Murder of the Prodigal Father

In a small town filled with dark secrets, one man must confront his past to solve his father's murder.

It's the Winter of '96 and Connor Pierce is forced to leave behind his failing marriage in the tropics to confront the demons of his past in his hometown.

Turned into a small town amateur sleuth, Connor faces sexual betrayals, buried secrets, and a legacy of philandering. The stakes couldn't be higher as he delves into the twisted details of Dixon Pierce's last moments, and realizes that his father's death was no accident. With small town law enforcement dismissing his claims, Connor is left to solve the case with only the help of the friends he abandoned years ago.

But when a sniper takes aim at him, Connor must fight to stay alive long enough to unmask the killer and bring justice to his family.

Murder of the Prodigal Father is the first book in the Connor Pierce private investigator mystery suspense series. Astute and engaging, this is a psychological insightful murder mystery for fans of Raymond Chandler and John D. McDonald. If you like amateur sleuths, domestic malice, honest characters and surprising twists, then you'll love Mark Wm Smith's page-turning mystery.

Astute and engaging, Murder of Prodigal Father is a psychological insightful murder mystery for fans of Raymond Chandler and John D. McDonald.

Mark Wm Smith was born in Miles City, Montana and raised all around the Big Sky Country. He writes mystery and suspense, novel and story length, with a little poetry a la carte, all designed to stimulate your senses and engage your mind. He writes with a stick in his mouth, drooling through fast-paced scenes and emotional disturbances, leading you to a surprising and meaningful conclusion.

Murder mysteries and suspense stories filled with interesting characters compelled to unravel the riddle of death and solve (or commit) crimes for comprehensible reasons in relevant circumstances, Mark's fiction rises to the level of fresh and vigorous. Mark's characters battle one another and reveal reasons we connect with. If you love mystery, action, revelation and humor, rendered at a proper pace with unexpected twists and turns, you'll love his work.

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