Dupree's Rebirth
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“What’s wrong?” Dara asked.
“It is Mitch, sweetie. He’s been killed,” Carl said.
Dara heard nothing after that. She vaguely remembered Halley taking her in her arms, feeling her hot cheek, and the sound of her sobbing.
There were no remains to be returned to White Owl. A flag-covered casket sat at the front of the church where they took their vows. Mitch’s White Owl Fire Department helmet sat atop the casket, but Dara knew the wooden box was empty. She refused to go to Carl and Cathy’s after the funeral. She didn’t want to hear anyone say how sorry they were, what a great guy Mitch was, or if there was anything they could do, just ask. She went home alone. Dara laid in their bed and listened to Mitch’s favorite Eagles album over and over.
In the days to come, she considered going back to Portland, but the idea was soon dismissed, White Owl was now her home.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Micheal Maxwell has traveled the globe on the lookout for strange sights, sounds, and people. His adventures have taken him from the jungles of Ecuador and the Philippines to the top of the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge, and from the cave dwellings of Native Americans in the deserts of the Southwest to The Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler’s Eagles Nest! He’s always looking for a story to tell and interesting people to meet.
Micheal was taught the beauty and majesty of the English language by Bob Dylan, Robertson Davies, Charles Dickens, and Leonard Cohen.
Mr. Maxwell has dined with politicians, rock stars and beggars. He has rubbed shoulders with priests and murderers, surgeons and drug dealers, each one giving him a part of themselves that will live again in the pages of his books.
Maxwell found a niche in the mystery-suspense genre beginning with the bestselling The Cole Sage Mystery Series and continuing with the Adam Dupree Series gives readers new kinds of heroes. All of Maxwell’s work departs from the usual heavily sexual, profanity-laced norm and gives readers character-driven stories, with twists, turns, and page-turning plot lines.
Micheal Maxwell writes from a life of love, music, film, and literature. Along with his lovely wife and travel partner, Janet, they divide their time between a small town in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California and their lake house in Washington State.
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ALSO BY MICHEAL MAXWELL
THE COLE SAGE SERIES
Diamonds and Cole (Cole Sage Mystery #1)
Cellar of Cole (Cole Sage Mystery #2)
Helix of Cole (Cole Sage Mystery #3)
Cole Dust (Cole Sage Mystery #4)
Cole Shoot (Cole Sage Mystery #5)
Cole Fire (Cole Sage Mystery #6)
Heart of Cole (Cole Sage Mystery #7)
Cole Mine (Cole Sage Mystery #8)
Soul of Cole (Cole Sage Mystery #9)
Cole Cuts (Cole Sage Mystery #10)
THE ADAM DUPREE SERIES
Dupree’s Rebirth: Book #1 (An Adam Dupree Novel)
Dupree’s Reward: Book #2 (An Adam Dupree Novel)
Dupree’s Resolve: Book #3 (An Adam Dupree Novel)
FLYNT & STEELE MYSTERIES
Dead Beat: Book #1 (A Flynt & Steel Mystery)
Dead Duck: Book #2 (A Flynt & Steel Mystery)
OTHER WORKS
The First Chapter: The Collected Short Stories and First Novel: The Whistler 1964-2017
Three Nails: (A Tale of Tragedy, Testing and Triumph)