Michael W. Sherer announced today that his Emerson Ward mystery series is now available in ebook format.
We're featuring the first in the series, An Option on Death, below. First published in 1988, it introduces Emerson Ward, a freelance writer and amateur sleuth in Chicago.
The other titles in the series are Little Use for Death, Death Came Dress in White, A Forever Death, Death Is No Bargain, and Death on a Budget.
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An Option on Death
Michael W. Sherer
An Emerson Ward Mystery
Emerson Ward is in love. The kind of old-fashioned love that makes him want to carve "EW Loves JP" on a tree. He's known Jessica Pearson for a long time. They almost made it work once, but she wasn't ready. Now she's back, ready for love, for Emerson. But just as suddenly she's gone again, accidentally killed by a stray bullet that comes bursting through Emerson's living room window. Or is it murder?
The only way Emerson can get on with his life is to find out who killed Jessica, and why. He does have clue: When Jessica reappeared on his doorstep, one of her suitcases contained a quarter of a million dollars — in cash — and a pile of confirmation statements revealing a tangled web of stock transactions.
His quixotic search for the truth leads Emerson to the Bahamas, Florida, New York and back to Chicago on a trail strewn with dead bodies, smuggling, missing persons and too many people who aren't what they appear or who they say they are. All have something to hide and everything to lose if Emerson uncovers their secrets. And they'll do anything to stop him.
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