J. Mark Bertrand is the author of the crime novel BACK ON MURDER (Bethany House, 2010), the first in a series featuring Houston homicide detective Roland March. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston and now lives in South Dakota with his wife Laurie.

Det. Roland March is a homicide cop on his way out. But when he's the only one at a crime scene to find evidence of a missing female victim, he's given one last chance to prove himself. Before he can crack the case, he's transferred to a new one that has grabbed the spotlight--the disappearance of a famous Houston evangelist's teen daughter.   
  
With the help of a youth pastor with a guilty conscience who navigates the world of church and faith, March is determined to find the missing girls while proving he's still one of Houston's best detectives.

A detective with something to prove gets a last chance to redeem himself when the daughter of a famous evangelist disappears.

Bertrand, J. Mark

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DEDICATION

PART 1: THE SUICIDE COP

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15 PART 2: WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER 21

CHAPTER 22

CHAPTER 23

CHAPTER 24

CHAPTER 25

CHAPTER 26

CHAPTER 27

CHAPTER 28

CHAPTER 29

CHAPTER 30 ONE YEAR LATER

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Det. Roland March is a homicide cop on his way out. But when he's the only one at a crime scene to find evidence of a missing female victim, he's given one last chance to prove himself. Before he can crack the case, he's transferred to a new one that has grabbed the spotlight--the disappearance of a famous Houston evangelist's teen daughter.  
  
With the help of a youth pastor with a guilty conscience who navigates the world of church and faith, March is determined to find the missing girls while proving he's still one of Houston's best detectives.

Det. Roland March is a homicide cop on his way out. But when he's the only one at a crime scene to find evidence of a missing female victim, he's given one last chance to prove himself. Before he can crack the case, he's transferred to a new one that has grabbed the spotlight--the disappearance of a famous Houston evangelist's teen daughter. With the help of a youth pastor with a guilty conscience who navigates the world of church and faith, March is determined to find the missing girls while proving he's still one of Houston's best detectives.

J. Mark Bertrand is the author of Rethinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in This World and Beguiled, co-written with Deeanne Gist. He has a BA in English from Union University and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Houston, where he worked as production editor of the literary magazine Gulf Coast. He teaches on the faculty of Worldview Academy, an academic summer camp for teens. After living in Houston for fifteen years, Mark and his wife, Laurie, now reside in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Roland March is a Houston detective who is no longer performing at a level acceptable to him, or his Department. Once he was a top performer in the Houston Homicide Department but he is now disillusioned and is being given a number of low rank tasks taking him outside Homicide that are prodding him towards retirement. Then a sordid drug related shooting gives him the incentive to think again about his work, life, relationships, his career and leads him towards a more fulfilled life. A missing girl, and a series of seemingly unrelated crimes culminating in more savage murders and the exposure of police corruption at a high level carry the story forward and lead to March?s reconciliation into the Homicide Department. A readable novel, with an unexpected twist in every chapter, which carries the reader along with it to its final outcome and the examination of levels of morality and humanity which confront us all.

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Roland March is a Houston detective who is no longer performing at a level acceptable to him, or his Department. Once he was a top performer in the Houston Homicide Department but he is now disillusioned and is being given a number of low rank tasks taking him outside Homicide that are prodding him towards retirement.  
Then a sordid drug related shooting gives him the incentive to think again about his work, life, relationships, his career and leads him towards a more fulfilled life. A missing girl, and a series of seemingly unrelated crimes culminating in more savage murders and the exposure of police corruption at a high level carry the story forward and lead to March’s reconciliation into the Homicide Department. A readable novel, with an unexpected twist in every chapter, which carries the reader along with it to its final outcome and the examination of levels of morality and humanity which confront us all.

Back On Murder

Back on Murder (A Roland March Mystery Book #1) [eBook]

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