Stone Fly: Contemporary Detective Fiction

by Rod Collins

Joined by a bottle-and-cans man, a beautiful bartender, and two Bremerton city detectives, Sheriff Bud Blair and his four deputies set out to find a connection between a dead sailor in Bremerton and the murder in Lake County, Oregon, of an unidentified "John Doe." After listening to an anonymous phone call, Bud finds the case becoming more complex than a simple homicide. And as they unravel the mystery of the dead, his officers move closer to a confrontation with NCIS. Crazy Charlie, and drug runners who may have connections to the Middle East. When the dust settles, Bud is left with a new homicide to solve, a suspicion that a mole is hiding in NCIS, and an unpaid debt to a man who doesn't officially exist––the mysterious Stone Fly.

362 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 24, 2012

Reviews

[Belinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is just great story telling! The constant action makes it go a lot faster than Spider Silk, so hold on to your seat! I was truly sad when there were no more pages to turn!

While this is definitely a stand-alone book, if you haven't read the first book, you'll want it to get to know the sheriff and his friends a little better.

P.S. I think I have a crush on Bud ;-)

[Chuckles · Rating 1 out of 5]

This series quickly took a turn for the worst. The first book (Spider Silk) had its flaws, but this one has those same flaws (some cheesiness and hokiness, some proofreading misses) but where it really went wrong is the preposterous plot. All of the sudden rural Oregon Sheriff Bud Blair is involved with a government conspiracy with covert operatives, NCIS, dead bodies, ties to Washington navy bases... just a bunch of silly nonsense.

What a disappointing turn for this series.

[E. C. Swartout · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stone Fly

This and the first sheriff Bud novels are excellent. The author does a good job of keeping the story moving.

[darlene walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great series

I love this new series, starting #3 now. I am looking forward to a long relationship with Bud Blair and his department.