Chris Birdy

The Girl in White Pajamas Chris Birdy

Publisher Marketing: When Officer Bud the PR face of the Boston Police Department is gunned down, his brother, Bogie McGruder, returns from Palm Beach for the funeral. Since the BPD is investigating the death of one of their own, Bogie believes his trip to Boston will be a short condolence visit and a chance to meet his secret love child. But interacting with a family fueled by alcohol and mired in scandals, Bogie is reminded why he does investigations for his Boston based company from a computer in Florida. Although Bogie wants to contact his ex-lover, Bailey Hampfield, he's reluctant to do so since Bailey dumped him four years earlier. Knowing that Bailey had his child after she cut him loose, Bogie ponders how he can establish a relationship with the three year old daughter he's never met. While he thinks about it, Bailey gets in touch with him and asks for protection. Someone is trying to kill her. By the time Bogie meets Isabella, it's apparent that he still loves the mother and adores the child. Bogie tells himself that he's not interested in the BPD investigation into Bud's death, but he continues to be drawn into it while trying to discover who is attempting to kill Bailey. The investigations seem to parallel each other, then intersect and become intertwined. As the story develops, Isabella, a precocious child obsessed with martial arts, slowly becomes the focus. The underlying theme of this mystery is lies. Everyone seems to be running on lies and half truths. The only pure and true character is The Girl in White Pajamas. Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001 (EAN 9781481871983, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Birdy, Chris I am the author of the Pajama series. The Girl in Black Pajamas is the second book in the series. I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating from high school, I did a four year stint in the Middle East. When I returned to the States, I settled down in the Boston area and became a true Bostonian by collecting college degrees while raising my family. For more than twenty years, I did investigative work for Boston law firms. Being an avid mystery fan made me either fearless or foolhardy while working in rough neighborhoods and housing projects. I know how it feels to have a gun stuck to the back of my head...and that was in a courtroom. I know how it feels to have an angry client walk in my office and point a small gun at me saying, "I want my money!" That was when I opened my desk drawer, removed a large gun and drew back the slide while aiming it at him. "Have a seat!" I said. There is no substitute for experience. I live outside of Boston with my husband. We also have a place in Palm Beach where we escape to hide from the snow.