The year nineteen-fifty, Texarkana, Texas, a child, Angel Martin, snatched from her bedroom early one Sunday morning. Neither the monster nor the girl found, and the Angel Snatcher myth born. Over decades, the urban legend evolved to the current telling, where Angel Snatcher leaves a porcelain figure wherever a child goes missing.FBI agent, Egan Davis, spent his career chasing the elusive wraith around the country. But when a girl abducted early morning Halloween night in San Diego, the local police become involved. The only clue, the figurine left on the girl's bed. The slow-witted teenager, living across the street with his grandmother, quickly apprehended.But not nearly easy, and not even close to solving. Hamilton-Adams Investigation throws a monkey wrench into the case by agreeing to conduct a pro bono examination for the young man's grandmother, much to the owner's wife and business partner's disgust. The HAI team stops at nothing to fulfill the commitment.Rift with twists, lack of evidence, dead suspects, personal obstacles, and professional conflicts, the kidnapping case goes cold. If baby Rocha ever found, dead or alive, it is in the hands of the only one still looking, vain, sarcastic Private Investigator Jake Smith.The story will keep you up at night, never taking eyes off your children. Mr. H David Whalen, born in Canada, spent his childhood growing up on Vancouver Island. His family moved to San Diego for his formative years and higher education.After graduating from college, earning a marketing degree, and subsequent corporate career, Mr. Whalen became a serial entrepreneur and inventor.He spent thirty-five years self-employed, building eight companies, two national, and sellingthree.During his life journey, David invented many products which he sold or licensed.After Mr. Whalen sold his last business and retired, he pursues a writing career in the crime thrillers genre.Contact email information: dwhalen@ After his partner gets murdered, Jake Smith ends up the primary suspect, Though the evidence does not stack up, the case remains open and Detective Smith gets drummed out of the San Diego police department. He heads to Arkansas to start over, as a patrol officer. His sarcasm and quick wit are misunderstood and he struggles to fit in with the small department.After years of tribulations, Jake moves back to San Diego to take on his former nemeses, opening his own private investigation company, Hamiton-Adams Investigations. Smith's antecedent reputation keeps him all but clientless. On the verge of bankruptcy, he manages to secure a client. But shortly afterward, the immigration attorney takes a bullet to the back of his head late one steamy night.Solving the crime ahead of the locals, Smith's publicity rockets HAI into success. He moves uptown and hires staff. Along the way, his Arkansas girlfriend moves to town and they end up married. Jake and Alexis probably should not have tied the knot and definitely not become partners. Though they are in love, they have different ideas and life goals. Smith needs to prove his innocence at all costs. Alex wants more in her marriage

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