Death Of A Hired Man (Mel Pickett, #2)

Eric Wright introduced Mel Pickett in Buried In Stone. In his newest adventure, the retired officer from Toronto becomes involved in police work when a body is discovered in the cabin he owns. The day shift at the Ontario Provincial Police Station had just come on duty when they received a disturbing call - a homicide in a log cabin on Larch River. Sergeant Wilkie fears it's Mel who has been killed and is almost relieved when he sees that the victim is Norbert Thompson, a local "hired man" who had been renting Pickett's cabin. Just as Wilkie starts looking for a motive, Pickett arrives in town and learns of the murder. His immediate thought is, was he the intended victim? Sergeant Wilkie and ex-Sergeant Mel pursue their investigations separately but each keeps a watchful eye on the other. Wilkie's lead brings him to rural Ontario, where Thompson used to work as a "hired man" on his brother's farm. Mel looks for the killer among violent men who threatened him as they were led off to jail. Will they catch the killer before he or she strikes again? Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB Number of Formats : 1 Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : goodreads:2806349, isbn:9780312268763 Single Author : Eric Wright Original Source : Mirc New Files 03 18 Sorted Author by LN, FN: Wright, Eric Title Length : 020 Title Parm D : Death of a Hired Man Title Parm F : Death of a Hired Man Num of Aut : 1 Title Parm B : ( Record ID : 8547 Uncomma Author : Eric Wright Title Parm A : Death of a Hired Man

Eric Wright, author of the highly acclaimed Charlie Salter novels, introduced readers to Mel Pickett in Buried in Stone when Pickett helped the police solve a bake-shop murder. In his newest adventure, Mel Pickett, a retired police officer from Toronto, once again becomes involved in police work when a body is discovered in the cabin that he owns.

The day shift at the Ontario Provincial Police Station had just come on duty when they received a disturbing phone call--a homicide in a log cabin on Larch River. Sergeant Wilkie fears it's Mel Pickett who has been killed and is almost relieved when he sees that the victim is Norbert Thompson, a local "hired man" who had been renting Pickett's cabin. Just as Wilkie starts looking for a motive, Pickett arrives in town and learns of the murder. His immediate though is, was he the intended victim?

Sergeant Wilkie and ex-Sergeant Pickett pursue their investigations separately, but each keeps a watchful eye on the other. Wilkie's lead brings him to rural Ontario, where Thompson used to work as a "hired man" on his brother's farm. Pickett looks for the killer among all the violent men who have threatened to get him as they were led off to jail. Will they be able to catch the killer before he or she strikes again?

"In his newest adventure, Mel Pickett, a retired police officer from Toronto, once again becomes involved in police work when a body is discovered in the cabin that he owns.". "The day shift at the Ontario Provincial Police station has just come on duty when they receive a call: a homicide at Mel Pickett's log cabin on Larch River. Sergeant Wilkie is relieved to find that the victim is not Mel but Norbert Thompson, a local "hired man" who had been renting Pickett's cabin. Just as Wilkie starts looking for a motive, Pickett arrives in town and learns of the murder. His immediate thought is, Was he the intended victim?". "Sergeant Wilkie and ex-Sergeant Pickett pursue their investigations separately, but each keeps a watchful eye on the other. Wilkie's lead brings him to rural Ontario, where Thompson used to work as a hired man on his brother's farm. Pickett looks for the killer among all the violent men who have threatened to get by him as they were led off to jail. Will they be able to catch the killer before he or she strikes again.?"--BOOK JACKET.