Buzz Kill: The Sandeen Mysteries, Book Three
Dennis E. Smirl
- When
- Sandeen
- agrees
- to
- look
- into
- the
- mysterious
- disappearance
- of
- Phillip
- 'Buzz'
- Holland,
- he
- doesn't
- expect
- to
- cross
- dangerous
- members
- of
- a
- deadly
- criminal
- conspiracy.
- After
- traveling
- to
- Pittsburg
- State
- University,
- the
- spot
- where
- 'Buzz'
- Holland
- disappeared,
- he
- gets
- a
- huge
- surprise
- when
- he
- has
- a
- chance
- encounter
- with
- a
- former
- girlfriend
- from
- his
- own
- college
- days.
- Now
- a
- sophisticated
- woman
- and
- member
- of
- the
- University
- faculty,
- she
- has
- become
- unwittingly
- involved
- in
- Holland's
- disappearance.
Puzzling
- over
- the
- few
- available
- clues,
- Sandeen
- is
- surprised
- when
- his
- own
- well-being
- is
- threatened.
- Pressing
- on
- with
- the
- help
- of
- his
- former
- girlfriend
- and
- a
- priest
- with
- unexpected
- talents,
- Sandeen
- confronts
- several
- violent
- young
- men
- who
- are
- determined
- to
- do
- whatever
- is
- necessary
- to
- keep
- their
- secrets
- hidden.
As
- he
- pushes
- ever
- more
- deeply
- into
- the
- mystery
- of
- 'Buzz'
- Holland's
- disappearance,
- Sandeen
- learns
- of
- related
- acts
- of
- violence,
- including
- murder,
- and
- begins
- to
- unravel
- the
- thread
- connecting
- these
- crimes.
- As
- he
- follows
- those
- threads,
- he
- learns
- that
- trying
- to
- be
- an
- investigative
- writer,
- while
- at
- the
- same
- time
- owning
- and
- operating
- a
- successful
- espresso
- shop,
- is
- proving
- to
- be
- far
- more
- difficult
- than
- he
- anticipated.
- He
- will
- have
- to
- choose
- one
- or
- the
- other,
- and
- the
- wrong
- choice
- could
- spell
- disaster.
Putting
- most
- of
- his
- energy
- into
- solving
- the
- mystery
- of
- 'Buzz'
- Holland's
- disappearance,
- Sandeen
- develops
- an
- uneasy
- alliance
- with
- a
- police
- detective.
- When
- all
- the
- pieces
- fall
- into
- place,
- he
- becomes
- a
- target
- for
- murder,
- and
- only
- good
- fortune
- puts
- a
- straight-shooting
- detective
- between
- Sandeen
- and
- a
- determined murderer.
