Chasing the Shadows

Paul Keaton has his hands full with planning for a wedding, expecting his first child, and dealing with sudden unemployment. Yet he drops everything and rushes back to his hometown in Vermont when his lifelong best friend, Casey, is arrested for murdering his lover and a sheriff's deputy. It seems an open and shut case. He was at the scene of the crime and found in possession of the murder weapon, yet certain things don't add up, like how a man who hates firearms and hasn't owned one...
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Paul Keaton has his hands full with planning for a wedding, expecting his first child, and dealing with sudden unemployment. Yet he drops everything and rushes back to his hometown in Vermont when his lifelong best friend, Casey, is arrested for murdering his lover and a sheriff's deputy. It seems an open and shut case. He was at the scene of the crime and found in possession of the murder weapon, yet certain things don't add up, like how a man who hates firearms and hasn't owned one since he was a kid suddenly comes into possession of a handgun - clean of prints and with the serial numbers file off - on the very night he allegedly committed the double homicide. Paul finally decides his friend was framed, and it's a decision pitting him against the county sheriff, who is also his older brother, making for the ultimate in sibling rivalry. Paul's amateur investigation hits a roadblock when the one person who can help prove Casey's innocence is stabbed to death. Plus, Paul's impatient fiancée is pressuring him to come home. As time runs out, Paul begins to doubt his ability to save his friend from prison. It's a doubt the real killer plans to turn into certainty. Slightly gritty and infused with dry humor, Chasing The Shadows is a fun novel which will leave you wanting more.