"The Final Steps"

My New Cozy Legal Mystery is now Available

To my loyal subscribers:

I am pleased to announce that the first novel of my new cozy legal mystery series is now available on Amazon and most online booksellers. I will place the book on pre-order very soon.

As a gift to my loyal subscribers, the new novel available to you at a substantial discount. Here's a synopsis of the new novel:

Who murdered a popular law professor on a northern Michigan college campus?

Judge Rosaline Maxwell is living the good life. Retired from the circuit court bench, she now lives in the home of her dreams, lakefront in scenic Harbor Springs, Michigan. She’s written a fascinating new book and is invited to speak at a local college. But her idyllic existence is rudely interrupted by a call from her best friend, Tyler Guthrie, the college president.

A popular law professor has taken his final steps—he is found dead at the bottom of a popular outdoor staircase. The police suspect foul play. There are no witnesses, but key pieces of evidence make Tyler the number one suspect.  After his arrest, Rosaline doubts her friend’s innocence but still jumps into the fray, abandoning the law, antagonizing local police, becoming an amateur sleuth with one goal and one goal only: To prove, conclusively, that Tyler Guthrie is innocent of this brutal crime.

Along the way, Rosaline receives anonymous death threats, warning her to stay away from the investigation, but the former judge will not be deterred from her quest for the truth. There is no shortage of interesting and quirky suspects as attorney/award-winning author Mark M. Bello keeps you guessing ‘whodunnit’ until the very end.  

I'm excited to bring this new series and cast of characters to life. I hope you are too.

Thanks, Mark

Mark M. Bello

Attorney/Author

www.markmbello.com