The lieutenant stood beside an oblong hole some feet from where the previous grave had been. "What does this look like to you?" Kinsey shoved his hands into his pockets. "A hole in the ground." "It was another grave." Lieutenant Sarkis fastened his gaze on Kinsey's face. "How do you know?" Kinsey surveyed the expanse of earth searching for evidence of their find. "Was there another body?" "No," the lieutenant conceded. Nodding his head in the direction of the forensics van, he added, "But there's evidence one had been here." What did that mean? Kinsey frowned. "So where is it?" "That's what I'd like to know." The lieutenant's tone accused Kinsey of playing skeleton hide and seek. "I know nothing about it." He felt like he'd been caught with a smoking gun.
The lieutenant stood beside an oblong hole some feet from where the previous grave had been. "What does this look like to you?" Kinsey shoved his hands into his pockets. "A hole in the ground." "It was another grave." Lieutenant Sarkis fastened his gaze on Kinsey's face. "How do you know?" Kinsey surveyed the expanse of earth searching for evidence of their find. "Was there another body?" "No," the lieutenant conceded. Nodding his head in the direction of the forensics van, he added, "But there's evidence one had been here." What did that mean? Kinsey frowned. "So where is it?" "That's what I'd like to know." The lieutenant's tone accused Kinsey of playing skeleton hide and seek. "I know nothing about it." He felt like he'd been caught with a smoking gun.
Alexander LaGuardia is offered the opportunity to move his designer dress shop to the newly opened Villa Tacoma, an upscale mall built into a historic building formerly the home of a high school. Evana Stevenson, a recent widow, accepts a position as an accountant for the luggage shop owner who is an identical replica of her deceased husband. The death of the owner’s twin brother forces Evana to question why not one but two other men should so closely resemble her husband. In the meantime, the IRS arrives for an audit of mall shops based on inaccurate payroll reports, intimating Evana or her boss have been fudging the books. Anna Swensgard, the mall’s owner, enlists Alexander to be the eyes and ears assisting detective Lieutenant Sarkis in his investigation of not only the death of the luggage owner’s brother but another body found on the mall grounds. When a stash of exotic cars with questionable ownership is discovered on the premises, Sarkis struggles to determine which clues belong to which crime.
Ridinghood Corporation, facing the unexplained disappearance of their Chief Executive Officer and red-flagged tax returns, has both the police and the IRS investigating. Parish Stenopolis is fearful of what this will do to the company and consequently her position as head accountant, a position she has attained through many years of work. She still has a seventeen-year-old son to finance through college. She has been given the responsibility to assist the IRS forensic auditor, Blayze Pashasia. Blayze has also been enlisted by Lieutenant Davy Sarkis to keep his eyes and ears open relative to the missing executive. As they begin the investigation they determine not only one but three people are missing from Ridinghood. One is a member of the computer team, the other a gossipy employee related to the company owner. Problems escalate when one of the three is found dead, murdered. Blayze uncovers suspicious activity in the company investment account and begins following the money trail, which takes them to the seaside resort at Ocean Shores and eventually moves off-shore. Making an effort not to antagonize the accountant, a costly mistake he made in a previous assignment, Blayze encounters resistance bordering on horror. Accustomed to intimidating people as an agent of the IRS, he is at a loss to explain Parish’s reaction when he realizes it has nothing to do with his employer.
Why, when its been a year and a half since Spencer Townsend went on a ski trip to Whistler BC, has he not returned? No one knows where he is. Has he fallen off a cliff, been buried in an avalanche or did he escape to parts unknown? For reasons of his own Alexander LaGuardia needs to fi nd out. Can Alexander expect Spencers wife Louisa to assist him in his search or will her fear of Spencers family prevent her participation? She engaged Dark Ansgreth as her noble defender. How much will he interfere? Previously Dark had discovered the possibility of foul play in the death of his wife. Is there really a connection between the death of Darks wife and his police detective friends fi anc? Do all these puzzle pieces fi t together somehow?
Set near Tacoma, Washington, forty-five years after the rock group PISTACHIO ended, members of the group are dying unexplained deaths. Should they all die within a short time of one another? Coincidence or murder? Wharton Fordes uncle is under police investigation regarding the death of his wife, a member of PISTACHIO. He requested Whartons help in defense. Atlanta Gabriels cousin, lead singer for PISTACHIO, is coming from England to visit. Is he putting his life in danger? Years ago Wharton and Atlanta had worked together on a law case and fell in love. They parted, committed to their marriages. Now, spouses deceased, they meet again. However, they dont share the same perspective on the past. Nonetheless, they are compelled to join forces to uncover the mystery behind these deaths.
Set near Tacoma, Washington, forty-five years after the rock group PISTACHIO ended, members of the group are dying unexplained deaths. Should they all die within a short time of one another? Coincidence or murder? Wharton Fordes uncle is under police investigation regarding the death of his wife, a member of PISTACHIO. He requested Whartons help in defense. Atlanta Gabriels cousin, lead singer for PISTACHIO, is coming from England to visit. Is he putting his life in danger? Years ago Wharton and Atlanta had worked together on a law case and fell in love. They parted, committed to their marriages. Now, spouses deceased, they meet again. However, they dont share the same perspective on the past. Nonetheless, they are compelled to join forces to uncover the mystery behind these deaths.
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Simon Russell would be dead in a matter of time. Why would someone want to murder him? Was this an opportunity for his wife's old boyfriend to resume his relationship with her? Does his cousin's newfound revelation have anything to do with Simon's death? What did Simon's best friend know about the dead stranger found in Asbury Park? Did the stranger have something to do with Simon? Two of Simon's friends, Dark Ansgreth and Zoe Jantzen, work with Lieutenant Lance Cameron to uncover the mystery of Simon's untimely death during a reunion of college friends in historic Ocean Grove on the Jersey Shore. Is there any connection between the intermittent appearance in Ocean Grove of someone pictured in the crime scene where Dark's wife was killed on the west coast and Simon's death? Who put the prescription bottle in Zoe's dresser? Does the lieutenant actually think she might be guilty? Is Lieutenant Cameron's considerate attention honest concern for Zoe or an effort to trap her?
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