Grave Consequences

About the Book

Sergeant John Wesson is a detective with the major crimes division of the St. Brides Police Department. As such, he investigates everything. His side kick is Detective Bennet and together they are immersed in a set of disappearances involving college co-eds. No bodies have ever turned up, though murder is high on the list of possibilities. Wesson, Bennet, and an unlikely reporter combine to solve the demise of the three missing girls. Along the way, Wesson is bugged by the OCD like behavior of Bennet, an excellent detective with some unusual traits. A young reporter for the St. Brides Tribune, Steve Newson, is assigned to write a story about the latest missing co-ed and finds himself deeply involved in the case. An internment site excavator (grave digger) by the name of Harry Scroggins finds himself mixed up with problems that reach beyond the scope of normalcy. Harry’s son, Robin adds a complicated twist to the story. The plot unravels when a mix-up in the burial of the mayor’s sister causes her to be exhumed and reburied in the proper location. Wesson finds that he must take Steve into his confidence so that he doesn’t publish a story that might drive the guilty felon underground.

About the Author

I am retired from teaching science (Easy stuff like chemistry and physics). I have had a lifelong desire to write. Back in my college days, I would write off the wall articles of my random thoughts. In those days, desktop and laptop computers were not available and everything I created was written out in long hand (I wasn’t a typist then, though I may not be one now). That’s why so many of my early writings have not survived. Today, with computers, I can write and save anything, preserving my efforts. I have an intense interest in writing mystery novels without all the blood and gore. I have completed two novels (Grave Consequences and Antoine’s Antiques) and am in the midst of writing two others (Runestone Relics and Donna’s DNA). Two other novels are still in the planning stages (Fire on Deck and Circle of Protection).