Author: marcjedel

He’s afraid of losing his girlfriend. But maybe he should be more concerned about the dead body she’s crying over?Marty Golden can barely string a voicemail message together, let alone keep up with his new love. This quirky uncle’s hectic Silicon Valley lifestyle needs a reboot when a youth league soccer game becomes a murder scene. And nothing can stop him from donning his amateur sleuth uniform … amateur sleuth uniform when he discovers his sweetheart used to have quite a thing for the dead guy …With a not-so-helpful paw from Buddy the Labrador, he does his best to sniff…

When a camping trip uncovers a murder, this amateur sleuth is stuck putting out the fire … an accidental death, the meticulous Marty vows to investigate the murder. After all, it’s poor manners to let your friend’s death go unsolved.On the hunt for clues the cops ignored, Marty uncovers a disturbing connection to himself. And as he digs deeper, a misbehaving pup, a kooky cousin, and a maniacal ninja put his survival skills to the test.Will Marty unravel the mystery before the killer, or his imagination, gets to him?Chutes and Ladder is the side-splitting second novel in the Silicon Valley…

Did someone orchestrate the accident that put Marty Golden’s sister in the hospital? A quirky uncle becomes an amateur sleuth as Marty takes care of his nieces while scouring Silicon Valley for a killer! A laugh-out-loud cozy mystery.