Double Tap

About the Book

The author of Immaculate Deception has penned another riveting, action-packed tale of treachery and murder. Private investigator Sam “Mac” McCloud has been enlisted by his police lieutenant friend, Danny Kelly, to investigate the spousal abuse of an employee and her husband’s connection to a Modesto gang. In the meantime, Emily Campbell hires McCloud to find her husband so that she may file for a divorce. McCloud and his cousin, Sven “Swede” Anderson, the owner of the Downtown Athletic Club, travel to Portland, Oregon, to serve the divorce papers and become involved in another murder. A professional assassin appears to be the murderous culprit, and the two cases become entwined in a confusing trail of what appears to be strange coincidences. McCloud must traverse a suspenseful, sinister world of spousal abuse, gang violence, bank robbery, and murder before the cases are solved.

About the Author

Gary James Crawford is a retired educator, having taught physical education, business, health, and journalism. He has been a licensed real estate broker, building contractor, appraiser, and housing inspector. He has coached baseball and football at the high school level. He has been a sports reporter and photographer and was awarded a fellowship by the American Society of News Editors to the University of Maryland. He is an alumnus of Modesto Junior College, California State University Chico, and Chapman University. Crawford and his wife, Debbie, live on a ranch in the Central Valley of California.