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Robert Scott is the author of the Jack Elton mystery series, published by Avalon Books, New York, N.Y. He is a professional member of the Crime Writers of Canada, Saskatchewan Writers Guild and The Word Guild. He lives in Saskatchewan, Canada
The Jack Elton Mystery Series is available through Amazon.ca (Canadian orders), Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and from the publisher at http://www.avalonbooks.com/ordinfo.html
I am a writer of short stories and novels.
My first novel, ADVERTISING MURDER was published in the spring of 2007.
Two more, LOST YOUTH, published in August 2008, and MURDER EXPRESS, which was released December 24, 2008, were written, under contract to AVALON BOOKS, my publisher.
I enjoy most mystery writers but have been reading the forensic writings of Reichs, Gerritson and Cornwell for some time.
I am a linear writer. Can't jump around and throw in a scene here and there. Neither am I a writer who uses an outline. I like to be surprised by what my characters do.
FROM THE FLYLEAF OF ADVERTISING MURDER:
Jack Elton was having a rough time dealing with his unfair banishment from the Vancouver Police Force and trying to settle into the lonely life of a P.I. until the morning the dead body of a young, pregnant Asian woman is found stabbed to death in the offices of Biggs, Wilberforce, Hutton and Small. The police and the employees of the firm are mystified at the murder--no one seems to know who she is, or why she was in the building that night.
All evidence points to Brendan Biggs, a partner in the advertising firm, but Biggs insists he has never seen the girl before. The police are putting the pressure on, so in an act of desperation, Biggs calls on his old friend Jack to help out.
A job accepted grudgingly to help out a friend turns into an adventure for the aspiring private eye, as he must determine the victim’s identity, that of her assailant, and the motive for the gruesome crime, while delving into the unfamiliar and closed-to-strangers Asian community of Vancouver, Canada.
ABOUT LOST YOUTH
Late at night, the daughter of a prominent Vancouver businessman disappears. At first, no one is aware that she has been abducted until her kidnapper calls to demand a ransom. Failure to comply with his instructions could mean death for an innocent soul. But there’s a problem. The kidnapper has made a terrible mistake that even he is not aware of.
Private investigator Jack Elton is called upon to unravel the mystery behind the missing youth and the late night caller. Along with his friend Val Cummins, he tries to track down the kidnapper.
The missing girl is the daughter of a well-known and influential Vancouver businessman. First, Jack has to find him. Then he has to gain his confidence and keep him from jeopardizing the case.
It is a game of beat the clock as Jack works with the police to reunite father and daughter and to bring her abductor to justice.
ABOUT MURDER EXPRESS
Trouble seems to find Jack Elton even when he’s in motion. During what he had hoped would be a relaxing honeymoon train excursion with his new bride, he is plunged, once again, into a murder investigation. One of his fellow travelers is been found dead in a coach washroom on The Last Spike Special, en route from Vancouver to Calgary.
At first it looks like Oscar Dempster took his own life. Even the police officer assigned to the case says he believes that is what happened. But, with the help of another passenger, a medical student, Jack sets out to prove otherwise.
The clock is ticking and the miles speed by beneath him as Jack works to find the killer and uncover the motive for murder. The perpetrator must be identified before the train arrives at its final destination. In his quest, Jack will get to know some of his coach mates more intimately than he intended, for at least one of them is a deadly assassin.
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