Michael A Dove

Golf-loving driving range attendant at Pebble Beach golf course, Walter "Chipper" Blair, enjoys the simple joys of golf but a young amoral high tech entrepreneur moves into the Pebble Beach area and causes havoc with Chipper, his wife Jenny, and their friends. Nolan Lusky enjoys expensive cars, spending money on young women, developing drones of destruction, and posting AI videos on the internet meant to embarrass. When a death occurs at The Hay Golf Course that looks like an accident, Chipper is again in trouble with the law. The reader will enjoy this fun, golf-related suspense and mystery novel. Will Chipper be found guilty of murder? Can Lusky's activities be stopped? You will be immersed in the lifestyles of the rich and famous in this beautiful area; all the favorite haunts and restaurants. Great golf, intrigue, and mystery. Nothing is as it seems in Hopeful at the Hay.

A graduate school student at Berkeley in 1971 finds a class project from a 1959 Criminology seminar detailing an assignment to commit the perfect murder. He investigates and finds more than he wants about this strange class assignment.Although "CRIM 279" is listed as fiction; the author claims it is a true account that he promised would not be published until 45 years after the crime! You will be drawn into the atmosphere of the University of California and immersed in the drama of the class of CRIM 279 as they intellectually and philosophically discuss the details of their plan and attempt to carry it out.Their unique personalities create tension and suspense as their interaction takes them in directions they never dreamed toward the perfect murder."CRIM 279" is thought provoking and fun and you will be left to wonder if it is fact or fiction!