A Soul Defiled: A Bailey Crane Mystery

by Billy Ray Chitwood

Bailey Crane and wife, Wendy, are just settling into their new condo unit on the Sea of Cortez when the call from an old friend begins an unexpected and dangerous ride through another mystery maze. They're all here, the scammers, the contract killers, the good guys and the bad guys. Bailey came to the sea for semi-retirement fun in the sun. Instead, he gets kidnapped twice, bruised and battered twice, meets a man of intrigue, and, finally finds that friendship and life can come to surprising ends.

With compelling characters and a beautiful backdrop of sea and desert elegance, this is a story with surprising climatic moments, not to be missed.

234 pages, Paperback

Published June 27, 2011

About the author

- Graduate of Lycoming College (Williamsport, PA) - BA English

- Actor in film, stage, television

- Honorably and proudly served in the United States Navy

- Taught school (Advanced Writing)

- Worked in Sales and Marketing for major textbook publishers

- Owned and ran a business

- Author of 14 books, with one more in the oven

- Recently moved from The Sea of Cortez with wife, Julie Anne, and 'George' (a Bengal cat with some serious attitude). Now live in the bluegrass rolling hills of Kentucky.

-Writing is therapy for the soul.