Wolfe Trap
A Clay Wolfe / Port Essex Mystery Book 1
by Matt Cost
What evil lurks in Port Essex, Maine?
Clay Wolfe is a former Boston homicide detective who has left the police department to return home to Maine to care for his elderly grandfather and open a private detective agency. Haunted by being orphaned at an early age, and jaded by the corruption of the big city, Clay is happy to hit pause and investigate minor crimes.
“I want you to find the person who sold the drugs that killed my grandbaby.”
When he is hired to find out who sold the drugs that killed a six-month-old baby girl, he has no idea of the evil that he is going to uncover in the underbelly of his hometown.
“Wolfe Trap” is a thrilling ride set in a small Maine town with rich characters and shocking plot twists that will keep the reader rapt until the final pages.
REVIEW
5 out of 5
Small town, retirement, sounds great, right? Maybe take on some light work as a PI…unfortunately that isn’t what fate has in store for Wolfe. The town might be small, but the evil runs deep. The characters were well fleshed out and believable, the pacing was perfect, and there were enough twists to keep you guessing. If you’re looking for a mystery where things are definitely not as they appear, then you’re going to love this book as much as I did! I cannot wait to see what lies in store for Wolfe in the next installment.
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About the Author
Matt Cost was a history major at Trinity College. He owned a mystery bookstore, a video store, and a gym, before serving a ten-year sentence as a junior high school teacher. In 2014 he was released and began writing. And that’s what he does. He writes histories and mysteries.
“Love in a Time of Hate” is the third historical by Cost. “Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War; At Every Hazard”, was published in 2015, in which Emmett Collins grows into manhood during the Civil War. “I am Cuba; Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution” was published in 2020. It was recently awarded the silver award for historical fiction from Kops-Fetherling.
Cost has also published the Mainely Mystery series including “Mainely Power” (the MHC Read ME fiction book of the year), “Mainely Fear”, and “Mainely Money”. The fourth book in the series, “Mainely Angst”, will be published in January of 2022.
He has begun the Clay Wolfe/Port Essex Trap series with “Wolfe Trap”. “Mind Trap” will be published in October of 2021 and “Mouse Trap” in the spring of 2022.
Cost now lives in Brunswick, Maine, with his wife, Harper. There are four grown children: Brittany, Pearson, Miranda, and Ryan. A chocolate Lab and a basset hound round out the mix. He now spends his days at the computer, writing.
Other Works
I Am Cuba; Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution
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Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War: At Every Hazard
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Goff Langdon Mainely Mysteries
Mainely Power (#1)
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Mainely Fear (#2)
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Mainely Money (#3)
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