Works of Fiction – 3

When a man is found dead – and naked – in New City Hospital and is unidentified, the chief of staff calls his friend, Ron Looney, Homicide Detective to assist in solving the case. Looney’s pursuit of the facts leads him and his partner, Gene Novalchek to encounter violations of hospital procedures, a major corruption scheme in Cincinnati and an intricate attempt at another murder. At stake are individual lives, public reputations and a large sum of money. The detectives have to widen their perceptions of complexity and their geographic responsibilities to solve the murder and bring the culprits to justice.

A prominent cancer clinician and researcher is found murdered in a locked building. The detective assigned arrests a physician from New City and the chief of staff asks Ron Looney to get involved. Ron and his partner face a locked room mystery, a lack of obvious motive for the killing, barriers within the department and confusing notes from the murdered man. Tom Bolling and Monique Song uncover a trio of patients that surprisingly recover from a fatal illness and Ron wonders if there is a connection to the murder. The key to the case comes from an unexpected source.

Completed February 2022