Funeral for a Friend

A Jonathan Stride Novel

By Brian Freeman | Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

About the book

“You’re safe, Stride. I found the body at the Deeps. I buried him.”

Jonathan Stride’s best friend, Steve Garske, makes a shocking deathbed confession: he protected Stride by covering up a murder. Hours later, the police dig up Steve’s yard and find a body with a bullet hole in its skull.

Stride is pretty sure he knows who it is. Seven years ago, an out-of-town reporter disappeared while investigating anonymous allegations of rape against a prominent politician. Back then, the police believed that the reporter drowned at a dangerous swimming hole called the Deeps … but the discovery of the body changes everything. Now Stride’s partner, Maggie Bei, is forced to ask Stride an uncomfortable question: Did you kill him?

Stride is obviously hiding things. He was the last person to see the reporter alive. And he admits lying to Maggie about that meeting, but won’t tell her why. With suspicion in the murder pointing at him, Stride finds himself off the case and on leave from the Duluth Police.

His only ally in clearing his name is his wife, Serena, who retraces the reporter’s investigation into the explosive allegations. The clues all point to a hot Duluth summer years earlier that everyone in town would prefer to forget.

Someone was willing to kill rather than let those long-ago secrets come out, and the suspect with the strongest motive … is Stride.

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“You’re safe, Stride. I found the body at the Deeps. I buried him.”

Jonathan Stride’s best friend, Steve Garske, makes a shocking deathbed confession: he protected Stride by covering up a murder. Hours later, the police dig up Steve’s yard and find a body with a bullet hole in its skull.

Stride is pretty sure he knows who it is. Seven years ago, an out-of-town reporter disappeared while investigating anonymous allegations of rape against a prominent politician. Back then, the police believed that the reporter drowned at a dangerous swimming hole called the Deeps … but the discovery of the body changes everything. Now Stride’s partner, Maggie Bei, is forced to ask Stride an uncomfortable question: Did you kill him?

Stride is obviously hiding things. He was the last person to see the reporter alive. And he admits lying to Maggie about that meeting, but won’t tell her why. With suspicion in the murder pointing at him, Stride finds himself off the case and on leave from the Duluth Police.

His only ally in clearing his name is his wife, Serena, who retraces the reporter’s investigation into the explosive allegations. The clues all point to a hot Duluth summer years earlier that everyone in town would prefer to forget.

Someone was willing to kill rather than let those long-ago secrets come out, and the suspect with the strongest motive … is Stride.

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What is Funeral for a Friend about?

“You’re safe, Stride. I found the body at the Deeps. I buried him.”

Jonathan Stride’s best friend, Steve Garske, makes a shocking deathbed confession: he protected Stride by covering up a murder. Hours later, the police dig up Steve’s yard and find a body with a bullet hole in its skull.

Stride is pretty sure he knows who it is. Seven years ago, an out-of-town reporter disappeared while investigating anonymous allegations of rape against a prominent politician. Back then, the police believed that the reporter drowned at a dangerous swimming hole called the Deeps … but the discovery of the body changes everything. Now Stride’s partner, Maggie Bei, is forced to ask Stride an uncomfortable question: Did you kill him?

Stride is obviously hiding things. He was the last person to see the reporter alive. And he admits lying to Maggie about that meeting, but won’t tell her why. With suspicion in the murder pointing at him, Stride finds himself off the case and on leave from the Duluth Police.

His only ally in clearing his name is his wife, Serena, who retraces the reporter’s investigation into the explosive allegations. The clues all point to a hot Duluth summer years earlier that everyone in town would prefer to forget.

Someone was willing to kill rather than let those long-ago secrets come out, and the suspect with the strongest motive … is Stride.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Funeral for a Friend?

Fiction > Crime and / or mystery fiction > Crime and mystery: police procedural

Where can I read a sample of Funeral for a Friend?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781982663728

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Funeral for a Friend?

Brian Freeman

Who is the Publisher of the book Funeral for a Friend?

Blackstone Publishing

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Funeral for a Friend is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781982663728) and hardcover(ISBN 9798200723959) and hardcover(ISBN HCd4aw) and hardcover(ISBN 9798212535182) and hardcover(ISBN IHd4aw) and hardcover(ISBN LPd4aw) and hardcover(ISBN SHd4aw) and paperback(ISBN PBd4aw) and paperback(ISBN 9781665088077) and ebook(ISBN ELd4aw) and ebook(ISBN 9781982663742) and ebook(ISBN 9781094185965) and ebook(ISBN 9781982663735) and ebook(ISBN EPd4aw) and audiodownload(ISBN ZEd4aw) and audiodownload(ISBN ZMd4aw) and audiodownload(ISBN ZPd4aw) and audiodownload(ISBN 9781982663407) and audiodownload(ISBN 9781982663414) and audiodownload(ISBN 9781982663421) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781982663445) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781982663452) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781982663469) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781982663476) and audiostreaming(ISBN DPd4aw) and audiostreaming(ISBN DZd4aw) and audiostreaming(ISBN DRd4aw) and audiostreaming(ISBN DTd4aw) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9798212499330) and audiostreaming(ISBN AUd4aw) and audiostreaming(ISBN DMd4aw)

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