W. S. Gager
Author of A Case of Infatuation
About the Author
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- Gender
- female
- Places of residence
- Michigan
- Education
- Central Michigan University
- Occupations
- College instructor
- Organizations
- Publice Safety Writer's Association, Sisters In Crime, Grand Rapids Area Writer's Group
- Awards and honors
- A Case of Infatuation took first place in the Dark Oaks Mystery Contest and second place in the Public Safety Writers Contest for published fiction. A Case of Accidental Intersection took first place in the Public Safety Writers unpublished fiction category in 2010.
- Short biography
- W.S. Gager has lived in Michigan for most of her life except when she was interviewing race car drivers or professional woman's golfers. She enjoyed the fast-paced life of a newspaper reporter until deciding to settle down and realized babies didn't adapt well to running down story details on deadline. Since then she honed her skills on other forms of writing before deciding to do what she always wanted with her life and that was to write mystery novels. Her main character is Mitch Malone who is an edgy crime-beat reporter always on the hunt for the next Pulitzer and won't let anyone stop him including murder. http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com www.wsgager.blogspot.com www.wsgager.com
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- Works
- 4
- Members
- 15
- Popularity
- #708,120
- Rating
- 4.3
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 4
- Favorited
- 1
A Case of Infatuation.
Mitch Malone is a crime reporter and he is very good at his job. The reason he is so good is that he has no emotions. He never allows himself to feel anything for the victims and he works alone. All he cares about is getting a good story.
Until he is forced to team up with rooky reporter, Petrenka – beautiful, laconic and incredibly desirable. She is also very good at her job, and for similar reasons.
Despite resenting her presence, Mitch finds himself becoming increasingly obsessed with her.
Their first case is a very nasty murder which has all the hallmarks of a contract killing. But the killer has overlooked something. Petrenka finds a small child hiding in the house where the murder took place. For reasons of security, the child is temporarily put in Patrenka's care and this is when Mitch breaks all his own rules.
He, who has never liked children, falls in love with the little stranger and all his priorities shift. The story has now taken second place to ensuring the safety of the child.
There ensues a frantic race against time to get to the child's mother before the killer finds her.
I really enjoyed this story. The author's use of language and imagery is masterful. I particularly liked the image of the dead woman's hand lying exposed on the porch. Haunting!
Ms Gager is able to create real, believable characters and I found myself caring about them. Even the secondary characters like Daisy from the Roadhouse are well-rounded and enduring.
The plot is intriguing. I thought there were a couple of weak points. I find it hard to believe that the police would hand over custody of a child to someone whose only connection with the case is that they happened to arrive early on the scene and discover the child's hiding place. I also thought it was unlikely that the master criminal was unable to find his traitorous ex-employee, despite having unlimited resources, whilst Mitch was able to find him with relative ease.
But these are minor points and hardly detracted from the story, which was fast-paced and kept me guessing right up to the end. It also did what only the best stories do – left me wanting more.
I shall certainly be reading the other books in the Mitch Malone series.… (more)