The Fern Valley Conspiracy (Paperback or Softback)

<p>Take four people that have been friends since college.&nbsp; Add a desire to protect others.&nbsp; Toss in a fun-loving look on life, and mix with a dash of a not-quite-by-the-book way of doing things, and what do you have?</p><p></p><p>The partners of Justice Security.</p><p></p><p>They are Joey Justice, after whom the company was named, Misty Wilhite, the love of Joey's life, Dexter Beck, the martial arts master and computer nerd, and Percival "King Louie" Washington, who bears a striking facial resemblance to a particular cartoon character.</p><p></p><p>In this introductory story, the partners provide security for a society dog show with unexpected death coming from an unknown source.&nbsp; They also provide security for a Heavyweight Boxing Championship that has no challenger, and they are hired to investigate the deaths of two innocent teens.&nbsp; Those deaths are tied into a government contract, and, through an unfortunate accident, they make a mortal enemy of an insane Mexican drug cartel leader.</p><p></p><p>They are aided by their government liaison &ndash; FBI Agent Marcus Moore.&nbsp; But with the situation turning darker by the minute, can these four unlikely heroes continue to stay alive?</p><p></p><p>Inspired by the classic song performed by Three Dog Night, T. M. Bilderback's <em>Mama Told Me Not To Come</em> is an adventure that you won't forget!</p>

Dr Robert Fisk is a New Zealand author of ten titles. His books are thrillers, often with a message or reflection on our lives. Although his settings normally reflect New Zealand scenery and social life, the Simpson Family Inheritance trilogy is also about Europe in the early 1800s. Robert has been a teacher and school principal, an Education Officer in Brunei Darussalam, a lecturer at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman and lately a teacher of English at Otago University Language Centre.