Teva Tan
Southwest Detective series #1
Two river rafting summer experiences. One with boy scouts and their fathers on Colorado River. The other rafting is on Las Palmas River with four executive bankers. The first trip is a four-day exciting adventure. However the second three-day cruise on a lazy river -for team building- had turned deadly. Detective Esparza di Onega from the small town Trissa, is called on to unravel the Las Palmas River murder case while Chief Alberto Jose Cargile and his boy scout nephews are having a blast on the Colorado River.
Arriving home, Chief Alberto Cargile gets an update from Detective Onega for the bank suspects. Onega initially interviewed, then interrogated the three bankers as evidence points as suspects. They must go back to the murder spot on the river, along with the three remaining executives, to solve the mystery of the missing silver case and the murdered senior executive. Why keep a heavy case in the river raft? What are the bankers hiding and what will Chief Alberto Cargile find on the river? Is the silver case the reason for the murder?
About John
Having escaped corporate life, I began writing fiction writing in earnest, getting My work published through Amazon, my primary marketing tool. Besides the murder/mystery genre, I have ventured into Science Fiction, and twenty-first-century children short stories as well. My books are available in paperback and Kindle.
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READ THE UPDATED SERIES SOFTWATERS EUROPEAN SERIES
A new book will be added to the series in 2018: Ravenna via Bologna.
SoftWaters European General Manager, Enrico de la Prada, gained the opportunity to present their medical software to Bologna’s Regional Medical Board, with the support of the company’s president and owner, Gannon Waters.
Giancarlo Armini, mastermind of the murder of Gannon’s partner, Ed Bressing, was released from prison after 14 years served for his involvement in the murder. Gannon helped commit Giancarlo, a mafia mobster, with the help from Enrico de la Prada. After leaving prison, Giancarlo is a practicing psychiatrist –degree obtained in prison- Dr. Giancarlo Armini resides in Ravenna, a town near Bologna, and sits on the region’s medical software selection committee.
Hearing of Giancarlo’s release and medical practice in Bologna, his expected revenge becomes Gannon’s nightmare, which haunts all of his moves in Italy.
Aretha Arrendonda left her job at SoftWaters, moving to Italy to disappear after her husband, Malcolm, was murdered in Colorado. A private person, feeling jinxed against love, she devotes her time raising their child, Marcello. After 4 tough and lonely years, Aretha becomes attracted to the supportive Dr. Giancarlo Armini who is treating her mother’s dementia.
In the verdant land of Bologna, Gannon, Aretha and Giancarlo’s paths intersect, becoming entwined by unexpected encounters, and eventually, sealed in a horrific deadly conclusion. Is Giancarlo involved with the mafia, is he manipulating Gannon’s company to extract revenge?
TRIPLE DIGIT ANYTHING IS SCARY
October 2014
I feel that I’m living a double-digit life
And it has been full of love and grief,
But a generous fullness that day-by-day,
I knew that all would work out okay.
But when the bean counters plotted my retirement
My money and grace would run out at ninety-nine.
So much for being that coveted century man.
I guess I’m not built to survive as a triple digit fan.
Life’s more than a destination, but a travel adventure
That we are generously following/leading each other.
At present, knowing/loving each other for 45 years,
Can we double down, making it to a bigger digit than 90?
Now that would truly be a life-time amazing adventure!