Golf, A Dreadful Hazard
by
W. Shelley Viall
W. Shelley Viall
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This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
W. Shelley Viall was born in Dayton, Ky.
He served in Army of United States, Dec. 1942 thru Dec. 1945.
He graduated, Aeronautical Engineer, U. of Cincinnati, 1949 and worked forty one years in the Aircraft Industry.
He retired 1988.
During his employment years, he authored papers in Engineering Journals of the S.A.E. and A.S.M.E technical societies and co-authored Patent Claims for his inventions. He wrote articles in a monthly Service News magazine published by his employer and sent to their customers. He authored sections of Research Documents submitted to the FAA and the U.S. Air Force by his former employer.
Playing golf at their private club early one morning, four retired men advance to the tee of the fifth hole.
Bill Fisher and Mike Duer are partners. The remaining two are Bob Smith and Paul Brown.
This is their regular pee stop. To speed up the process, they use both the Men's and the Ladies side of the small out-building nearby.
Bob Smith finds the dead body of Louise Pearsall, a club member, in the Ladies Rest Room. He pretends to not recognize her.
The four deliberate when to report the incident. Not wanting the course closed and interrupt their match, they take a vote whether to wait 'til the match is over before reporting. They vote to go right to Paul Brown's home to call 911.
The local law enforcement team, led by Sheriff Pat Brazel, begins investigating. Pat is assisted by the Coroner, John Goodall, Deputy Maynard Sawyer, and Prosecutor Warren Campbell.
After assembling in the clubhouse, the Golf Pro, the Club Manager, Bob Smith, Brazel, Sawyer and Goodall, are all transport by golf cart out to the fifth tee.
The identity of the deceased is officially established, and the Sheriff phones Wallgoods Mortuary to collect the remains and take it to the Morgue. Doctor Goodall will do an autopsy. He estimates Louise died about nine p.m. the previous evening.
What had brought her out on the golf course after dark?
At age 49, Louise Pearsall can still be described as a beauty. Her blue eyes, jet black hair and alabaster complexion are a stunning combination. She has a picture book figure and stands five-foot-three.
Louise and her husband Don are members of the golf club.
She owns a dress shop in the village not far from the golf course. It does a thriving business with patrons who live in the village and the surrounding communities. Owning a dress shop seems a rather bland occupation, but is it?
To serve her customers the needs, Louise makes frequent trips to the garment district in New York City to buy articles of the latest style with which she stocks her shop.
She supplements her garment trade by making the drug Viagra available to the wives of the community who desire the pill for use by their husbands.
All is well with this arrangement, until the morning of the discovery of her body.
Two of the men in that foursome get Viagra directly from Louise. Bob Smith, a widower, and Mike Duer. Mike's wife, Inez, considers the use of the pill to be a sin. For a time, unknown to Inez, her husband Mike is buying the pills and using them to sustain their sex life. Inez vows to put a stop to the Viagra traffic.
The case baffles Sheriff Brazel and the Prosecutor until they verify a match of DNA on a piece of evidence found at the site of the crime, with that of one of the suspects.
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