FINAL RESPECTS--First book in the RBPD series
The beginnings of this first book came from all the hours my police officer son-in-law, Mike, visited me when he got off his nightly shift.
Frankly, I didn't know a whole lot about writing or publishing back then even though I'd written two historical family sagas. I read a lot of mysteries and I knew the tales Mike related could be turned into a compelling mystery.
During that time period we lived in a beach community--and of course, I wanted to set this book in a similar one, though I moved it up the coast a bit and gave it a different look.
One of the local cops had been killed while investigating a domestic violence call. Mike told me a lot about what happened and different people's reactions. He also told me about one of the officers who was a publicity hound.
My youngest daughter had a friend who lived in a house behind her father's mortuary. My daughter loved to go over and spend the night. I learned that she and her friend and two sisters liked to play in the mortuary.
It wasn't long before these facts and others began to form into a story that eventually became FINAL RESPECTS.
Blurb:
Being a cop is something Doug Milligan wanted since
childhood, but his wife hates his profession. He’ll have to make a difficult
choice. Publicity hound, Ryan Strickland, will do anything to further his
career, but his secret affair could cause him major problems. Mortician Stuart
Honich dreams about sinking his teeth into the flesh of his tormentors—his
boss’s daughters. The murder of the Milligan’s baby sitter begins a series of
events that could lead to the destruction of the entire Rocky Bluff Police Department.
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Do remember, this was written long before cell-phones and the Internet.
I wrote this series under the name, F. M. Meredith.
Marilyn
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