In this first book, the reader meets Mark Hunter a detective on the New York city police force. The story is a tongue-in-cheek, as it focuses on a dim-witted, inept, farcical president-elect with an office in Manhattan. Here’s another chapter...
Winston Cooper is a man of unfulfilled dreams. His plans o forge a career in the realm of fine art were curtailed by a war injury suffered in Afghanistan. The war, his injury, an arduous recovery, all contributed to his bleak prospects, to his despair. These circumstances also dashed his career plans.
Cooper, drawing on his military experience, eventually found fulfillment as a detective on the New York City police force. His past continued to plague him and self-doubt–would he be reliable in stressful situations–drove him to resign from his position.
At this point, Cooper returned to his first love; he hung out his shingle: Winston Cooper, Private Detective, specializing in crimes of art theft. You can ffollow his cases by goung to the “Books” page.
A Mark Hunter Mystery
First, Family
In First, Family, Winston Cooper’s inaugural case, two murders occur that have him bumping heads with Felix Wolff, an incompetent narcissist who is currently the President-elect of the United States. The deaths of the two men Cooper is investigating had both dated Wolff’s daughter, Marguerite, which makes the President-elect and his family persons of interest. Wolff, vain and arrogant, has no time for the detective’s questions. Marguerite, a son, Archer, and the old man, himself, have closed ranks to stymie Cooper at every opportunity.
Winston, teamed with fellow officer, Austen Beauchamp, persists with their investigation, probing Wolff’s family operations and, so, they learn deep family secrets that eventually solves their case.
A Mark Hunter Mystery
First, Family
In First, Family, Winston Cooper’s inaugural case, two murders occur that have him bumping heads with Felix Wolff, an incompetent narcissist who is currently the President-elect of the United States. The deaths of the two men Cooper is investigating had both dated Wolff’s daughter, Marguerite, which makes the President-elect and his family persons of interest. Wolff, vain and arrogant, has no time for the detective’s questions. Marguerite, a son, Archer, and the old man, himself, have closed ranks to stymie Cooper at every opportunity.
Winston, teamed with fellow officer, Austen Beauchamp, persists with their investigation, probing Wolff’s family operations and, so, they learn deep family secrets that eventually solves their case.
A Mark Hunter Mystery
Fate Prevails
A Gothic Mystery
In Fate Prevails, Winston Cooper finds himself in Charleston, South Carolina, assisting an investigation into the theft of a rare and valuable painting—a previously unknown work by the sixteenth century Dutch artist, Hieronymus Bosh. He is partnered with local cop, Adam Newman. The investigation gets complicated as their suspects start showing up dead.
Most of the action occurs in Dyke Huis, a mansion in Charleston’s historic district which has a reputation of being haunted. The two detectives have experiences in the house that defy explanation and set their nerves on edge. Eventually, the painting is recovered and the killer is identified. The climax visits calamity on the detective and the killer.
About the Author
Robert Ehlenfeldt
I’m Mark Hunter, a private investigator and the protagonist of my debut novel Framed. I started writing late in life after working as a geneticist at the Universities of Wisconsin and Minnesota for many years. My wife, Beth, and I have been married for over fifty years. We have two daughters and eight grandchildren—the oldest is 26 years old, and the youngest is around nine years old.
In a 110-year-old home in south Minneapolis, I compete for my time writing and other interests such as gardening—flowers and veggies (cippolini onions, haricots verts;) I also enjoy cooking up a storm in the kitchen (foie gras torchon, anyone?) Whatever free time I have is spent reading or listening to music, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, and Dvorak are timeless.
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