Death From Desire – Crime Thrillers by Mark R Beckner
This book is former Police Chief Mark Beckner’s second release of a series of crime thrillers. In this book, two crime mystery/thrillers take the reader on a journey of mystery, drama, suspense, and action.
The first story follows Miami detectives Rick Baez and Leah Mitchell as they try to unravel the mysterious deaths of two wealthy married men. The first death appears to be a suicide, while the second initially appears to be a health issue. However, there are some unanswered questions, and they discover a shocking revelation that ties the two deaths together and leads them to believe something sinister is at work. How are the cases linked? Did the husbands commit suicide, or was it homicide? What secrets are the wives hiding? Follow the detectives as they try to solve the puzzle.
In the second story, officers and detectives of the Amarillo Police Department hunt a man who is wreaking havoc on the city. Burglaries, sex assaults, and murder. Who is this madman, and where did he come from? The police only know this mysterious person as Billy. What is motivating him to create fear and danger in the community? Why is the federal government interested in finding him and being so secretive? They have to know more than they are sharing with local police. Veteran Detective Jack Webster and his new junior partner, Alec Velez, are determined to find out. Discover the dramatic truth about the person known as Amarillo Billy.
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Author Bio:
Mark Beckner is known in Colorado from his time with the Boulder Police Department from 1978 to 2014. He rose through the ranks to become Boulder’s Police Chief in 1998 and remained in that position until his retirement in 2014. Chief Beckner is best known for his leadership in turning around a department in turmoil and taking command of the JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation in late 1997. While the case has never been solved, Chief Beckner was able to bring order to the investigation and played a role in getting the case to a grand jury.
He now enjoys retirement and has turned his attention toward writing fictional crime dramas. He uses his unique experience and insights to add realism to his crime stories. Feedback and reviews from his first book, Behind The Lies, a book of three separate crime thrillers, have been very positive.
Mark still resides in Colorado with his wife Sally, but they become snowbirds in winter, living in Surprise, Arizona. They have two children, Kimberlee and Chad, as well as five grandchildren. When he is not writing crime thrillers, Mark enjoys his family, traveling, bicycling, and playing softball and pickleball. He also finds joy in taking and collecting photographs of scenery and wildlife.