Matson’s Case No. 2

"Set in 1950s NYC, the hero fights crime amid racial tension and the rise of Nazism. A fascinating story, packed with suspense and plenty of intrigue."

Matson's forensic boss, O'Neal, a crusty Scotsman, sends Matson to the crime scene in Manhattan, where he learns that three men, all with the same name, are murder victims, suspiciously in a three-block radius of each other.  He hooks up with his former partner, Harvey Smith, and the two cops plug into the world of spies, Nazis, and Operation Paperclip.

In their investigation into the three murders, all revealing ties with Hitler, the two cops go to the FDA's animal research facility, site of the three murdered men's work on biological warfare off Lyme, Connecticut, namesake for Lyme disease.

Who murdered whom becomes a twisted riddle of love and covert operations—and protection of government secrets. Will the truth ever be known? Matson and Smith, in their search for the answer, venture off to the FDA's Animal research facility, site of the three Nazi scientists' work on bacteriological warfare off Lyme, Connecticut.

In the familiar sub-plot to the Matson series, he continues to advance in the police ranks, despite ongoing discrimination during the pre-Civil Rights era of the late 1950s. Sissy, Matson's wife, begins her education in earnest toward becoming a highly respected psychologist.