Created by Ken Linn
“Some teachers are such know-it-all assholes.”
— Pete lets us in on a little secret
Hey, maybe high school math might actually becoming interesting, if only we could get the teacher to tell us a few stories about his side gig in between all that thrilling blather about sines, tangents, x versus y axis and vectors.
In a series of entertaining short stories and novels that go down awful easy, almost retired math teacher PETE BARROW moonlights as a private eye, out in the Potomac County boondocks, deep in the heart of Virginia’s Northern Neck Peninsula. His cabin, built by his grandfather, is right on the river, in fact, just left of a long-abandoned public boat ramp, now covered with green slime. He reads, he fishes, he’s content. And he takes on a PI job now and then. Both jobs require “logical thinking and attention to detail,” he says.
He has a smart girlfriend, school psychologist Wendi Wynston, and he occasionally gets a little begrudging help from the local sheriff, Oscar, who happens to be Black, but mostly he goes it alone, even when the numbers don’t quite add up.
Along the way, there’s plenty of action and breezy banter, and Pete handles the first person narration skills with Spenseresque pluck.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ken Linn comes about Pete’s primary occupation naturally — he taught high school math for forty years becoming a publisher writer. He lives on the “picturesque and peaceful upper Eastern Shore of Maryland.”
SHORT STORIES
- “Murder, with Resignation” (January/February, AHMM)
- “Time Lies” (July/August 2024, AHMM)
- “Admissions” (March/April 2025, AHMM)
NOVELS
- Dwellings (2026) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
- Ah, Virginia, Talk To Me Like You Do…
Virgina Eyes are for Lovers
Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.
