Book description
Ike Schwartz and Ruth Harris had to delay a vacation in Las Vegas
because at the last moment, Ruth was required to go to Scone Island,
Maine to settle an estate. But that task is soon complicated by one, and
then another suspicious death. First, a long term resident slips off a
cliff. Was he pushed? Then the woman, who found the body, is, in turn,
discovered on a foot path dead from an apparent heart attack, but also
with a not easily explained head wound. Ruth finds herself briefly cast
as a person of interest in the last death. When things seem to be
slipping out of hand, Ike arrives just in time to witness the discovery
of a third body-Simon Weiss. Weiss had come to the island to purchase
properties with an eye to turning it into a high-end resort. His tactics
and personality so alienated the residents that it is no surprise his
body is found under the community pier, with a very professionally
placed bullet hole in his forehead. As his plans were allegedly financed
by the New York mafia, it seems obvious who ordered the hit. This brings
the FBI into play, to the distress of the local police. With an array of
suspects, motives, and even the island's history to confound the
investigation, Ike, with the aid of local Deputy Sheriff, Tom Stone, and
the able, if quirky, assistance of Ruth, unravel these three deaths, but
not without heavy costs to villains, residents, and their children.
Dr. Frederick Ramsay was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his
doctorate from the University of Illinois-Westside Medical Campus. After
a stint in the Army, he joined the faculty of the University of
Maryland, School of Medicine, teaching Anatomy, Embryology and
Histology; engaged in research and also served as an Associate Dean.
During this time he also pursued studies in theology and in 1971 was
ordained an Episcopal priest. He is the author of several scientific and
general articles, tracts, theses, and co-author of The Baltimore
Declaration. He is an accomplished public speaker and once hosted a
television spot, Prognosis, on the evening news for WMAR-TV, Baltimore.
He is also an iconographer with works displayed around the world. He
lives in Surprise, Arizona with his wife and partner, Susan.
