All a divorced, police detective named Will Staples wanted to do was take some personal time off and drive from Virginia to the mountains of Colorado. He wanted only to take a breath, relax and just get away... Midway, interrupted by a blinding late night blizzard, he had to leave the interstate highway finding himself in a totally different and unfamiliar world within a small town somewhere in Indiana. A brutal murder and the disappearance of two young girls introduce a combination of circumstances, interesting people and bizarre events that changed his life in that small town...That town was named Hartford City. G.S. Youngling is also the author of the action-packed book, Ozzi's Boys. He spent nearly 40 years within the law enforcement/security community in a number of different capacities. Retiring from the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia as a detective, he continued his career with the Department of Justice in Haiti. He developed and presided over a private security, investigation and protection company for over a decade traveling throughout Europe and the middle-east. He finally retired again from the Department of Defense as a law enforcement professional with the U.S. Army, completing two full tours of duty in Iraq between 2008 and 2011. He received the Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia - where he also taught Criminal Justice and Sociology. Currently he is living in Tucson, Arizona and volunteers with the US Forest Service for the Santa Catalina Ranger District. Refer to GSYoungling@gmail.com.
