A Matter of Possession - Paperback

by L. Phillips Carlson (Author)

Joe Shurjack's had a lousy week in St. Louis, and it's not just the weather. First, his flirtatious coworker Bea dies in a car accident. Next, his boss at the PI firm goes crazy and fires most of the staff, including Joe. And then his wife starts acting weird.What's a newly-licensed private investigator to do? Joe decides to strike out on his own, but soon finds himself chasing a stolen butterfly collection, one with a murderous twist. He's barely working on the case when Bea's ghost manifests-and takes over his wife's body! She tells him someone was out to get her, that it was no mere accident.Haunted by his own insecurities, Joe struggles to solve the butterfly murder and uncover the well-hidden clues to Bea's demise. What he ultimately learns changes everything-for his clients, his former coworkers, and for him.

Author Biography

L. Phillips Carlson has more than 130 published articles, short stories and poems to her credit, most under a different pen name. She also worked as a copy editor for a group of nationally-distributed magazines, wrote and edited a local newsletter for a decade, and penned an award-winning church history. When not writing, Ms. Carlson travels widely, sings in a symphonic chorus, and tends to various members of her family. She lives in sunny New Mexico with her retired-engineer husband in a pueblo-style home they designed themselves.