Abandoned Homes - (A Hoffman and O'Hare Mystery) by Frank E Hopkins (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Abandoned Homes: Vietnam Revenge Murders is a suspenseful serial killer crime novel.U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ended in 1975 when the U.S. abandoned its embassy in Saigon.</p><p>However, the hate developed during the war years, especially at major universities continued. Proponents of the war, fierce opponents of communism, acted during the war years to remove potential traitors from our society. Those against the war continued their opposition, begun in the 1960s, culminating in the riots and student killings at major universities, including Kent, Maryland and Wisconsin.</p><p>Paul O'Hare, a retired history professor, uncovers a long-hidden domestic impact of the Vietnam War thirty-five years after the war ended when he finds a skeleton in the crawl space of an abandoned home in southern Delaware. The Delaware State Police investigation team, headed by Detective Margaret Hoffman, discovers two more skeletons and the quest for a serial killer begins. Hoffman soon determines the three skeletons had been graduate students at the University of Maryland during the 1970s as had Paul O'Hare. He soon becomes a major suspect. Eventually the State Police clear him and he begins a romantic relationship with Detective Hoffman that must resolve conflicts between his anti-war sentiments and her experience as a Marine veteran.</p><p>The investigation uncovers Vietnam War controversies between pro- and anti-war graduate students at the University of Maryland in the early 1970s. Several anti-war students reportedly committed suicide, but their friends believe the CIA assassinated them. Thirty-five years later, after O'Hare's initial finding, additional skeletons and missing Maryland students are discovered by Detective Hoffman's team. The investigation unravels the long simmering hatreds between the pro- and anti-war factions, culminating in additional killings and attempted murders in 2008. Identifying the missing Maryland students, Ralph Cohen and Anne Carlsson acquaintances of Paul O'Hare, who had changed their identities to avoid the fate of their friends, and bringing them into protective police custody becomes the key to identifying the serial killers.</p><p>The search for a serial killer reveals a complex web of interrelated former students, questionable suicides, a crusading newspaper reporter, and CIA agents and double agents, in this fast-paced suspense novel.</p><p>The Maryland Writers Association awarded <em>Abandoned Homes: Vietnam Revenge Murders</em> first place in the mystery/thriller category in their 2018 novel contest.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><strong>Frank Hopkins' book, looks back at the turmoil, deception, intrigue, and anger of the late sixties and early seventies in this engrossing, hard to put down mystery.</strong> It won first place for a mystery/thriller novel in the 2018 Maryland Writers' Association novel contest. It is a thought-provoking, exciting mostly police procedural with a little romance thrown in. Many of the locations in this book are easily recognizable to readers in the Mid-Atlantic area. Eileen Haavik McIntire, President Maryland Writers Assoication, on Amazon 5 Stars July 5, 2018</p><p><strong>Abandoned Homes: Vietnam Revenge Murders is a page-Turner! </strong>In the late 1960s and early 1970s college campuses across the United States were sites of anti-war protests sometimes accompanied by violence as students and the country divided over the war in Vietnam. In 2008, when retired ... history professor, Paul O'Hare stumbles upon two skeletons in an abandoned home he's photographing in lower Delaware, he suddenly and inexplicably finds himself at the center of an intense and long-ranging police investigation. Paul is eventually cleared... is a step-by-step police procedural page-turner. Recommended for fans of realistic detective fiction, with a bonus if the reader is from Delaware and can recognize locations and landmarks! JM Reinbold on Amazon 5 Stars June 22, 2018.</p><p><strong>Hard to put down! </strong>Such a devious mystery! Frank E. Hopkins has a way of weaving an intriguing story along with characters that stick in your head. Kari on Amazon 5 Stars January 5, 2018.</p><p><strong>I enjoyed this captivating tale </strong>Mysteries are not normally my genre, but the author kept my attention throughout. Can't wait to read his next book! Diana M. on Amazo 5 Stars January 5, 2018.</p><p><strong>Nicely crafted murder mystery </strong>A masterfully written police procedural, with finely defined characters and a well-paced plot. Hopkins has clearly done his research. And, as a Delawarean, I enjoyed his many references to lower Delaware and the beach area--many locales of which I recognize and have visited. The scenes of violence are handled with precision and with modicum gore. Two thumbs up. F. Weldon Burge onAmazon 5 Stars October 10, 2018.</p><p><strong>I fell in love with the two main characters </strong>Once I started this book I could not put it down. I fell in love with the two main characters. The story moved fast so you don't have time to get bored. The characters, the locations and the events were all believable. This is the third book of Mr. Hopkins that I have read and am now starting on the fourth. This gentleman is definitely my new favorite author. Bonnie P Cashell on Amazon 5 Stars January 4, 2018.</p><p><strong>Great mystery murder investigation. </strong>Excellent mystery with a strong female lead character. The Delmarva location setting and description are an interesting backdrop for this novel. A book you will not want to put down until the mystery is solved. Kathy L. on Amazon 5 Stars March 25, 2018.</p><p><strong>A Mystery on Many Levels </strong>Frank Hopkins spins a tale that begins one place and takes you to another as the story unfolds. A photographer finds interest in old houses in the countryside where properties are low value and the houses are forgotten and left to decay. He steps on rotten boards exposing a skeleton and discovering the source of a deadly virus. So, we have an outbreak menace story, right? Wrong. ... As a smart, tough policewoman becomes involved, we have a cold case story about who the skeleton represented and now have a murder mystery. The murderers are alive and remain dangerous. Jack Coppley on Amazon 5 Stars November 4, 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><br>
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