LA CENTER, Wash., Dec. 18, 2009 — Imagine opening your eyes and seeing only in black, white and gray. It would be like being trapped behind the lens of a black and white camera. Drawing inspiration from this truly unique perspective, author Bill Capron created C.B. Green, a private eye – a color-blind one at that – who is bent on solving murders in the novel “The Color-Blind Detective” (published by iUniverse).
C.B. Green has a “black and white” perspective of the world, but there is more to this man than lack of color vision. He’s a good guy, known as someone who never lies, cheats, or steals. Of course, being a good guy, he takes on more cases than usual. His first client is Jane Wye, the new widow of Jack Wye – a man whose life was anything but good and pure. Jack was murdered, but Jane does not want revenge on those who killed Jack – instead her motives are of greed, not grief. It seems Jack stashed away millions before someone put a bullet in his head. C.B. is the man Jane chose to find the money.
C.B.’s next two clients are purely unintentional. The first is Marion Edmunds, an old woman who volunteers at the public library. She knows she saw a crime that no one else believes happened. The second client is a dead girl, 17-year-old Jessica Long. Her dying words to C.B. were, “Help me.” At the outset, it appears that these three cases have nothing in common. But soon C.B. discovers that these jobs are connected by a personification of evil so vile that it tests the bounds of his unique justice.
“Capron did a top-notch job in pulling all the murders and characters together into one focal point, yet leaving you wondering what the connections could be,” comments Shirley Johnson, the Senior Reviewer for Midwest Book Review. “All in all this was a tightly written, mystery-packed read that kept my interest from beginning to end… a mystery read that is part laid back, part action-packed yet charged with the energy you demand in a mystery read.”
About the Author
Bill Capron worked 30 years in management before he began writing full-time. He has written 20 short stories and collects first editions of Rex Stout and Ross MacDonald. Capron lives in La Center, Washington, with his dog, Shelley, and enjoys running, fishing, woodworking and crossword puzzles. For more information, visit http://www.ColorMeDead.com.
“The Color-Blind Detective”
Available from: http://www.iUniverse.com, http://www.bn.com, and http://www.amazon.com
July 2009 – 5.5 x 8.5 – 204 pages
Paperback – ISBN: 9781440152436 – $14.95
Dust Jacket Hardcover – ISBN: 9781440152443 – $24.95
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