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Emerson Littlefield is a retired high school and college English professor who now writes full time. He lives on a small farm outside of Calistoga, California where, with his wife, he grows three and a half acres of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. His familiarity with the speech and lifestyles of the people of North Florida comes from having lived there for an extended period in his youth.
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The Motel Murder
by Emerson Littlefield

Overview


Denise "Midge" Sumpter and her partner Jake Leon work to solve a baffling murder. An unsavory character suspected of selling illegal drugs and sex trafficking is found murdered in a room in Midge's grandmother's motel, The Shady Oaks. Stabbed, garroted, and smashed on the head, he lies dead in a pool of blood with a loaded revolver, unfired, on the floor nearby. Suspects include a local barbecue chef and restaurant owner whose favorite cooking tool is a machete, a fugitive methamphetamine producer who sports a fully automatic AK-47, a drug user who buys from the local producer, a divorcée who lives in a swanky gated community, and a missing girl who may have been trafficked by the deceased. Frequently shot at, Midge and Jake drive a Dodge Challenger patrol car with several bullet holes from trigger-happy suspects. Full of colorful characters, colorful language, and exciting car chases, "The Motel Murder" will keep you turning pages until the final page.
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"The Motel Murder," first in the Midge Sumpter mystery series, features the characters and landscape of poor, rural North Florida. Surrounded by millions of acres of pine and palmetto forest land and corn and tobacco farms, the sleepy little town of Seminole Pines sees more than its fair share of violent crime. Gigantic Sheriff Beaumont "Pee-Wee" Marion attempts to keep a lid on that crime with the understaffed and overworked Wassahatchka County Sheriff's Department. Two of the department's deputies, crack young detectives Denise "Midge" Sumpter and Jake Leon, investigate a bloody murder that took place in Midge's grandmother's motel. The characters in the story are as colorful as the language in which Midge relays the tale: a barbecue chef who cooks with a machete, a fugitive meth cooker who operates a still on the side, a drug addict who is far too intelligent to be the failure that he is, a smug middle-aged divorcee who lives in a swanky gated community, and a missing girl. The language is the vernacular of rural North Florida, sometimes rough but always colorful. With grit, determination, intelligence, and a sense of humor, Midge and Jake pursue the case to the satisfying and surprising end.
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Overview


Denise "Midge" Sumpter and her partner Jake Leon work to solve a baffling murder. An unsavory character suspected of selling illegal drugs and sex trafficking is found murdered in a room in Midge's grandmother's motel, The Shady Oaks. Stabbed, garroted, and smashed on the head, he lies dead in a pool of blood with a loaded revolver, unfired, on the floor nearby. Suspects include a local barbecue chef and restaurant owner whose favorite cooking tool is a machete, a fugitive methamphetamine producer who sports a fully automatic AK-47, a drug user who buys from the local producer, a divorcée who lives in a swanky gated community, and a missing girl who may have been trafficked by the deceased. Frequently shot at, Midge and Jake drive a Dodge Challenger patrol car with several bullet holes from trigger-happy suspects. Full of colorful characters, colorful language, and exciting car chases, "The Motel Murder" will keep you turning pages until the final page.

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Description


"The Motel Murder," first in the Midge Sumpter mystery series, features the characters and landscape of poor, rural North Florida. Surrounded by millions of acres of pine and palmetto forest land and corn and tobacco farms, the sleepy little town of Seminole Pines sees more than its fair share of violent crime. Gigantic Sheriff Beaumont "Pee-Wee" Marion attempts to keep a lid on that crime with the understaffed and overworked Wassahatchka County Sheriff's Department. Two of the department's deputies, crack young detectives Denise "Midge" Sumpter and Jake Leon, investigate a bloody murder that took place in Midge's grandmother's motel. The characters in the story are as colorful as the language in which Midge relays the tale: a barbecue chef who cooks with a machete, a fugitive meth cooker who operates a still on the side, a drug addict who is far too intelligent to be the failure that he is, a smug middle-aged divorcee who lives in a swanky gated community, and a missing girl. The language is the vernacular of rural North Florida, sometimes rough but always colorful. With grit, determination, intelligence, and a sense of humor, Midge and Jake pursue the case to the satisfying and surprising end.

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Book details

Genre:FICTION

Subgenre:Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths

Language:English

Series title:The Midge Sumpter Mysteries

Series Number:1

Pages:240

eBook ISBN:9798350960938

Paperback ISBN:9798350960921


Overview


Denise "Midge" Sumpter and her partner Jake Leon work to solve a baffling murder. An unsavory character suspected of selling illegal drugs and sex trafficking is found murdered in a room in Midge's grandmother's motel, The Shady Oaks. Stabbed, garroted, and smashed on the head, he lies dead in a pool of blood with a loaded revolver, unfired, on the floor nearby. Suspects include a local barbecue chef and restaurant owner whose favorite cooking tool is a machete, a fugitive methamphetamine producer who sports a fully automatic AK-47, a drug user who buys from the local producer, a divorcée who lives in a swanky gated community, and a missing girl who may have been trafficked by the deceased. Frequently shot at, Midge and Jake drive a Dodge Challenger patrol car with several bullet holes from trigger-happy suspects. Full of colorful characters, colorful language, and exciting car chases, "The Motel Murder" will keep you turning pages until the final page.

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Description


"The Motel Murder," first in the Midge Sumpter mystery series, features the characters and landscape of poor, rural North Florida. Surrounded by millions of acres of pine and palmetto forest land and corn and tobacco farms, the sleepy little town of Seminole Pines sees more than its fair share of violent crime. Gigantic Sheriff Beaumont "Pee-Wee" Marion attempts to keep a lid on that crime with the understaffed and overworked Wassahatchka County Sheriff's Department. Two of the department's deputies, crack young detectives Denise "Midge" Sumpter and Jake Leon, investigate a bloody murder that took place in Midge's grandmother's motel. The characters in the story are as colorful as the language in which Midge relays the tale: a barbecue chef who cooks with a machete, a fugitive meth cooker who operates a still on the side, a drug addict who is far too intelligent to be the failure that he is, a smug middle-aged divorcee who lives in a swanky gated community, and a missing girl. The language is the vernacular of rural North Florida, sometimes rough but always colorful. With grit, determination, intelligence, and a sense of humor, Midge and Jake pursue the case to the satisfying and surprising end.

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About the author


Emerson Littlefield is a retired high school and college English professor who now writes full time. He lives on a small farm outside of Calistoga, California where, with his wife, he grows three and a half acres of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. His familiarity with the speech and lifestyles of the people of North Florida comes from having lived there for an extended period in his youth.

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