Murder in Tolland: A Mystery Novel
David M. Hamlin
- How
- do
- you
- catch
- a
- killer
- in
- a
- small
- town
- where
- seemingly
- everyone
- has
- a
- motive
- to
- kill
- or
- to
- protect
- the
- killer(s)?
- .
- .
- .As
- a
- youngster,
- Demetrius
- Clarke
- spent
- joyous
- summers
- in
- the
- small,
- quiet
- village
- of
- Tolland,
- Connecticut.
- Now
- a
- somewhat
- disillusioned
- Los
- Angeles
- mystery
- writer,
- Clarke
- returns
- to
- Tolland
- to
- evaluate
- his
- life
- and
- his
- future.
- His
- arrival
- in
- the
- place
- he
- loves
- and
- cherishes
- coincides
- with
- the
- discovery
- that
- the
- community's
- most
- reviled
- resident,
- Ike
- Karas—a
- brash,
- arrogant,
- wealthy
- New
- Yorker
- whose
- values
- are
- entirely
- at
- odds
- with
- those
- of
- the
- village—has
- been
- murdered.Tolland's
- only
- law
- enforcement
- officer,
- Billy
- Williamson,
- is
- a
- rookie
- Connecticut
- State
- Trooper.
- Bright,
- eager,
- and
- admittedly
- inexperienced,
- Williamson
- is
- determined
- to
- solve
- the
- crime
- even
- as
- he
- is
- intimidated
- by
- the
- gravity
- of
- the
- assignment.
- When
- the
- small
- town's
- grapevine
- alerts
- Williamson
- to
- the
- presence
- of
- a
- writer
- who
- specializes
- in
- mysteries,
- the
- young
- officer
- implores
- Clarke
- to
- assist
- him.
- Reluctantly,
- Clarke
- agrees,
- and
- the
- two
- men
- embark
- on
- an
- investigation
- in
- the
- face
- of
- a
- significant
- challenge:
- most
- of
- the
- village's
- residents
- are
- content
- to
- be
- rid
- of
- the
- victim
- and
- more
- than
- a
- few
- believe
- that
- Karas
- got
- exactly
- what
- he
- deserved.
- Will
- they
- catch
- the
- killer(s)
- and
- return
- Tolland
- to
- bliss?
- Read
- and
- find
- out."A
- murder
- in
- a
- perfect
- Connecticut
- small
- town.
- An
- upright
- citizenry
- that
- doesn't
- seem
- to
- care.
- The
- appearance
- of
- a
- stranger.
- These
- are
- the
- seeds
- of
- David
- Hamlin's
- most
- captivating
- mystery
- novel
- yet.
- Cozy
- up
- and
- let
- it
- work
- its
- way
- into
- you.
- Have
- a
- muffin."
- —Pulitzer
- Prize
- and
- Emmy
- winner
- Ron
- Powers,
- author
- of
- Flags
- of
- Our
- Fathers,
- Mark
- Twain,
- and
- Nobody
- Cares
- About
- Crazy
- People"In
- his
- splendidly-written
- mystery,
- David
- Hamlin
- not
- only
- kills
- off
- 'the
- village
- SOB'
- but
- casts
- half
- the
- village's
- residents
- under
- suspicion."
- —Jack
- Shakely,
- award-winning
- author
- of
- The
- Confederate
- War Bonnet
