A Casey Quinby Mystery
by Judi Ciance
Casey Quinby, head investigative reporter for the Cape Cod Tribune had worked with the Barnstable Police Department on their cold case backlog in the past, generating a high success rate in uncovering new details allowing the PD to reopen several cases. When she expressed an interest in working on another cold case, the Chief jumped at the chance for her to examine the Mary Kaye Griffin murder file.
Chief Lowe was a personal friend of Mary Kaye’s and was haunted by the lack of evidence gathered to solve her murder. Against his approval, but because of department policy, it had been classified a cold case five years ago.
According to the reports in the evidence box, the husband, Brian Griffin, made the 911 call from their home to report the murder. When the police responded to the 42 Shady Brook Lane address, he was nowhere to be found … vanished into thin air. He immediately became the primary person of interest. The investigation that ensued didn’t produce any evidence implying anyone other than the husband.
A dead end case filed in the bowels of the police station was about to resurface.
Bones … boats … and bullets come together to create a strange trio.
About the Author
Born and raised in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, I attended Green Mountain Junior College in Poultney, Vermont, and Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester. After numerous writing-related topics of interest classes. I finally walked with a degree in 2004. Later working in banking, sales, I also became general manager in my family’s metal stamping business.
Judi Ciance
In 1992, my husband, Paul, was activated during Desert Storm. Following his service of five months at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. we moved to our house on the Cape. I went to work in the Superior Courthouse at the Barnstable County Court complex, then for the Barnstable Sheriff’s Office. During that time, I worked in the Drug Partnership Grant program, civil process, in records, wrote policies and procedures and retired as the Assistant Deputy Superintendent of Finance.
In 2006, we moved to Florida where the heat in the summer, beats the snow in the winter. I may have a Florida address now, but my love for Cape Cod and Boston will forever live in my writing.
