The year is 1981. A small Southern California town is sent into a tailspin over a young girl's grisly murder, and aging detective Andrew Pitt must try to decipher the very few clues left behind by a serial killer before they claim their next victim. In the wake of the ensuing murders, Pitt, along with his partner Clarence and a bubble-gum-chewing secretary, scrambles to uncover the secret behind the only real evidence that they have: the eerie paintings of a bearded wizard at each crime scene. Unraveling cryptic clues and reading star charts is not what Detective Pitt had in mind for this stage of his life; he planned to be sitting in a cabin somewhere in Maine, finally retired from police work. However, when the police chief is stricken with cancer, the burden of keeping the little town of Beaumont secure falls squarely onto Pitt's tired shoulders... This paperback edition of THE WIZARD MURDERS includes the short story, THE VELVET SOFA. "Sean McDevitt certainly has great potential to write very intriguing and involved thrillers and mysteries...I would definitely pick up the next write by McDevitt and gladly read it." -Tenya Sharp Ingalls, O. Scarlett Reviews "Sean McDevitt's first short novel is a promising effort, and it will be interesting to see what type of story he will spin next." -Jeri Walker, JeriWB What Do I Know? blog