Exile Trust (Frank Cole Mystery) - Tapa dura

The Exile town bank is in trouble, and Chief Dannon asks for Frank's help. The bank has lost track of some of its safe deposit customers, and Frank has to contact the missing box-holders before auditors shut the bank down.Frank quickly discovers that outdated records are just the tip of the iceberg. First, an impostor posing as the husband of a vacationing box-holder tricks his way into the safe deposit area. Then Frank learns that the box's owner, Dorothea Free-hoffer, died in a household accident just a few days earlier - and that her husband is long dead.The questions start piling up and in no time as all Frank is knee-deep in land fraud, identity theft, and an accident that looks an awful lot like murder. Par for the course, when living in Exile.

Vincent H. O'Neil holds a B.S. from West Point and an M.A. in International Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. His first novel, "Murder in Exile, "won the St. Martin's Minotaur/Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Novel Competition. He lives in Cranston, Rhode Island.