David K. Wilson
Just saw this question. So sorry for the delayed response. Mystery in my own life? My whole life is a mystery! lol But a mystery that would be worthy of a plot for a book? Hmmm. I have lots of instances that my over-active imagination would turn into mysteries. haha Here's one:
Once my teenage daughter didn't come home from a date and I couldn't get hold of her, her boyfriend or his family. I called the police that they tracked her cell phone to a park next to a river. The ping literally showed up on the river's edge. They sent a patrol car to the park but there was no sign of anyone and, since it had only been a few hours, they couldn't consider her "missing" yet, making her disappearance unworthy of a search. So I drove to the park and, using a flashlight, walked along the shore of the river, hoping I'd find nothing and fearing what I would find. Luckily, around 5am, she called frantically after hearing all the messages. She and her boyfriend and gone to his brother's house (who lived near the park) and had both fallen asleep while playing video games. (she's a good kid and very responsible so I believed her story and, at that point, was just relieved she was okay). However, that nightmarish walk along the river's edge inspired the opening chapter of my second Sam Lawson Mystery, Beneath the Surface.
Once my teenage daughter didn't come home from a date and I couldn't get hold of her, her boyfriend or his family. I called the police that they tracked her cell phone to a park next to a river. The ping literally showed up on the river's edge. They sent a patrol car to the park but there was no sign of anyone and, since it had only been a few hours, they couldn't consider her "missing" yet, making her disappearance unworthy of a search. So I drove to the park and, using a flashlight, walked along the shore of the river, hoping I'd find nothing and fearing what I would find. Luckily, around 5am, she called frantically after hearing all the messages. She and her boyfriend and gone to his brother's house (who lived near the park) and had both fallen asleep while playing video games. (she's a good kid and very responsible so I believed her story and, at that point, was just relieved she was okay). However, that nightmarish walk along the river's edge inspired the opening chapter of my second Sam Lawson Mystery, Beneath the Surface.
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