Decease and Desist

by Glenn Harris

Clint McCall and rival PI Devon Malone are together again, this time on a case that grows from the minor theft of a friend’s key ring to a series of killings and kidnappings that could include one or both of them before they’re done. If that’s not enough, life throws in a landlord who thinks his mother-in-law may be trying to kill him, an old enemy coming back around to ask for help, and a daughter worried about a possible stalker. Will McCall and Malone be able to sort it all out and uncover the twisted fantasies of a powerful madman in time to prevent more deaths, including their own?

290 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2013

About the author

Glenn Harris is the author of the Clint McCall – Devon Malone Mystery series featuring two Portland, Oregon, private detectives. He lives and writes in the middle of the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area (Hood River, Oregon).

His former lives include English instructor at Indiana University, private K-12 school director in Oakland, California, graphic design and publishing business owner in Berkeley, managing editor of The Lewis River News in Woodland, Washington, corporate manager and taekwondo instructor in his current hometown in Oregon.

After a lifetime of news articles and editorials, public relations pieces, corporate position papers and other non-fiction expressions of the writer's craft, he is thrilled to finally be embarked on writing and publishing the Clint McCall - Devon Malone Mystery series.

Decease and Desist is the second of the McCall and Malone mysteries, following Turnabout is Fatal Play. Look for ONE DEADLY GAME to be out before Christmas 2014.

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second McCall-Malone mystery and it was a mild struggle for me to follow. I seem to have character dyslexia and so I had to list each new character as he or she was introduced. Yes, I could not tell the players without a score card. This is my, not the author's failing. I felt I was hooked however, but to be sure, I read Decease and Desist a second time. For me the second reading clarified all the plot twists and turns, brought out character quirks, provided insight to McCall's and Malone's thought processes, and all in all, left me completely satisfied, not unlike the satisfaction and the afterglow I get from reading a Lee Child Jack Reacher novel or a David Baldacci King and Maxwell novel. I can already see Glenn Harris potentially joining these impressive writers. Definitely looking forward to the next McCall and Malone installment.