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			Masks of Murder by C.C. Canby When Christine Mallard finds her husband, Detective Zeke Mallard, brutally murdered in their own garage, it is up to Zeke's partner, rookie Detective Richard Lanslow, to solve the murder. In tandem with his new partner, veteran Detective Dean Brooks (a former detective in the Los Angeles Police Department), Lanslow begins an investigation. There are no clues, only the repeatedly stabbed body. Lanslow's investigation soon reveals his former partner's off-duty life is quite different than what the young detective had imagined. There is a beautiful young girl, and a jealous lover who quickly becomes a prime suspect—a young, street-savvy black man named Andrew White who harbors a deep hatred of white cops. We readers know, however, that Andrew has only witnessd the crime, not committed it, and that Lanslow and Brooks are on the wrong trail. And we even know the killer's first name. Who is the man we know only as "Dorian", who later commits a second murder which, through bizarre circumstances, actually increases the detective's suspicion of Andrew White? And who are the strange characters with whom Dorian consorts, including the mysterious "little man", beset with horrible dreams; the worrying giant named Conrad; the pudgy sage named Gary; and the lesbian named Linda? Things are not what they seem in this intricately woven plot. With the help of a famous criminologist, Detective Lanslow begins to grow skeptical of how the theory of Zeke's murder case has been constructed. Acting on the advice of the professor, the case takes a turn that even Lanslow cannot believe, despite the evidence he and Brooks have collected—and comes to a crashing, jaw-dropping conclusion.
			Hooker by Dean Hovey Dean Hovey's second mystery novel, HOOKER, is set once again in rural Pine County, Minnesota. A young woman, haunted by a decision she made in her very early life, grief ridden and obsessed with guilt, decides to try to rectify the mistake and reshape her life. She makes a phone call. The call turns out to be another tragic mistake. After hearing a scream in the early morning hours, a neighbor finds the door to the young woman's trailer home open; she is missing. Pine County residents are once again shaken by what appears to be a brutal murder. But is this truly a murder? If so, where is the body? And why does the woman keep a doll, clothed in pink, in her bank lock box? Under-Sheriff Dan William's and his deputies must once again put their investigative skills to work. In the process, they discover a sex-ring centered upon the missing woman. She has had a host of clients, among them prominent citizens of the community, including a state senator. But no one is talking. Who among them is the possible killer? And why is the senator so adamant about stopping the investigation? As in his first mystery novel (Where Evil Hides), author Dean Hovey keeps us guessing as we are led clue by clue to another surprise ending.
			Where Evil Hides by Dean Hovey Somewhere in rural Pine County Minnesota, a man of evil hides by day and stalks his female victims at night. His gruesome acts of rape and murder point to a demented personality, yet his ability to elude the police shows the man to be of high intelligence and cunning. Undersheriff Dan Williams and his deputies use every investigative technique, yet the man seems to be invisible. As they seek him out, Williams and his deputies become obsessed with a personality turned from young innocence to enraged sadism. With this his first novel, author Dean L. Hovey takes us into the inner workings of a rural county sheriff's department as they attempt to find Where Evil Hides.