Bøger af D B Elrogg

"The body of a young woman is found in a spooky old farmhouse on the outskirts of Duluth. She came back to town to claim her inheritance, but that took a wrong turn. Who killed her? And whose body is buried in the barn? Police Consultant Milo Rathkey keeps saying it's not what you see, it's what you don't see."--

Why would someone buy seven ugly, winter hats in May? Police Consultant Milo Rathkey wanted to know but the buyer told him to mind his own business. Milo would have forgotten all about it if the Hat Man hadn't been found floating face down in a nearby river. Who murdered Hat Man? The clues center around a radio station contest that has treasure hunters pouring into Duluth in search of a quick payday. All Milo really wanted was four double-A batteries.

Real estate magnet James Bonner is murdered in his office after his New Year's Eve Party. The widow has a long-standing grudge. The son has gambling debts, and a couple of low life thugs are hanging around. Why? Is it the kid's gambling debt or something more sinister? One-time cop turned private eye Milo Rathkey just had his life turned upside down. That's why he was invited to the party. That's why he talked with the soon to be corpse. And that's why the cops want him in on the investigation. Mary Alice it was a great party...sorry about the murder.

Milo Rathkey is spending a quiet January in his Duluth mansion, Lakesong-too quiet. Then Charlie Dawson is murdered while riding an exercise bike. The police want to know who rigged the bike to electrocute Charlie. Milo wonders why Charlie died on a Tuesday.

When two bodies are found on the back lawn of the Hawthorne estate, the police find private investigator Milo Rathkey already on the scene, dragged into the investigation by Mary Alice Bonner who had hoped to use Hawthorne for her annual New Year's Eve party. The dead are identified as a young couple who were touring their wedding venue the night before. The police think the bride-to-be was the target. Milo suspects the killer was after the groom. All Mary Alice Bonner knows, is that it's hard to plan a party with bodies on the lawn. Murder Again! Happy New Year!