NOT YOUR USUAL DETECTIVE

WILL NICKERSON IS NOT YOUR USUAL DETECTIVE. For starters, he’s no cop. Just an ordinary guy, a small town shopkeeper (who’d rather be a cowboy) in the very ordinary town of New Oslo, North Dakota. He has a knack for solving mysteries and a habit of getting himself drafted as amateur sleuth whenever the situation demands. He has yet to land a paying job as a private eye, but just wait. That may be coming his way in my next novel, which I plan to publish sometime in 2016. Will is an affable kind of guy who enjoys making new friends and always greets you with a friendly smile when you come into Nickerson Office Supplies or when he delivers your order to your place of business in New Oslo. He doesn’t go for formalities, so don’t call him Mr. Nickerson or sir. He’s Will and he’ll be quick to correct you if you mister or sir him. But call him Will and you’ll have a loyal friend for life. Hmmmmmm... That sounds a lot like me. His body long ago rejected a straitjacket and noose (which some people refer to as a suitcoat and tie), so you’ll likely see him casually attired in jeans and T-shirt or sweatshirt, depending on how much it’s snowing in North Dakota. Can’t say I blame him. I’m not much for straitjackets and nooses either. He loves animals and is most at home in the great outdoors. He has an adventurous spirit and loves to travel, so he sometimes finds himself wrapped up in mysteries not only in North Dakota but in other locales as well. He’s good at it, too, with curiosity in his character and a keen interest in human nature. He’s hopelessly romantic, being single but looking, with his number one romantic interest being Jenine, a beautiful tall brunette, who, actually appears in RANCH PARK, the first book in the series, before Will makes his debut. For now at least she insists that her teaching career comes first and foremost. So Will plays the field now and then, too, as when he meets up with Laurel, a spunky and alluring Michigan girl working as a tour guide in Pennsylvania in IT’S A PLACE FOR TREES and makes a comeback as a ranch hand in WHAT’S UP IN WYOMING. A rather enigmatic traveling saleswoman from Montana, Alison, comes into his life in VIKING IT IS, and I kinda suspect that she may come back his way in my next book, since he is heading out to Big Sky Country. Stay tuned... LET’S MAKE IT MERRY CHRISTMAS is a special volume of the series, highlighting many of the regular characters and introducing some new ones, too, as New Oslo gears up for the biggest Christmas festival North Dakota has ever known. Will is, of course, the central character throughout the Will Nickerson Mysteries series, and he’s joined by Jenine, Laurel and many other intriguing folks, some good (Hip Hip Hooray!!!), some not so good (BOOOOO!!!), who will keep you turning pages and guessing, just whodunit, anyway? They’re all in Paperback, Kindle, Nook and Kobo editions. P. S. They’re written for adults. BUT they’re safe for families, too!