C.T. Ferguson Crime Novellas

C.T. Ferguson wishes his parents would get off his case. Forced to use his brilliant hacking skills to play detective, he hopes that each investigation is a cinch. But a body near a Baltimore chapel is only the beginning, and the better the rich kid gets at his job, the more dangerous his work becomes….

Hacker-turned-private investigator C.T. Ferguson is new to the job. He's learning the ropes. He wants an easy case. Instead he gets Ernie, a publicity-hungry blogger. He injected himself into a murder case and is now the prime suspect. Near a Baltimore church, a man is found murdered, stabbed a dozen times in the chest. C.T. uncovers the victim's history of abuse by priests—including the one stationed at the church where his body was discovered. He also learns of plans to build a new church...plans that could be threatened by a corpse turning up.

Hacker-turned-private investigator C.T. Ferguson gets a client he never expected: his police detective cousin Rich. In rural Western Maryland, Rich's old army friend, Jim, died in an apparent suicide. Jim got help from a charity called Land of the Brave. He had a job and a purpose again, and he was happy. Jim's heartbroken widow doesn't believe he killed himself. As C.T. and Rich investigate, they come to doubt the suicide angle but can't prove anything. When C.T. makes a shocking discovery, he and Rich attract the wrong kind of attention.

Erma Johnson lives in a rough part of Baltimore. Gangs are a fact of life. She lost her daughter and grandson to their violence. She's convinced, however, that her grandson wasn't in a gang. Hacker turned private investigator C.T. Ferguson takes her case. The more he looks around, the more he thinks she's right.

The paintings are ugly, but the crime scenes are grisly. When a local restauranteur hires private investigator C.T. Ferguson to look into a couple of art thefts, he’s confused. The missing paintings are hideous. Even the owner agrees. The thief, however, is willing to kill to keep C.T. off his trail.