The Comedian from Hellfire: a Stu Fletcher, PI mystery novel - Paperback

by Jeff Ridenour (Author)

The Comedian from Hellfire is a detective-driven murder mystery set in Central California during the summer of 1967. Stu Fletcher, a former detective with the Burbank PD, is invited to help solve the murder of his friend Murky Murtrans's wife Cynthia. Meanwhile, Fletcher is hired by a local criminal defense attorney, Amanda Reynolds, to help her prove her client, Ricky Claymore III, the grandson of a welathy local winery owner, did not rape a coed at the local university. Eventually, Fletcher's two cases merge in ways he did not anticipate. While embarrassed at solving both his cases too slowly, he hastens to prevent a clever murderer from killing again.

Author Biography

The author was uprooted from Indiana and cheerfully transplanted into Scottsdale, AZ when he was 14. Educated at Stanford, Arizona State, and the University of Washington, with degrees in philosophy, he has since resided in Washington state, Arizona, and most recently in Indiana. He currently resides in Tucson.