Runaway Witness

About the Book

Jennifer and her partner Dave Randle take on seemingly ordinary cases to find a missing woman and to defend workers denied future insurance coverage. But the routine becomes dangerous, even life-threatening, when they are opposed by executives who employ threats, assaults, corruption of judges, and murder to achieve their goals. Jennifer uses her legal skills and the Americans For Disabilities Act to gain a positive outcome. Dave, a former special forces operative, confronts agents hired to silence witnesses and intimidate the partners. Acknowledgment of their increasing affection for each other provides another element of intrigue for Jennifer and Dave.

About the Author

S. J. Ritchey served as a faculty member in Nutrition and as an Academic Dean at Virginia Tech earning an international reputation for research in human nutrition. He published a textbook, numerous chapters in books and over a hundred scientific papers. Following retirement he began writing fiction. He has short stories in magazines and in two collections published by Blue River Writers. His series on the Watson/Randle partnership began with the publishing of Scams and Murders. Runaway Witness is the second in the series.

The author lives with his wife, Elizabeth, in Blacksburg, Virginia, and since his retirement, they spend summers at her family cottage on Lake Couchiching near Washago, Ontario, Canada.