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April 16, 2021
Fairmont author publishes third mystery novel
Fairmont
author and former journalist Marshall Scott Shields has published his third
novel, a fiction mystery involving a dead detective, a beautiful woman and a
mysterious clue to the whereabouts of a missing object.
“The
Last Case” tells the story of Stanford Bell, a murdered private detective known
to the world as "Taco." Through his own narrative, Taco introduces
readers to a tall, beautiful former athlete with amber eyes who hires him to
find a missing object stolen from her apartment. With help from a very
“friendly” newspaper reporter, Taco and his client follow a seemingly random
string of numbers and letters they believe will lead them to the stolen property.
Along the way, Taco is hired by three other clients who need his help with some
bizarre cases of their own.
“‘The
Last Case’ was actually the second book I wrote and the third to be published,”
Shields said. “My other books are part of the Covington Mystery Series that
feature husband and wife reporters Rob and Jennie Covington, but ‘The Last
Case’ is a stand-alone mystery written in the noir style of Raymond Chandler or
Dashiell Hammett that will leave readers guessing until the end. It’s a compelling,
fast-moving story that will be difficult to put down.”
Shields’s first two books are “Time Capsule,”
which introduces the Covingtons by way of a mysterious box they find buried in
their back yard, and its sequel, “An Empty Seat on the Ferry,” which finds them
investigating a pair of missing persons cases that happened nearly 20 years
apart.
Shields
describes his novels as “character-driven stories that are strong on dialogue
and human interaction with compelling narratives and enough plot twists to keep
readers engaged all the way to the end.”
All
three books were published by High Peaks Publishing through Kindle Direct and
can be purchased in paperback or e-Book format by searching Amazon for “Books
by Marshall Scott Shields.”
Shields is a graduate of Fairmont
Senior High School and Fairmont State University, where he studied English and
journalism. Information about his books is available at
https://marshallscottshieldsbooks.blogspot.com or by following “Books by M.
Scott Shields” on Facebook.
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