Death on the Day of the Dead (The Adventures of BJ Gleeson, Private Investigator Book 3) by Tom Lubben

DEATH ON THE DAY OF THE DEAD Irene and Vinnie O’Brien were trying to relax as they watched the Day of the Dead Parade as it moved through the beautiful River Walk in San Antonio, Texas. Their temporary evening of pleasure turned into a horrific shock. Irene’s aged mother had disappeared, rather mysteriously, from a local nursing home several weeks earlier. Authorities could not find her! As a large float drifted slowly by, the O’Brien’s saw a large photograph of Irene’s mother- in a death pose, prominently displayed on the side of the decorated boat. The pair quickly gathered up their chairs and left the parade. They immediately contacted the local police, but Vinnie remembered a piece he had seen recently on a Cable Station. It had to do with an amateur detective who had solved a string of strange murders that had occurred in the Honey Marsh Swamps of Louisiana. The station quickly gave Vinnie the phone number of B.J Gleeson, who was now a fully certificated private investigator. Very quickly, BJ is drawn into a string of disappearing patients plaguing a very respectable nursing home in San Antonio. Working closely with his girlfriend and police lieutenant, Karen, BJ puts his life at risk as he attempts to identify another serial killer. This is volume III in the BJ Gleeson Mystery Series. Watch as this fascinating character moves from a troubled washed-up baseball player and teacher into the world of a successful and innovative professional investigation.