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Peter Stockwell
Peter Stockwell is a retired middle school teacher embarking on his next career telling stories. He lives with his wife, Sandy, and two cats in Silverdale, Washington. He and other local Kitsap authors have formed a group called Kitsap Literary Artists and Writers (KLAW) which broadcasts a monthly television show on Bremerton Kitsap Access Television.
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A relaxing vacation cruise through Alaskan waters is just what Detective Marcus Jefferson and his family needs. They meet International best-selling author, James Blackthorne, who is on board as a guest of the cruise line. In his stateroom after a speaking engagement, a strange illness strikes the author which induces his death. An initial ruling by the ship’s medical staff of natural causes raises few alarms. However, Joan Jefferson, an experienced geriatric care nurse and Marc’s wife, questions the decision and pushes a reluctant detective to initiate an investigation. With little evidence and unenthusiastic shipboard medical and security support, he delves into an impossible search for the truth. Did Blackthorne die naturally or become a victim like a character in one of his own books?
DEATH STALKS MR. BLACKTHORNE
A KITSAP SHERIFF DETECTIVE MARCUS JEFFERSON NOVEL |
What motive does a young mother and wife have to commit the ultimate sin of suicide? What motive does a father and husband have for killing his wife? Mary Waite's death presents a conundrum; is it suicide or murder? Detective Marc Jefferson has motive to figure out the answer, but his motive could ruin his own marriage. Marc receives the call on a Sunday which is his family day. He leaves a disappointed wife to uncover a mystery which has unsettling consequences. Can he solve Mary's death and keep his family life intact?
MOTIVE
A DETECTIVE MARCUS JEFFERSON INVESTIGATION |
Kitsap County Sheriff Detective, Marcus Jefferson, promised Joan, his wife, to be more attentive to her needs for a family man at regularly. But a detective is not always able to follow leads and catch suspects on a 9 to 5 schedule. his latest endeavor involves uncovering the truth about his Uncle Jeremais Jefferson's death two years ago. Jerry, a Snohomish County sheriff's deputy, had investigated a drug cartel operation in his county. When the undercover research went bust, he was forced to retire after a 28 year career. Five months later a suicide ended the family embarrassment.
Marcus never believed his uncle took his own life and the aid of his own father, Jerry's brother and a Seattle police officer, he dives into the cold case to prove a murder was committed. With evidence Jerry hid from the county department he uncovers corruption in the sheriff's office and potential judicial interference.
Threats and attacks against his family cause increasing angst in his wife and children, as well as cousins, his Aunt Lydia, and his own mother and father. Can he resolve his uncle's death and keep his family safe from harm and potential death?
JERRY'S MOTIVES
THE STORY OF MARCUS JEFFERSON'S UNCLE |
Roger Waite found his dream woman while attending college at Washington State University. After a whirlwind romance he and Mary Johnson wed and begin life together, only to have her emotional sanity unravel because of a history of abuse and attempted suicide. When children are born and pressures assail her, she descends into a manic depressive anxiety-riddled existence confounding Roger’s plans for the ideal family he seeks. Realizing Mary's sister, Victoria, has been a stabilizing influence for her as they grew up in Seattle, he enlists the young teenager’s assistance to keep his wife from committing suicide again. As the adolescent develops into a virtual twin of her older sister, which reminds Roger of the woman he met in college, forbidden feelings emerge. Victoria harbors desires to meet a person like her brother-in-law who can instill in her the changes she observed in her sister after meeting Roger. She cultivates an emotional attraction to him which she contrives to consummate as her first physical experience with a man. Can Roger and Mary save their romance or will he succumb to the allure of a young resolute teenage twin?
MOTIVATIONS
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