Peter Blackstone Mysteries
2 primary works
Book 1
Peter Blackstone is visited by the sexy young wife of a prominent Denver figure, Arnold Williams. Samantha wants to know why her husband goes out on Wednesday nights without her. Peter takes the job, but before he can follow Arnold, he is murdered. She becomes the prime suspect and Peter shifts his focus to finding Arnold's killer. Arnold is the principal investor in a high rise building in Denver. A report that the building is unsafe causes an investigation. Peter discovers that local mobsters have been investing a lot of money in the building. They were likely to lose a great deal of money if it got out who was investing in the building. The mobsters were also siphoning funds from the project. Peter suddenly finds himself protecting Samantha as it becomes apparent that she is in danger of being murdered. He has to try to protect her from the mob and from planted evidence that could convict her of murdering her husband. Murder in the Foothills is a Peter Blackstone mystery.
Book 3
Peter Blackstone, a Denver Private Investigator, was returning home from a date with his long time girlfriend when he turned a corner and almost ran into a large lawn bag. When he tried to remove the lawn bag from the street, it broke open. He discovered that the bag was filled with more than leaves. There was a body of a young woman in the bag. That was the beginning of his search for the murderer of Emily Sutherland, a student at the Denver School of Arts and a cocktail waitress at a local night club. His search led him into the world of prostitution, gambling, and drugs. Peter loses more then any man should, but it only makes him more determined to find Emily's killers and bring them to justice. It may not have been the justice he wanted, but it was the kind that is gotten in a court of law.