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Frank Dodge Mystery Series
Keeping Secrets in St. Louis
A stolen treasure. A scandalous affair. This was not the assignment he signed up for.
Plagued by self-doubt, novice freelance writer Frank Dodge is determined to prove he made the right choice to start a new career. Excited about an assignment to write a profile of a St. Louis institution, his mood is deflated when he finds the museum staff in chaos over the theft of their most valuable item: the original score for Scott Joplin’s The Entertainer.
The museum director, worried about news of the theft leaking out, asks Dodge to help find the missing document. With his assignment busted, he agrees. Maybe the anonymous philanthropist who donated the valuable piece of ragtime history isn’t as charitable as she seems. Or maybe the smug head of the museum’s governing board has a hidden agenda. As Dodge zeroes in on a suspect, a suspicious death and a secretive affair threaten to derail his investigation.
Will Dodge find the missing score or will the museum’s cagey staff derail Dodge’s writing career before it starts?
Keeping Secrets in St. Louis is the first story in the Frank Dodge mystery series. If you like complex characters, atmospheric settings, and a dose of snarky humor, then you’ll love Dean Klinkenberg’s engaging page-turner.
Plagued by self-doubt, novice freelance writer Frank Dodge is determined to prove he made the right choice to start a new career. Excited about an assignment to write a profile of a St. Louis institution, his mood is deflated when he finds the museum staff in chaos over the theft of their most valuable item: the original score for Scott Joplin’s The Entertainer.
The museum director, worried about news of the theft leaking out, asks Dodge to help find the missing document. With his assignment busted, he agrees. Maybe the anonymous philanthropist who donated the valuable piece of ragtime history isn’t as charitable as she seems. Or maybe the smug head of the museum’s governing board has a hidden agenda. As Dodge zeroes in on a suspect, a suspicious death and a secretive affair threaten to derail his investigation.
Will Dodge find the missing score or will the museum’s cagey staff derail Dodge’s writing career before it starts?
Keeping Secrets in St. Louis is the first story in the Frank Dodge mystery series. If you like complex characters, atmospheric settings, and a dose of snarky humor, then you’ll love Dean Klinkenberg’s engaging page-turner.
117 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 28, 2021
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About the author
Dean Klinkenberg
21 books15 followersDean Klinkenberg, the Mississippi Valley Traveler, explores the back roads and backwaters of the Mississippi River Valley, a place with an abundance of stories to tell, big characters, epic struggles, do-gooders and evil-doers. Some of those stories are in the Frank Dodge mystery series; others you’ll find in the Mississippi Valley Traveler guidebooks. He lives in St. Louis with his husband, John, and a parrot, Ra.
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May 31, 2021
A MUST for your TBR list! Fast-paced! Riveting! Exciting! Addictive! Witty! Not only is this a very well-written book with wonderfully-interesting characters, but the suspense builds at just the right pace as the story unfolds. It was an artful melding of twisted thrills and heart-pounding action that kept me hanging on every word the whole way!
*I received a complimentary ARC of this book in order to read and provide a voluntary, unbiased and honest review, should I choose to do so.
*I received a complimentary ARC of this book in order to read and provide a voluntary, unbiased and honest review, should I choose to do so.
June 4, 2021
Too much filler
This book would've been a great short story. As it reads now, in my opinion, it is a cross between a good mystery and an historical essay or travel brochure with more emphasis toward the historical part. I prefer the stories I read to flow easily, without filler such as blurbs about what and how exactly the main character cooked breakfast. Sorry. This was not my cup of tea.
This book would've been a great short story. As it reads now, in my opinion, it is a cross between a good mystery and an historical essay or travel brochure with more emphasis toward the historical part. I prefer the stories I read to flow easily, without filler such as blurbs about what and how exactly the main character cooked breakfast. Sorry. This was not my cup of tea.
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