Fallen Copper

<I>Fallen Copper</I> is a mystery thriller based on case history files from the San Francisco Police Department. In this 1950's who-dunnit in a city racked with scandal and corruption Patrolman Frank Ahern becomes Chief of Police and a rookie cop takes the fall for political expediency.</p><P>The mystery is built around an apparent suicide in a hotel room. The room is double-locked from the inside. A large sum of embezzled money is missing. Was there a crime? A murder? </p><P><I>Fallen Copper</I> opens with the outbreak of WWII and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Miles Manner's military duty in Japan and his affair with the lovely Tamiko-san end with his induction into the San Francisco Police Department. The cast of characters includes Officer Miles Manner Phyllis his former lover a hotel general manager a house dick a crafty police inspector the President of Union Oil and a multitude of cops and robbers.</p>