Frozen Solid

ex-cop Chance Colter meets a mysterious, beautiful woman banker in Montreal. She implores him to find her lost brother who has disappeared from Minneapolis. Colter agrees for a substantial fee. The woman has hired a competing group to find her brother. They see Colter as competition and try to eliminate him. It takes all Colter's cop skills to thwart their attacks and solve the mystery of the missing brother.

Ex-cop Chance Colter meets with a mysterious and beautiful woman banker in Montreal. She implores him to find her missing brother who has disappeared from Minneapolis. With a deadline of six days before an important bank merger meeting at which the brother is required, Colter begins the search. Unbeknownst to him the woman also hired a competing group to locate her brother believing two groups will yield quicker results. But the other group see Colter as competition and tries repeatedly to eliminate him. It takes all Colter's cop skills to solve the mystery of the missing brother and thwart the attacks against him. The search leads to the far north woods of Minnesota in winter where Colter confronts his attackers and solves the mystery of the missing brother.

Jeffrey Birch has been writing fiction for many years. He writes primarily mystery/thrillers. His novel, Magnet For Murder, A Chance Colter Mystery was published in 2012. A second in the series is due out this fall. Mr. Birch divides him time between writing, sculpture and painting. A third Chance Colter Mystery is being written. Mr. Birch and his wife reside in Minnesota. They travel often for pleasure, inspiration and research.