Murder Unchained
When Private Investigator Paul West took on his next case, it seemed easy and one that would pay handsomely. All West had to do was compile a profile of Jason Knox for his only son, Matthew, who had no memory of him. His father had walked away from Matthew’s mother when he was an infant and left him the sole beneficiary of his multi-million-dollar estate.
It didn’t take long before he was thrust into one of the most complex cases in a long and illustrious career. It took him to Ebony River, a small town, on Vancouver Island’s east coast that seldom gave a wink or nod to the outside world.
What he found was the two-year-old unsolved murder of Jason Knox and his wife that was still baffling RCMP Sergeant Andy Holt. When West told him why he had come to Ebony River, Holt asked him if he would go undercover and help him solve the case.
West’s investigation concentrated on an eclectic range of residents including: bikers with an agenda, a former member of the town council with a grudge to settle, a small church time had left behind, a farmer’s Sunday dinner that revealed hidden secrets and a mayor desperately trying to get re-elected.
Murder Unchained is a page-turner. It will keep the reader guessing up to the last page.
Douglas Hall
A graduate of the University of Toronto, Douglas Hall was appointed Senior Press Officer for IBM Canada Inc. After seven-and-a-half years of extensive media relations, he began a 32-year career as a Canadian radio and television personality. He hosted a number of nationally syndicated Canadian shows on both radio and television including: The Doug Hall Show, Daybeat, The Anatomy of Living, Taking Sides, Your Opinion, Bestsellers and What is Truth as a panel member along with Paul Hellyer, former Canadian Minister of National Defense; CBC personality Lorraine Thomson; and Bob Hesketh, CFRB radio newscaster. Author, broadcaster and newspaper executive, Charles Templeton was moderator. Hall’s TV shows were also telecasted on cable and independent U.S. stations.
Hall was the only multiple screenwriter for the 20th Century/NBC/CTV science-fiction series The Starlost. He was also the executive producer for a number of television musical biographies including: Englebert Humperdinck, Paul Anka, Chet Atkins and Gordon Lightfoot.
Hall’s 25 published books include thirteen mysteries, five novels, three children’s, one historical and three biographies including: The Real Patsy Cline and The Mamas & the Papas. His books have been published in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany and the former Soviet Union.
During Hall’s career, he travelled extensively on TV assignments to the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, the Soviet Union, Lebanon, Syria, Jordon, Israel, Haiti and Iraq.
He is a life member of the Writers Guild of Canada, a member of ACTRA, and for a number of years, he was a member of the Toronto Men’s Press Club.
