Murder Bay:
A Ben Carey Mystery

David R. Horwitz

The mystery began in a decrepit, old Victorian house in the heart of Washington, D.C. It stood amid vacant lots overgrown with weeds and trash a mere three blocks from the U.S. Capitol. Sgt. Ben Carey, of the Metropolitan Police Department, is the commanding officer of a unit working out of the converted house. Though his career is on the rise, his marriage is on the rocks, and when his wife kicks him out of their apartment days before Christmas, he makes a temporary home of the old building. The trouble is, he’s not the only one living there. He begins to see and hear things he cannot explain: a long-dead Union soldier; a beautiful young woman; a little boy; and a sinister, filthy derelict. What have they got to do with this place? And what do they want from Ben Carey?

A murder mystery set in Washington, D.C., Murder Bay crosses boundaries of time, traveling back and forth between the capital’s Civil War past and the postwar 1950s, and boundaries of reason, as undeniably supernatural events overcome the natural skepticism of a seasoned cop and war vet, Ben Carey. As Carey and the reader peel back the layers of what happened to the young Union soldier, the man responsible for his murder, and his lover and unborn son he would never know, the story throws up further riddles for Carey to solve, culminating in a conclusion that is both riveting and unexpected.

“An involving, period-perfect story. The action is fast-paced and convincing within its premise, and the characters are expertly drawn.”
­— Edward Morris, ForeWord Magazine.