MUrder in the Mausoleum

By Bob Moats

In this 5th book of the Nick Cain mysteries, Nick and Sally decide to dig up her parents and place them in a new mausoluem in Jake Wyler's cemetery. Unfortunately the final day of the burial they discover a body already occupying the crypt  Nick and Detective Bill Emwards investigate and eventually catch the killers. This book is a novella, shorter than a novel but longer than a short story.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bob Moats
• Release date: Aug 17, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223931386

Bob Moats

Detroit area resident, Bob Moats, has been writing short stories and plays for as long as he can remember. He has lost most of his original stories, typed or handwritten, in the numerous moves he has made from his hometown of Fraser, Michigan to Northern Michigan, to Las Vegas and back to Fraser, where he now lives. Moats became one of the causalities of unemployment a year ago, and had time on his hands to finally pursue a life long dream of writing a full blown crime novel. Thus was born the first book, "Classmate Murders".What followed was a series of seven books starting with "The Classmate Murders" which introduces the main character, Jim Richards, who has to admit he has become a senior citizen, reluctantly. Richards, one day, receives an email from a childhood sweetheart asking for his help, but by the time he reaches her, she has been murdered. His life turns around and he is pulled into numerous murders of women from his high school who he hasn't seen in forty years. Along with a friend of his, Buck, a big, mustached biker, they go off to track down the killer before he can get to one former classmate, Penny Wickens, a TV talk show host who Jim has just fallen for while protecting her. The killer is also murdering the women right out from under police protection, driving homicide detective Will Trapper crazy, and he slowly depends on Jim to help. There's humor, suspense, wild chases across suburban Detroit with cops, classic cars and motorcycle clubs; murder, mayhem, a good amount of romance and a twist ending.Jim and his crime fighters, continue in the other books, traveling to Las Vegas twice, back to Detroit and out to New York to solve murders involving dominatrix; mistresses; Bridezillas; magic and strip clubs.Book titles: Classmate Murders; Vegas Showgirl Murders; Dominatrix Murders; Mistress Murders; Bridezilla Murders; Magic Murders; Strip Club Murders and Made-for-TV Murders.

Book preview

Chapter 1

Iwas on my rocking chair and was watching Sally standing at the front window of the sitting room looking out. I let her have her moment, I wasn’t sure what was on her mind.

She turned her head towards me and I could see she was crying, not a heavy cry but enough to put tears in her eyes. I stood and went to her, putting my arms around her and whispering in her ear, What’s up?

I don’t want to trouble you, but I was thinking about my parents. Her mother and father were both buried together in the same cemetery. I said, You asked about building a mausoleum to have them buried. Did you ever call Jake Wyler about building the mausoleum to bury them in?

No, I forgot about it. I’ll call him in the morning and see if he got an estimate about the cost to build a mausoleum, like we talked about when we were there.

I tried a little levity, With all your money, you could build a gold mausoleum for them.

She sniffled and said, "I’ll be sure they get a nice mausoleum.

She turned into me and hugged tightly. Let’s take a ride and go see Jake and look over some buildings, I said. She pulled her head back and kissed me on the lips.

Thanks, I’ll go get ready, she said and left the sitting room. I looked out the window, it had rained again and everything was still wet. It seemed to rain a lot lately, which I didn’t mind. I enjoyed the rain as long as I didn’t have to be out in it.

She stood at the doorway to the room and said she was ready. I took my jacket from the coat rack in the lobby and we went out to the van.

She was still quiet on the ride, I let her have her thoughts. I pulled into the cemetery drive and up to the house which reminded me of a smaller version of our mansion. We got out of the van and went to the porch. Jake Wyler came out of the door and said, Hello Nick and Sally. I’ve been wondering if you were going to come by to see about a mausoleum. Come on in.

We entered into a large ballroom and then to a double door on the right. It was an office with three desks and Jake asked us to sit next to his desk. There was a woman seated at a desk next to Jake’s desk, she smiled at us. Sally, Nick, this is Becky, my office manager and my wife, he said and then, "Becky, this is Sally Whitfield and her partner