F. M. Meredith's Rocky Bluff P.D. series... A Finalist for EPIC's Best Mystery/Suspense award -- March 6 2010

 

 

Set in a small So CA beach town, an imaginative stalker’s decapitation sends Detectives Milligan and Marshall on an investigation of the stalker’s family, his victim and her family.

When Doug strikes out on his own to corner the murderer and no one knows where he went, Stacey frantically tries to find him. She almost comes to a dead end, when his beloved MG is found in the lagoon on the Santa Barbara college campus.

 

 

 

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Two Churches. Two Ministers.

 Two Wives. One Murder.

 While on patrol in the central California foothills near Rocky Bluff, Officer Stacey Wilbur spots a car crashed into a giant oak tree. A woman is slumped against the steering wheel.

 The woman is dead, but it’s soon apparent the crash had little to do with her death. There is a bullet hole behind her ear.

 The car belongs to the minister of a local church, and it’s his wife who’s dead on the front seat. Officer Wilbur drives to the minister’s home to give him the bad news, which is met with aloofness bordering on unconcern. The typical “suspect the spouse first” theory ratchets up a few ticks in Stacey Wilbur’s analytical mind.

 Before that jells, however, Wilbur learns there’s much more in the mix.

 

 
   

About the Author

F. M. Meredith’s first home was in a neighborhood filled with police officer’s and their families. She saw first hand how the job affected the families and the family affected the job, something she hopes she’s portrayed in the Rocky Bluff P.D. series. When her son-in-law became a policeman, he added to her interest by telling her stories and taking her on a ride-along. More ride-along with male and female officers have added to her store of knowledge.

As a member of the Public Safety Writers Association, she’s made many friend in law enforcement.

Meredith is a member of four chapters of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, PSWA, Writers of Kern and Epic.

 

    
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A car accident or a murder? That is the question Officer Stacey Wilbur faces when she find a car smashed into a tree while working the night shift for the Rocky Bluffs Police Department. Stacey immediately phones Detective Doug Milligan who responds to the scene. It doesn’t take long to figure out that the victim had been shot in the head.

The victim is identified as Mallory Cookmeyer, wife of a prominent local minister. Rev. Paul Cookmeyer is shocked to hear of his wife’s death but can offer no suggestions as to who might want her dead. As Doug and Stacey and the other detectives work the case they find that there are a number of suspects including Paul Cookmeyer, his secretary, Ms Danfelt, the choir director, a minister of another church as well as that minister’s wife. When it is revealed that Mallory was pregnant, the case becomes even more complicated.

Stacey and Doug work together but are also romantically involved. Their relationship has not progressed rapidly since Stacey has a young son to rush home too and since they both work different shifts, their hours make dating difficult.

No Sanctuary is a good mystery with a bit of a surprise ending. Peeks into the lives of some of the other officers in the department make for interesting reading. Stacey leaves the investigation for a brief stint as an undercover officer, which adds another dimension to the story.