The Python is Missing

by Rick Matkin

Overview

Detective Sergeant Alan Goodson becomes partnered up with a young and pretty patrolman with more education than experience. In a town where they can't remember the last murder and where everyone would have known either the victim or the perpetrator, this should have been solved overnight. Statistics and previous practice tendencies prove to have little influence on the outcome of this investigation.

Every little town law enforcement department has its own challenges with this one being further complicated by the in-office chatter and rumor building and then the late-night announcement the incumbent may not be running for reelection.

Before it is all over, they have two people in jail and a murderer who is not. It is amazing what you can see when you are looking for something else.

The focus, as well as the title both hang on the weapon of choice and how that choice had so carefully been made.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161148358
Publisher:	Rick Matkin
Publication date:	03/04/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	403 KB

About the Author

Rick Matkin is a retired child and family therapist. For over thirty years, he served clients subjected to a harsher lifestyle than most. His work with families through state agencies, private practice, and as a contracted consultant in Europe, allowed for a thorough exposure to the many complicated issues of young children and adolescents.

Mr. Matkin served as an auxiliary deputy sheriff in a small rural sheriff's department. He found the work to be rewarding and fascinating. After eleven years in corrections and related law enforcement positions, he decided to dedicate the remainder of his career to working with children and families with special issues. He has seen the result of the many factors children are all too frequently exposed to in the course of their day to day lives.