Murder In A Small Town...

Rogues Blog#2:



A body is found at the bottom of a 100' bluff at Fort Worden State Park and the Port Townsend Police have a murder on their hands (a key development in the story). So what happens next? Would a team of detectives, CSI unit, and coroner converge on the scene like they do on TV? In researching that question I met with Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Scott Rosekrans and the answer is... not exactly.

I can't reveal what actually does happen, of course (rather fascinating developments that come out in the book), but Scott was very gracious (he has agreed to the use of his real name) and invited me up to the clock tower above his office in the historic old Court House (opened in 1893). Quite a treat since few people in PT have ever been up there. No wonder this Prosecuting Attorney refers to himself as "Quasimodo!"

Stay tuned... in Blog #3 you'll meet another "real character," former LAPD homicide detective (and now PT resident) David Lambkin.