Blue Butterfly

A Detective John Bowers Mystery

by Ray Bates


Formats

Hardcover
£25.49
£17.40
Softcover
£19.99
£11.30
Hardcover
£17.40

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 29/06/2006

Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 372
ISBN : 9781425941369
Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 372
ISBN : 9781425941376

About the Book

Detective John Bowers is a wily veteran with the Portland Police Bureau.  The only mystery Bowers hasn't solved in 23 years behind the badge is blonde and comes in all flavors.  The last split cost him his house, his furniture, his drift boat and his motivation.  John blames it all on bloodsucking divorce lawyers.

Tracking a call girl's killer through Portland's sleazy sex trade, John and his new partner Minola Raye (Betty Boop with a nine mm on her hip) discover a Bureau cover-up and unravel a VIP's dirty little secrets in a job they sometimes love to hate.

 


About the Author

About the Author

 

RAY BATES’ police procedurals, mysteries and magazine articles reflect a true Northwest flavor. Bates’ varied background in criminal justice and forensic science includes stints as technical consultant for Regency-Fox Films, national investigator and lecturer. Bates writes a series of contemporary procedurals based in Portland, Oregon with Central Precinct Detective Sergeant John Bowers, an off-center veteran of the Robbery-Homicide Unit.

Blue Butterfly, 1st book in the Bowers’ series, is packed with realism, a street-savvy cast, snappy dialog and steamy romance to woo both true crime and mystey junkies..

A Pacific Coast native, Bates resides in Portland with his wife and cat Felonious Manx where he keeps busy writing quirky mysteries, thrillers and police procedurals.