Chasing After Trouble: 1 (Derek Chase Action-Adventure Mystery)

He slowly lifted the covering and quickly glanced at the person who interviewed him the day before. He closed his eyes for a moment of silence to say good-bye and to thank her for giving him a second chance...it seemed that his first assignment with Garrett and Taylor might be his last... Chasing After Trouble is an action-adventure mystery following the exploits of Derek Chase, a former rookie cop turned private investigator with a dubious family history. From the beginning, we find Derek forced into an environment he has little experience with. His new boss, Tessa Taylor, has been murdered and her apartment has been terrorized. In opposition to the local police lieutenant's theory of a prowler breaking and entering, Derek immediately suspects foul play of a different sort and is ordered by Tessa's business partner, Kevin Garrett, to find the perpetrator(s). Throughout his investigation, Derek immediately realizes the obstacles he must overcome, including those haunting his personal life. It quickly becomes a volley of fists and gunfire as our detective is pulled deeper into a realm of police corruption and family values, only to learn the real killer has anticipated his every move. T.M. DeLawrence, a Connecticut native, resides in Virginia Beach, VA. He is a 1993 Communications graduate of Virginia Wesleyan College. Upon graduation, he worked part time as an on-air personality for the local jazz station, WJCD-FM. He also received his Master of Science and MBA degrees at Strayer University. T.M. has been writing since grade school and some of his short stories have earned Outstanding Writing Merit Awards. When he is not writing, he is traveling. That is where most of his literary ideas are born.