CRIME FICTION

Bad Moon Rising
a crime fiction novel
by Stephen Pickering

Frank Silveira, the president of a Rhode Island motorcycle gang, had scoured the coast of Maine to locate an offload site for marijuana.  Frank had planned for everything except for Carl and Sam Peterson.  Carl had picked the same location for his own drug deal. The chance meeting resulted in a kidnapping that ended badly.  Frank escaped, lived in exile and waited to avenge the deaths of his friends.

Sam kept the secret of that night and never looked back.  All that would change when he became a Maine State Trooper.  Once again fate would determine the course of Sam’s life.  After being promoted to detective his first assignment was to breathe new life into the cold case.  Sam’s plan was to never solve the homicides but Carl had not kept the family secret. Sam had another problem.  Frank decided seventeen years was long enough to wait. 
Read what the Ellsworth American says about this book.


http://www.ellsworthamerican.com/living/deer-isle-setting-for-crime-thriller
George Smith  found this book "compelling" and the writing "masterful."
Read the entire review here:
http://georgesmithmaine.com/articles/book-reviews/august/2015/bad-moon-rising-stephen-pickering
Stephen Pickering grew up on Deer Isle, Maine, where his family has lived for several generations. He served in the US Navy and joined the Maine State Police shortly after his discharge.  His twenty-eight year career ended in 2006 with his retirement as a sergeant in the Criminal Investigation Division. Upon his retirement he began his second career as a private investigator and continues to work in that capacity.  He resides in Blue Hill, Maine, with his wife, Betty.

For more information, go to Steve's website http://pickeringbooks.com/