Developer Austin Coleman is turning Bayville’s most picturesque location into a community center. At least, that’s the official story. Chamber of Commerce President-Elect Henri Beauchamp has been pressed into getting answers to hard questions. But when Coleman is found flat in the center of a new square of concrete, he has real motivation to put his state certificate to use. Now he needs our help if he’s going to avoid being sentenced to life in prison orange. Here are his suspects in the order we met them:

• Carl, construction site foreman
• Desiree Normandy, ex-wife #1
• Crystal Watters, almost ex-wife #2
• Quentin Lockwood, Commissioner and candidate for governor
• Wesley Brownstein, one-man protester

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MEET Robert J. Binney

Seattle screenwriter Robert J. Binney has chronicled Henri’s adventures previously on Mysteries to Die For. His essays on being the butt of Jimmy Carter’s jokes, joyriding with the Salt Lake City police, find-ing career advice in the Himalayas, and hanging with Peter Frampton have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, the Kelp Journal, and more. “Restoration Software” was recently featured in Level Best Books’ The Best Private Eye Stories of 2025. He is a regular contributor to Thrill Ride magazine and the Starlite Pulp Review. A former titan of industry with movie-star good looks, he holds an MBA from Emory University and an MFA from UC Riverside.

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