Bøger af Fj Donohue

Why has this guy been murdered?Jason Belvedere is found dead in his car on a sunny Sunday afternoon at the local golf course.There's no apparent reason for the murder: the man has has no criminal record or apparent enemies.When the cops can't close the case, the dead man's widow calls in Alastair Stewart of Endwell Investigations.While his faithful partner, the rescue dog Sherlock, investigates her own case of a missing cat, Alastair ultimately uncovers a mob connection and a long-running but well-hidden criminal operation.

Sean McCarthy lives with the guilt of his father's failure to solve a crime.Years back a child was abducted and as a boy Sean witnessed the abduction.He always remembered the vehicle.Now 40 years later he sees it again.If he cannot unravel the mystery, a heinous crime will go unsolved.He will never have closure.

A hit or run or something else? The District Attorrney does not like what she sees and the police report is not conclusive. She assigns her part-time investigator Brad Petrpnella to look into the case. The case quickly expands into much more than just a possible road accident. Ranging over a number of upstate Ny counties, a major drug network is uncovered.

Brian Reynolds and Janet Codington walked down the hallway to their rooms at Edgewood Gardens Senior Living Center. They lived in the same wing, four doors away from each other. Before Brian went into his room, they agreed to meet with friends for dinner. Janet went down the hall to her room. Brian was in his room less than twenty minutes, catching up on some emails, when there was a commotion near Janet's room. He ran down the hall to her room. She was dead! Nothing fit! This didn't make sense. Why would anyone kill such a kind, gentle person?The investigation uncovers so much more. Nobody would feel safe in the senior living center until this case was solved.

A serial killer active in NY City over a period of years goes quiet. Detective Elton Hendricks could not close the case. Now he has returned with a vengeance to an upstate NY town where Detective Hendricks now works. Is this a copycat or has the killer come back? Is he taunting the detectives? Catch me is you can! Now Detective Hendricks, his partner, family and friends near them are the targets. They must close this case and quickly!

He came out of the woods at the back of the rural bank in upstate New York. He was wearing a baseball hat, sun glasses and a balaclava. Nothing of his face was visible. He was also wearing nylon basketball warm-up pants with snaps to allow for easy removal while standing and a loose-fitting nylon top. He went around the side of the small stand-alone building avoiding the drive-through window on the other side. No customers were in the bank. The manager and her assistant were at the two teller windows."Okay! Both of you empty your cash drawers into this backpack and be quick; he said in a loud voice. Don't trigger an alarm, I want to see your hands at all times."He did not appear to be armed or at least was not showing a gun."Let's go Damnit! Move it! NOW!

He was a CPA with a practice run from his house. He lived quietly with his dog Lucy. Friendly guy, but secretive about his life. A very private person with no local friends except Danny Osgood a neighborhood kid, who played video-games on the CPA's high-speed computer. He had little contact with the neighbors or folks in town. How did he end up with two bullet holes in his head?A simple murder in a small upstate NY town or something much bigger?The extent of the crime goes far beyond this quiet town. Other states then outside of the country.How could this crime have such a far ranging impact. To solve this mystery will require the support of the DEA and FBI in a well coordinated effort.Detective Elton Hendricks and Todd Adams from the Binghamton NY Police Department are integral to shutting down a major criminal operation.

Two homicides within minutes of each other! Robbery? Revenge killing? Contract hit? The police have to solve this quickly, or the impact of this horrific crime on the town will be devastating.Detectives Hendricks and Adams embark on an investigation that takes them far outside of upstate New York to another country.Nobody will feel safe until the crime is solved.

A severely wounded FBI agent reinvents himself as a private investigator.When Alastair Stewart loses his wife and unborn child and is badly injured in an ambush in Miami, hemoves back home to upstate New York to begin his life over.He opens a private investigation agency. Along the way he rescues a dog, half-shepherd, half-husky thrown from a moving car. Sherlock becomes hisfaithful sidekick as he investigates an explosion in a local bluestone quarry.Then a dying mother persuades him to take on a cold case the local police have been unable to close. Her autisticson disappeared ten years ago. His investigation not only leads him to the boy, now a man, but also thedrug and money laundering ring ultimately responsible for his wife and unborn child's death.Read this first novel in the Endwell Investigations series to get reacquainted with characters from FJDonohue's Upstate Mysteries and meet Alastair and Sherlock, an inseparable team.

Can this wrongful conviction be overturned?A teenager was found guilty as an accomplice in a robber murder. His brother has tried unsuccessfully for years to get the case reopened. Now a University Law Center has taken it on. It's the boy's last chance.They retain Alastair Stewart of Endwell Investigations to reexamine all the evidence. Along the way he identifies a corrupt District Attorney and a long-standing stolen car trade.