The Houseboat Murders

About the Book

Naked corpses are found on a rental houseboat. There's a Hollywood connection, a drug ring connection, a crooked cop among the investigators, and a killer hiding where no one would look. It could be an unsolvable crime-until an alcoholic ex-deputy and his son join the hunt and the hunted.

"Not your garden-variety detective story."-Clark Kent, Daily Planet

"An unpredictable, compelling read for mystery fans. The inclusion of an upscale high school and its denizens provides a fresh and welcome change from the ghettos and drug dens we've come to expect."-Hazings Review

"Gripping plausible skillfully structured eminently satisfying."-Tinseltown Times

"Take a deceptive killer with a flawless plan, add one guilt-ridden has-been detective, a ruthless drug lord, a cop on the take, and some self-absorbed teenagers. You get a thoroughly entertaining, suspenseful yarn that sucks you in like a shop vac'."-Stephanie Plump, Criminologist

About the Author

Paul H. Wagner is the author of All Rise: The Criminal Trial of 4 Teens, Just One Mo, The A-Club Mystery, and Jock Jokes and Other Stories.

He edits the Internet magazine About Teens (www.aboutteens.org) from his home in Sacramento, California.