Bad Boy

It Begins On A Rainy Monday Morning. Detective Sergeant Beverly Trotwood Is On Her Way To Work At The Cop Shop When A Shiny Pickup Truck Begins To Play Bumper Tag With Her Jeep Cherokee. The Driver Is Wearing An Over-The-Head Bill Clinton Mask. The Explosion Comes Next. Residents At The Marina Where Bev Lives Are Startled When A Bomb Goes Off In The Galley Oven Of A Sailboat. The Owners Are Out On The Dock At The Time But What Happens To Their Sleeping Cat Is Far From Pretty. Soon Anonymous Letters Arrive In Bev'S In A Basket At The Office. Printed In Black Marker Pen And Signed With A Bad Boy Sticker Each Is A List Of Names. Unpleasant Things Happen To The People On The Lists. A Loan Shark Is Beaten Within An Inch Of His Life; A Trigger-Happy Cop Is Found Dead In The New River. Bev Investigates The Bad Boy Case. Her Sidekick Ivory Jones Helps; So Does Radar Thompson In Forensics. For Aggravation They'Re Dealt Wally Finster A Big Ex-Marine With A Potbelly And A Crush On Bev. Bev And Ivory Go On Stakeout In The 'Burbs; There Is A Rousing Rodeo And The Bad Boy Is Captured. And Bev Still Hasn'T Decided Whether Or Not To Marry Art Ardsbarger.