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This is not necessarily on the topic of organized crime, but a "Friend of Mine" has written a detective mystery that I think many of you will find a compelling read. Should be a good piece of fiction for you to puruse while at the beach this summer.

Frustrated small-town loan officer Kyle Schmidt turns to online chat for a brief escape from his bleak reality. His fleeting affair awakens his online partner, Shelly Ruzinski, from a life of abject loneliness, and unleashes a love that quickly evolves into a dangerous obsession. She leaves a trail of murders as signs of her undying devotion, forcing the beleaguered police chief and a boy with unique perceptive abilities to stop her before she commits the ultimate act of love.