Description
The Mapleton Mystery Novellas, a blend of police procedurals and cozy mysteries, now available in print. Deadly PlacesLife is a balancing act. When you’re a cop, the choices can be deadly.Ed loves being a cop, but the Chief Stuff is getting him down. He’s juggling his own police duties, mounds of paperwork, and keeping the mayor happy. Family tensions are on the rise as well. When someone leaves an anonymous message for him at the station, handing him a new clue, he’s determined to prove the deadbeat dad assassins exist. Setting up a sting operation by makes Ed a target. Will he catch the assassins before he becomes their next victim Deadly EngagementIf you’re with a cop, there’s no escaping mystery and crime, even on a Caribbean cruise.Angie Mead thinks time away from Gordon’s “Cop Stuff” is what he needs to distract him from being suspended as Mapleton’s Chief of Police and get over killing a man. A Caribbean cruise, where Gordon has no jurisdiction, seems the perfect solution.Communication mishaps and Gordon’s apparent lack of interest in their getaway create second thoughts for Angie-until a series of petty thefts give Gordon a new bone to chew on. When he includes Angie in his investigative way of thinking, the two of them switch to sleuthing mode, and their real adventure begins. Deadly AssumptionsWill a string of mysterious trespassing incidents give Rookie Officer Ed Solomon his chance at being a big-time detectiveIn most places, people breaking into storage sheds might not be a big deal, but in the small town of Mapleton, Colorado, it’s a veritable crime wave, at least according to Chief Dixon. Kids playing pranks Or something more serious Could these trespassers have something to do with a much bigger, big-city crime What starts out as a perfunctory investigation soon escalates. Will Dixon, Arch Hepler, and new rookie Ed Solomon discover the truth before Mapleton sees its first homicide in decades
