The Winterstone Murder: Book One of the Woodhead & Becker Mysteries

Paul Austin Ardoin

Aug 2021 · The Woodhead & Becker Mysteries Book 1 · Pax Ardsen

About this ebook

This book was originally published under the title Ceremony in August 2021.

Dr. Kep Woodhead is a brilliant, irascible forensic toxicologist with a dark past. Bernadette Becker is a disgraced federal investigator with one last chance. They're both assigned to a strange poisoning case: a graduate student has been found dead in a 15th-century chapel, a needle filled with a controversial hallucinogen sticking out of his arm. The priest, the professor, the piscary president, the protégé, the protestor— all emerge with a motive to stop the victim's research. Can Becker and Woodhead find the truth before more fall victim to the killer?

Ratings and reviews

I received a complimentary copy of this book and this is my honest and unbiased review. CEREMONY jumps right into the story and grabs your attention immediately. With a new and extremely interesting cast of characters in this first of a series, the author of the Fenway Stevenson Mysteries hits another home run. Knowing there are more to come makes me quite happy and ready to take them on. Every spare moment I had was spent reading this one. Well written, with straight up smooth story telling Definite two thumbs up.

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About the author

Paul Austin Ardoin is the author of the bestselling series The Fenway Stevenson Mysteries. He has published fiction and essays in the anthologies Turning the Tide, 12 Shots, The Paths We Tread, Bottomfish, and Sweet Fancy Moses. A California native, Paul has worked in cybersecurity for two decades. He has a B.A. in creative writing from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and lives in the Sacramento area with his wife, two teenagers, and a menagerie of animals.