About this series
Homosexuality--its religious, social and political implications--is the backdrop for "Cast the First Stone," the fifth book in James Paavola's "Murder In Memphis" series. Three gay men have been murdered. A video of Memphis police officers beating a gay man goes viral. The City Council passionately debates the inclusion of homosexuals under the city's non-discrimination ordinance. Demonstrators rally outside City Hall, prominent among them are uniformed Neo-Nazis and robed Ku Klux Klansmen. Emotions run hot. A fourth gay man is found dead. Retaliation from the LGBT community feels imminent. Memphis Police Lieutenant Julia Todd's team works to solve all four homicides before there is a fifth.
Titles in the series (6)
- The Chartreuse Envelope: Murder In Memphis
1
As the first book in the Murder In Memphis series, The Chartreuse Envelope introduces Memphis Police Lieutenant Julia Todd and her homicide investigation team. Wall Street meets main street in Memphis, TN. When the subprime mortgage strategies began to unwind in 2007 and the stock market experienced the first waves of economic collapse, a New York hedge fund manager hatched a desperate scheme to save her business - involving industrial sabotage, illegal stock price manipulation, and murder. Todd scrambles to prevent the planned murder of three biomedical engineers.
- They Gotta Sleep Sometime: Murder In Memphis
2
Learning to cope with bullies is an unfortunate part of life, a hurdle to overcome. But for too many, being bullied is traumatic, having lifelong consequences. Who can say that being the target of bullying won't affect every decision they will make in their lifetime?...or the decisions of their children?...or those of their children's children? Memphis Police Lt. Julia Todd learns that three of her elderly aunt's high school classmates have died in their hospital beds within the past six months. Her investigation takes her to Central H.S., class of 1948, where she discovers a clique who bullied students they considered to be different. Now sixty years later the dead bodies of these bullies are piling up. Todd and her team scramble to prevent a fourth murder, then a fifth.
- Which One Dies Today? Murder In Memphis
3
The scandalous side of the health insurance industry becomes a motive for murder. Two car bombs are detonated, then a third. Two people are killed, two maimed. Memphis Police Department Lieutenant Julia Todd discovers that many health insurance companies have been using death panels, lining their coffers by denying life-saving medical treatment while their policyholder dies. Using one Iraq War demolitions specialist to catch another, more bombs are found and diffused. The bombers up the ante - pledging a suicide pact and adding police to the target list. Julia is number one.
- The Unspeakable: Murder In Memphis
6
A Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award finalist. Paavola weaves a story of illegal aliens, kidnapping, sex trafficking, and of course, murder. The Unspeakable is the sixth book in his Murder In Memphis series. The body of a young girl is found near railroad tracks in midtown. The murder investigation turns personal and dangerous for Memphis police Lieutenant Julia Todd. She discovers two underground networks, working silently on the Memphis streets and neighborhoods--one protects illegal aliens, the other sells girls into a gang-run sex trafficking operation.
- Blood Money: Murder In Memphis
Memphis Police Lieutenant Julia Todd returns in the fourth installment of James Paavola's Murder In Memphis series. Two bodies are discovered within a mile of one another, one a teenage prostitute, the other an investment counselor. Julia's investigations lead her in two directions: Mexican cartels and Ponzi Schemes. The two inquiries intersect at a common theme--the multi-billion dollar business of money laundering, a business that perpetuates global terrorism, illegal drugs, human trafficking, fraudulent investors, and murder. Mexican cartel hit men hunt down targeted Americans. Todd's name is on the cartel's hit list.
- Cast the First Stone: Murder In Memphis
Homosexuality--its religious, social and political implications--is the backdrop for "Cast the First Stone," the fifth book in James Paavola's "Murder In Memphis" series. Three gay men have been murdered. A video of Memphis police officers beating a gay man goes viral. The City Council passionately debates the inclusion of homosexuals under the city's non-discrimination ordinance. Demonstrators rally outside City Hall, prominent among them are uniformed Neo-Nazis and robed Ku Klux Klansmen. Emotions run hot. A fourth gay man is found dead. Retaliation from the LGBT community feels imminent. Memphis Police Lieutenant Julia Todd's team works to solve all four homicides before there is a fifth.
James Paavola
Dr. James C. Paavola is a retired psychologist. His primary focus had been children, adolescents, families, and the educational system. Jim began writing mysteries at age sixty-four. He lives with his wife in Memphis, Tennessee.
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