Choker

Frederick Ramsay

ISBN 10: 1590586352 / ISBN 13: 9781590586358

Published by Poisoned Pen Pr, 2009

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Nick Reynolds, his pilot's rating barely a month old, drops off the radar at night over the Chesapeake Bay. Investigating agencies call it another tragic pilot error accident. No trace of the plane is found in the Bay's murky waters. Ike Schwartz, erstwhile sheriff of Picketsville, on vacation, is approached by Charlie Garland, an old CIA friend, to look into the disappearance. The missing pilot was engaged to Charlie's niece and the family is not dealing well with the lack of closure. More importantly, Nick, just before his disappearance, had placed a call to Charlie moments leading him to conclude something more than pilot error might be involved in the disappearance. Ike accepts the assignment as a favor to Charlie and also because vacations do not work for him. Ike's wide-eyed entry into a simple missing person's case catapults him into an international thriller a la Robert Ludlum with intimations of terrorism that might threaten the nation and its leaders. Clandestine operations, angry watermen, and out of place dredging spoil complicate Ike's efforts to unravel the mystery.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Choker
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590586352
• ISBN 13: 9781590586358
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Nick Reynolds, his pilot’s rating barely a month old, drops off the radar one night over the Chesapeake Bay. Investigating agencies call it another tragic pilot-error accident. No trace of the plane is found in the Bay’s murky waters.While on vacation nearby, Picketsville, VA, sheriff Ike Schwartz is approached by Charlie Garland, an old friend from his CIA days, to look into the disappearance. The missing pilot was engaged to Charlie’s niece, and the family is not dealing well with the lack of closure. More important, just before his disappearance, Nick had placed a puzzling call to Charlie.Ike’s wide-eyed entry into a simple missing persons case soon catapults him into an international investigation with intimations of terrorism that could threaten the nation and its leaders.Meanwhile, back in Picketsville, The Rev. Blake Fisher and Acting Sheriff Frank Sutherlin must sort out the mystery of the missing communion silver and a possible occult group operating in the high school.

About the Author

Dr. Frederick Ramsay was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in Virginia and received a doctorate from the University of Illinois--Westside Medical Campus. After a stint in the Army, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and also served as an Associate Dean. In 1971 he was ordained an Episcopal priest. Now retired from full-time ministry, he lives in Surprise, Arizona, with his wife and partner, Susan.