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The “McRyan Mysteries” series is written by lawyer by day and author by night, Roger Stelljes and the series is about a homicide detective named Mac McRyan. He is a fourth generation cop with the St. Paul police department. He does not have to work, due to the fact that he is independently wealthy. Later in the series, Mac moves with his girlfriend, Sally, to the nation's capital where she works for the President of the United States. The series is a bestselling series that has made both the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. It has also been downloaded with over two million times for electronic reading devices around the world. The series is made up of both novels and a shorter work that serves as a prequel to the series. “Fatally Bound” by Roger Stelljes is the fourth novel in the “McRyan Mysteries” series that came out in 2014. After the FBI spend quite awhile looking into the murders of three people, a couple of people push Mac to take the case and provide a fresh perspective on things. As he may see something that others have overlooked and missed. Once again, Mac …show more content…

A high powered lawyer and a gorgeous client of his are killed in a brutal way while they are in a lake house located in a suburb that is west of Minneapolis. At the same time, Mac has taken an invite for a party in Minnesota for the president's birthday; he likes that he will be able to see all of the people he knew when he was a cop in St. Paul. Another case pops up that took place thousands of miles away, and the only thing that the two murder cases have in common is Mac McRyan himself. His ex-wife, Meredith, has a new husband and proof that he has been cheating, but does not expect that she will be framed for his murder. There are also certain details of this case that will force Mac to face events of his past. He must do all of this as he and Sally prepare to get

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