E. M. Munsch

Relatives - you can't choose them and you can't lose them... unless they die. And that's what Cousin Maud did. The distant cousin of his Irish mother was never a big factor in Dash Hammond's life. As a child, he remembers her pinching his cheeks. As an adult, he rarely saw her as he traveled the world serving in the United States Army.But Maud remembered him. "A good man, a reliable man....a seeker of truth and a finder of lost things." She leaves everything to Dash counting on his sense of duty and honor to do the right thing and make amends for her mistakes. If Dash finds Maud's abandoned daughter, how many lives will this impact? As he drives back and forth from Clover Pointe, Ohio, to Cleveland, Dash curses her under his breath but refuses to back away from a challenge.Dash learns that old sins do indeed cast long shadows.

A murder and an attempted murder keep Dash Hammond and his gal-pal, Annie Dewitt, busy in the small town of Clover Pointe, Ohio. After stumbling over a corpse in a graveyard, Annie is determined to solve the murder before the law does, again sticking a thorn in the side of Dash's brother, Sheriff Sam Hammond. Dash calls on his military training when a shooter wants to put Sam in the ground. A dark chapter in his brother's life reveal itself when Sam asks Dash to handle the problem without upsetting their father and former sheriff, Owen Hammond. Assembling a team of 'Watsons', Dash sets out the protect his brother and the rest of his loved ones. He learns The Expense of Family. This is the third book in the Dash Hammond series.

In the small town of Clover Pointe on the shores of Lake Erie, two dead visitors and one missing woman cast a dark shadow over the July 4th celebrations.Dash Hammond, retired Army Colonel, finds himself the center of attention when he is arrested for murder. Heavy artillery will be needed to clear his name.Annie Dewitt, his neighbor and sometime lover, is now his nemesis.Emmysue Miller, Prom Queen of 1983, sets off her own special fireworks at the class reunion.Mae Summers, Dash's ex-wife, accuses of him always rescuing damsels in distress. Dash Hammond is about to learn the cost of kindness.