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e-llegal code: Some Puzzles are Fun, Some are a Challenge and Some are Deadly
Some puzzles are fun, some are a challenge, and some are deadly.
If Mat Briscoe thinks maintaining Detective Greene’s dying computers is going to be boring, she soon has reasons to change her mind. Informed that a strange piece of hardware has been discovered on the body of a college student, Greene insists Mat follow him to the morgue. There she meets diminutive medical examiner Hector who hands over a computer disk and challenges Mat to decipher it.
Before she can make sense of the disk, Mat finds an unconscious woman in a bed of blood. Soon she learns of the woman’s relationship to Dan Collins, a charismatic politician running for a local office. He vows to win at all costs. It isn’t long before more bodies turn up and clues point to Dan and his henchman Jim, as the guilty parties.
Aided by Professor Lynn Peterson, Mat digs into Dan Collins’ past. With new beau Greg, she is pulled into a world of political intrigue that includes a mistress, murder, and voter fraud. Could Dan, she wonders, really be behind it all?
When she confronts Dan, he threatens to ruin both her career and Greene’s unless she stops asking questions. Left on her own, she continues to dig for the truth, risking the lives of her friends as well as her own. The heart stopping ending reveals new relationships, and an ally who has been hiding in plain sight.
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In Johnny and Jake, a chance encounter ramps up a long-standing feud between two brothers.
In Johnny’s mind, his life seems to careen down a sone-way street of lost opportunities, ones that favor his brother Jake. How long can one endure a life spent watching your brother have it all?
When feelings run this deep, tragedy is waiting in the wings.
Get a free copy of Johnny and Jake at cvalba.com.
If Mat Briscoe thinks maintaining Detective Greene’s dying computers is going to be boring, she soon has reasons to change her mind. Informed that a strange piece of hardware has been discovered on the body of a college student, Greene insists Mat follow him to the morgue. There she meets diminutive medical examiner Hector who hands over a computer disk and challenges Mat to decipher it.
Before she can make sense of the disk, Mat finds an unconscious woman in a bed of blood. Soon she learns of the woman’s relationship to Dan Collins, a charismatic politician running for a local office. He vows to win at all costs. It isn’t long before more bodies turn up and clues point to Dan and his henchman Jim, as the guilty parties.
Aided by Professor Lynn Peterson, Mat digs into Dan Collins’ past. With new beau Greg, she is pulled into a world of political intrigue that includes a mistress, murder, and voter fraud. Could Dan, she wonders, really be behind it all?
When she confronts Dan, he threatens to ruin both her career and Greene’s unless she stops asking questions. Left on her own, she continues to dig for the truth, risking the lives of her friends as well as her own. The heart stopping ending reveals new relationships, and an ally who has been hiding in plain sight.
Sign up for the author's email list at cvalba.com and get a free copy of the short story Johnny and Jake.
In Johnny and Jake, a chance encounter ramps up a long-standing feud between two brothers.
In Johnny’s mind, his life seems to careen down a sone-way street of lost opportunities, ones that favor his brother Jake. How long can one endure a life spent watching your brother have it all?
When feelings run this deep, tragedy is waiting in the wings.
Get a free copy of Johnny and Jake at cvalba.com.
258 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 10, 2024
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About the author
C. V. Alba
4 books2 followersC.V. Alba is the author of award winning action-packed mystery novels set in the urban environment of 1990s Washington D.C. These gripping crime thrillers are rooted in the years she spent in the business world of high-tech.
There she encountered dishonesty, cover-ups, half-truths and outright lies–even murder and crime as thrilling as any murder mystery. From those experiences she developed her strong female protagonist. Her stories provide fast-paced action and adventure mixed with romance and strong friendships.
C.V. Alba grew up in the United States and Europe. She loves detective and murder mysteries solved by assertive but vulnerable women. She also enjoys walking, music, and most of all, her family. She resides in Virginia with her husband.
C.V. Alba’s work has been published in the Blue Ridge Writers Journal and the Journal of the Virginia Writers Project.
There she encountered dishonesty, cover-ups, half-truths and outright lies–even murder and crime as thrilling as any murder mystery. From those experiences she developed her strong female protagonist. Her stories provide fast-paced action and adventure mixed with romance and strong friendships.
C.V. Alba grew up in the United States and Europe. She loves detective and murder mysteries solved by assertive but vulnerable women. She also enjoys walking, music, and most of all, her family. She resides in Virginia with her husband.
C.V. Alba’s work has been published in the Blue Ridge Writers Journal and the Journal of the Virginia Writers Project.
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