Naked Evidence

This book is former Police Chief Mark Beckner's third in a series of crime thrillers. This book entails two separate novels of murder, intrigue, mystery, action, and suspense. Readers will find it hard to put this book down. Approximately 94,000 words.

In the first story, readers of Death From Desire will be happy to find Miami Detective Rick Baez back to work and teamed again with Detective Leah Mitchell as they try to unravel the mystery of the half-submerged naked body found in a Miami swamp. Something sinister is at work. It gets worse when a second body is found.....then a third. Are the cases connected? Is there a serial killer on the loose in Miami? What is the connection to Georgia, if any? What they don't know will shock them, and maybe you.

In the following story, Detective Juan Garcia (Behind The Lies) has been transferred from the east side of Chicago and is now working in the downtown district. He has moved on from the Candy Man case (or has he) and is now working with his first female partner, Detective Hannah Elsberg. Their first case together appears to be a simple homicide, but soon turns into a trail pointing in multiple directions. A woman is found shot dead in her own bedroom. Who would kill a successful businesswoman living in an upscale downtown condominium? Are the drugs found on the floor part of the motive? Is her husband a cold-blooded murderer, or is he being truthful? Is there another woman involved? Full of action and mystery.

Mark Beckner is known in Colorado from his time with the Boulder Police Department from 1978 to 2014. He rose through the ranks to become Boulder's Police Chief in 1998 and remained in that position until his retirement in 2014. Chief Beckner took the reins of a department in turmoil and suffering from widespread criticism in the wake of the 1996 JonBenet Ramsey murder. Given the propensity of unusual happenings in Boulder, the Department and Chief Beckner often found themselves in the news.

However, it wasn't until he took over command of the JonBenet Ramsey investigation in late 1997 that he became known across the country by those interested in the bizarre nature of JonBenet's death. While the case has never been solved, Chief Beckner was able instrumental in bringing order to the investigation and played a role in getting the case to a grand jury. Most of the local media respected Chief Beckner for his honesty and straightforward approach.

Mark Beckner still lives in Colorado and uses his law enforcement experience and writing skills to create thrilling, dramatic, and suspenseful murder mysteries.

His first book, Behind The Lies, has received highly positive reviews. It comprises three crime dramas involving murder, mystery, action and suspense. His second book is scheduled to be out in late September, 2021.