Blood Appeal - O'Connor, Lyle

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Résumé :
After assisting in taking down a Mafia operated porn and sex ring using underage girls in Toronto, Palatini Knight, Walter Eloy Goe, needs to kick back and wind down. How better than with a little more than friend, Joyce Farmer, in sleepy little Shell Knob, Missouri where headlines of the weekly paper are comprised of simple news like birthdays, vegetable gardens, and too much or too little rain. Shortly after checking into Miss Farmer's Lakeside Resort a disturbing 911 call comes into the local sheriff, I've's got me a body layin' out here, and she's a-lookin' deader 'n' hell. News of a young girl, dead and laid out naked in a patch of blackberry brambles, spreads like wildfire and panics the community. No one can remember such a brutal, cold-blooded murder ever occurring in this quiet little town. Just like that, Walter, a stranger to the community and newly arrived guest of Miss Farmer, becomes a person of interest to the Barry County Sheriff. Walter must solve the case before incriminating secrets from his shadowy past can be discovered. He acquires useful information by assisting a local, inexperienced, newspaper reporter to uncover nefarious circumstances, unknown and unsuspected by law-abiding citizens of this community. Two Palatini associates come to his rescue. The trio discover they are playing a game that has put them in harm's way as they follow a trail of corruption, greed, and murder from Missouri to Alaska and back, all the while leaving bodies in their wake.

Biographie:
Lyle O'Connor left his childhood home in The Dalles, Oregon for a tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force. With an honorable discharge in hand he entered the private security field. He reengaged his educational interests earning a Bachelor Degree and his niche in the behavioral health field. His career in forensic psychiatrics and adolescent behavioral health spanned more than twenty years. Lyle retired in 2008 from State employment at Alaska Psychiatric Institute. He re-entered the work force providing infrastructure security in the oilfields of Prudhoe Bay. Here, in the frozen wastelands of the arctic, he found solitude and time for reflection. His chosen profession offered a glimpse into the criminal mind and introduced him to the justice system which provided the basics for his vigilante crime writing. Lyle raises the level of crime thriller novels to new heights.