The Nelson Scandal Author:Jackie Griffey Cas Larkin is running for Sheriff of Pine County again, unopposed but grateful for the turnout to vote for him and the new Pine County Judge. His wife, Connie, quits her job in nearby Ft. Craig to stay at home and work part-time in Maryvale. Cas, busy with a new murder case nods his approval and is promptly rewarded by Fate with another dead ... more »body to worry about. Though the first victim has family in Maryvale the second victim is a complete stranger. There is no similarity at all except dope. Both were users, and Cas looks for a connection as he investigates. Meanwhile, romantic Connie, impressed with the lovely portrait of Mary Lou Nelson for whom Maryvale was named, decides to look up the Nelson's family history and the vague but lingering rumor of a scandal and even more interesting rumors of Mary Lou's romance with a handsome young Frenchman. The library basement where Connie searches through old newspapers is full of promising research material but a miserable place to be. It is bone chilling cold and there is the almost inaudible sound of a young woman crying. Could the library basement be haunted? Will Connie find out what really happened betwen Mary Lou Nelson and her handsome French lover, Louis deVille? Can Cas find the connection between his two murder cases? Cas and Connie use hot clues and cold paper trails in their investigation of four murders, two of them more than a hundred years old.« less