Norm Brown
Amateur Sleuth Mystery
978-1935171089
360 pgs
About
Sam & Lynn have just finished celebrating their honeymoon–the highlight of which was a long drive through the Oregon mountains in a RV. The trip would have been memorable, without almost hitting a rug and nearly crashing.The real surprise lays inside the rug, and in the chain of events which follow its discovery.
Reviews
"Strong writing, nice descriptions, and a good protagonist --likable but ordinary and with a lot to protect. I really, really loved the tense driving scene in the beginning. It never quite went the way I expected."~Kate Kasserman
"Norm Brown's story telling reminds me of Hitchcock's primary conceit: ordinary people suddenly, innocently drawn into danger, mystery, nefariousactivity."~Mike Simpson
Excerpt
Sam slowed the Explorer to check a street sign. “Isn’t our house the next one after this?”
“Right.” Lynn pointed forward through the windshield. “I’m pretty sure it's the one up ahead with the police car in the driveway.”
“Police car?”
Sam pulled onto the short concrete driveway leading up to their garage and parked next to the black and white squad car. The shield on the door read Texas Department of Public Safety. As the Explorer came to a stop the driver’s side door of the police cruiser opened and a tall man in a perfectly pressed tan uniform emerged. He smiled at them across the roof of the car as he put on a white western style hat, and then walked around to Sam’s car window. As soon as the glass was lowered, the officer leaned down and asked, “Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stanley?”
“Yes,” Sam answered.
"Welcome home. Mr. Stanley, we just need to ask you a few questions about your trip. I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to ask that you come down to our office with me.”
Sam stared back at him.
The officer added, “Mrs. Stanley and the baby can stay here. We’ll talk to her later if we need to.”
“What’s this about? Am I being arrested for something?”
“No, sir. You’re not under arrest. I’m just supposed to ask you to come with me to talk to one of our detectives. I think it’s concerning something that happened in Oregon. Right now, that’s about all I know. I’m sure he’ll explain. Could you step out of the vehicle, sir? And I’ll need to see your license, please.”
CARPET RIDE
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