decides he must see the case through, knowing that some answers are not meant to be found.
Genre: Mystery
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