Normally, Buck Creek, North Carolina and Tampa, Florida, would not have much in common. Not so in the case of the murder of Jefferson Comstock Jr. of Comstock Land Developers headquartered in Tampa. Shot and killed while acquiring property in Buck Creek for the Logan Lake Condominiums, Junior's influential father insists on the Tampa PD sending help to the local sheriff, Roy Harper, in Buck Creek. Sheriff Roy's friend, former NYPD officer and now Atlanta Private Investigator Taylor McCann, is in Buck Creek on vacation to "do a little trout fishing." Thea Mikos is from the Greek community of Tarpon Springs, Florida. She had worked for the NYPD after graduation from the police academy in Forsythe, Georgia. She is currently a detective for the Tampa PD. Taylor and Thea had been in a relationship while in New York. Both had gone their separate ways when the relationship ended. Jefferson Comstock Junior's murder brought them back together. As the body count rises in the Tampa Bay area, PI Taylor McCann, his assistant David Hathaway, and Detective Thea Mikos, unravel the jig-saw puzzle of clues in both the Tampa Bay area and North Carolina.
About the Author: J T Ringo (1949- ) was born and raised and still lives in Brooksville, FL. He graduated from Hernando High School in 1967 and attended Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College) in St. Petersburg, FL after graduation. He is retired after 30 years with the US Postal Service and is married (41 years) to a retired English teacher. They have two adult children, three grandchildren, and a great-grandchild born May 12, 2012. J T has been writing off and on since college in the late 60's, but only seriously since 1986. His first novel was published in 1990 by Brandywine Books and is called The Broadcast Killer. Out of print now, it was not his best effort and a re-write may be in the works soon. Two of his poems have been published by the Poetry Guild, the last one published; J T was the featured poet. At Amazon.com, two other books that were published in 2009 are now available. One is called Poems For Fun And Inspiration, and the other is a murder mystery called Ace Williams, Manuscript for Murder. You Have the Right to Remain Silent, published in 2010, is a murder mystery set in a fictional town in southern Georgia. Local readers have given nothing but positive reviews of the highest regard for this novel. Last month, J T ventured into the field of westerns. His first western, an historical fiction set in the 1880's west and written around his distant cousin, Johnny Ringo, was published and is now available at amazon.com also. Its title is Law and Disorder. A second western is now available entitled Arizona Territory 1880 A Man...A Badge...A Six Gun. All can be found by searching for J T Ringo at either amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com. They also can be purchased directly from the publisher, createspace.com. J T loves to write and does so for personal entertainment as well as for the pleasure received from entertaining others. Many of J T's poems are comedic and he is thrilled when others laugh at what he has written, especially when it was intended to be funny. Several of his poems are intended for children, having received the ultimate seal of approval from his grandchildren. J T is also a member of BMI Music Association, past member of the Hernando County Fine Arts Council, and past member of the Board of Directors of the Hernando County Fair Association.