Beneath The Peaks

About the Book

Redmond and Jennifer McClain weren't sure how it had all come about—their involvement in helping solve crimes, that is. Redmond, a psychology professor at Ravenslake University in Pleasanton, Ohio, and Jennifer, an artist specializing in landscapes and portraiture, had plenty of safe and enjoyable interests and good friends. Yet, somehow they had come very close to being thrown to their deaths from the rim of the Grand Canyon in 2005,and had barely missed being fatally shot in their cozy college town in 2008—all because they had found mysteries so seductive. Given their close encounters of the potentially deadliest kind they'd sworn off further interest in mysterious crimes. An now, here they are in beautiful Flagstaff, Arizona, on a a pleasant three-week August vacation, enjoying coffee at Barnes and Noble, and reading old newspaper accounts about an unsolved mystery in Flagstaff. Jennifer commented to her Redmond, "It's a really interesting case, Mac. Fortunately, there's no way for us to get involved with it." Which just goes to show that even the very bright Jennifer McClain could be wrong from time to time.

About the Author

Walter McKeever is a retired clinical psychologist. He holds a B.A. degree from Miami University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. He has published extensively in his research area. Beneath the Peaks is the fourth book in the Redmond and Jennifer McClain series, the first of which, Murder in Pittsburgh, appeared in 2005. Redmond, a university professor, and his talented artist wife, Jennifer find all manner of mysteries interesting, but in the tales of their adventures the mysteries involve unsolved crimes. The settings for McKeever's fictional stories are ones he knows quite well—Pittsburgh, Pleasanton (a fictional name for Oxford, Ohio), and Flagstaff, Arizona. The McKeever's live in Ohio and have a son and grandson in Ohio, and a daughter and two grandsons in Arizona.