Final Deception: A Whidbey Island Mystery

When a woman's body washes ashore near Deception Pass Bridge on Whidbey Island, it looks like suicide. Brad Haraldsen, her long-ago lover, isn't so sure.Decades after journalist Bella Morelli disappears from Brad's life, she is back and in trouble. She travels 3,000 miles to seek refuge and a new life on Whidbey Island, only to find conflict with powerful interests as she prepares to write the most important story of her life.That conflict continues today.


About the Author
Like the heroine of this novel, the author studied journalism at the University of Washington in the turbulent 1960s ad 70s. He served in the military and went on to become a reporter and editor for several newspapers in Washington and Idaho. He is the author of several non-fiction books and a collection of short stories, and today writes a weekly blog on nature and rural living.