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The Second Shoot: A David and Trait Mystery
Clean, Classic Mysteries. Shot on site. That's what's going on in this 1950s movie production. A unique filmmaker has bucked the Hollywood trend, and decided to make his movie on the streets of The Windy City. The boys at The David and Trait Detective Agency are right in the thick of it when one of the stars is gunned down.
Terrible accident, or murder conspiracy?
Follow John Trait and David DeGrabber, as they employ their unique skills to get to the bottom of it. Is the answer hidden behind an actor's facade, or could the clues be in the troupe's films themselves? It will take careful study and legwork to find out. Payphones, typewriters, and revolvers. More of what you love in, The Second Shoot.
About the The David and Trait Series are completely episodic, so you can start on whichever one you like. No cheesy big bads from one to the next, or heavy secondary arcs to worry about. John Trait, who tells the stories, and his partner David DeGrabber, are just a couple of able bodied men trying to make it on their own terms after the Allied victory. These are good clean mysteries, in the classic style. No profanity, no graphic descriptions of violence, and no hard drinking depressed detectives here. John helped to liberate France, and we don't know where Dave spent his time, but we may one day find out in the David and Trait Mysteries.
Terrible accident, or murder conspiracy?
Follow John Trait and David DeGrabber, as they employ their unique skills to get to the bottom of it. Is the answer hidden behind an actor's facade, or could the clues be in the troupe's films themselves? It will take careful study and legwork to find out. Payphones, typewriters, and revolvers. More of what you love in, The Second Shoot.
About the The David and Trait Series are completely episodic, so you can start on whichever one you like. No cheesy big bads from one to the next, or heavy secondary arcs to worry about. John Trait, who tells the stories, and his partner David DeGrabber, are just a couple of able bodied men trying to make it on their own terms after the Allied victory. These are good clean mysteries, in the classic style. No profanity, no graphic descriptions of violence, and no hard drinking depressed detectives here. John helped to liberate France, and we don't know where Dave spent his time, but we may one day find out in the David and Trait Mysteries.
168 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 2019
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Shane Chastain
16 books5 followersMy name is Shane Chastain, and I write the David and Trait Mysteries. I've always been fascinated by the genre, the clues, the cleverness. My books aim to recreate the energies of the classics that we all grew up reading. Before DNA would tell the killer by a stray hair, when the lean of a letter from a typewriter was as good a clue as any. When they wouldn't lock a guy away, if he walked up to a stranger's front door and knocked on it. My books aren't meant to reinvent the wheel, just ride on it.
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September 20, 2021
An entertaining read but not as much fun as some of the other books. I love the protagonists, David and Trait.
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