The Case of the Jilted First Secretary

<p><em>Wednesday November 24 1954</em></p><p> </p><p>Breakfast is done and Carter Jones has kissed his husband Nick Williams and sent him off to a meeting when the doorbell rings.</p><p> </p><p>Two men are standing on the threshold and asking some pushy questions about Nick and where they can find him.</p><p> </p><p>Smelling a rat Carter says he doesn't know where his husband is and sends the two men one speaking perfect English with a slight accent and the other as shifty as all get out on their way.</p><p> </p><p>Knowing something big is up he calls down to the office on Bush Street and ends up talking to Sam Halversen an operative who works for them at Consolidated Security.</p><p> </p><p>Within a few minutes Sam has run up to the top of Nob Hill to fill Carter in on what turns out to be one of the strangest tales ever.</p><p> </p><p>In the end Carter has to ask himself: <em>How far and to what lengths will some men go for love?</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* * *</p><p> </p><p><strong>ABOUT THE SERIES: A CARTER JONES STORY</strong></p><p> </p><p>Carter Jones a handsomely tall and muscled ex-fireman can usually be found helping out his sleuthing husband Nick Williams with whatever case gets thrown Nick's way.</p><p> </p><p>But sometimes Carter catches a case of his own.</p><p> </p><p>Helped by Sam Halversen a man he doesn't entirely trust and Walter Marcello the owl-like brainiac who's usually got a plan Carter manages to sneak around and get the job done while always trying to make sure Nick never catches wind of what he's been up to.</p><p> </p><p>After all sometimes the best gift you can give the man who has everything is a little white lie or two or three...</p><p> </p><p>* * *</p><p> </p><p>This is a short novel and runs to about 49K words.</p>