Forgotten Creek Forgotten Creek
no. 10 - Winston Radhauser Mysteries

Forgotten Creek

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Publisher Description

When the murder of a fourteen-year-old homeless boy rocks the small town of Ashland, Oregon, Detective Winston Radhauser is desperate to make an arrest. The boy, Tadeas Phan, is found on a bench near the pond in Lithia Park, stabbed through the heart. One week earlier, another victim, also stabbed, was found in the Shakespeare theater courtyard. Both had empty Starbucks coffee cups beside them. The press has already dubbed them the Starbucks murders.

Maxine McBride, Radhauser’s partner, discovers a homeless man, crouching behind the park restroom. His clothing is blood soaked and he clutches a knife in his hand. She is convinced the man, Michael Cornelius, is the Starbucks killer.

Cornelius, known as Corndog, is a former police officer, a Vietnam vet who suffers from PTSD. He is a hero, having received both a purple heart and a bronze star for his service. The evidence against Corndog is daunting, but no matter how hard Radhauser tries to make the pieces fit, he can’t find a motive for the killings. His boss, pressured by the mayor, wants the case closed and insists Corndog be arrested.

The case is officially closed, but Radhauser can’t let it go. He risks everything, even his job, to investigate further. The closer he gets to the truth, the harder it is to believe. Will he find the real killer, free Corndog, and reunite him with the family he left behind?

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2021
May 18
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
375
Pages
PUBLISHER
Tirgearr Publishing
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
769.3
KB

Customer Reviews

E.P. Clark ,

Small-Town Murder Mystery with Plenty of Heart

This latest installment in the Winston Radhauser series contains plenty of what the previous books did: lots of heart, lots of oh-so-human characters facing painful dilemmas. Like the earlier books in the series, it has the plot of a murder mystery, but the heart of a family drama.

It starts right after the end of the previous book in the series. There's enough background information, and the story is sufficiently self-contained, that it can be read as a standalone, although of course it would be best to read the series in order.

Like the other books in the series, "Forgotten Creek" straddles the line between police procedural and cozy mystery, with elements of both creating its own unique atmosphere. While it's a murder mystery, it's not an especially gruesome or gory one. It should appeal to fans of a broad range of mystery subgenres, especially those who love mysteries with a focus on psychology and the full range of human behavior.

My thanks to the author for providing a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

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