Ant Farm (A Seamus McCree Mystery)
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In this prequel to Bad Policy and Cabin Fever, Seamus McCree escapes his desk-bound duties as a financial crimes investigator and takes the field to combat the evil behind two heinous crimes.
In his first official field assignment, Seamus breathes life into a moribund investigation of the botulism killings of thirty-eight union retirees at their annual Memorial Day picnic outside Chillicothe, OH.
Seamus also worms his way into the Cincinnati Police Department’s murder investigation of a church friend’s fiancé and determines police have developed neither suspect nor motive and are speculating the hit may have been the mistake of a dyslexic killer.
In each case, Seamus uncovers disturbing information of financial chicanery and in the process makes himself and his son targets of those who have already killed to keep their secrets.
This novel will be published in ebook by Kindle Press https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/3IATL9SA04ZS2 Print versions will also be available. Because of the Kindle Press contract, I have to remove all content other than the first four chapters.
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