Book excerpt: Nicole Parker anxiously awaited her graduation from high school and the opportunity to escape the small logging town in which she had lived all her life. In just a few months she and her best friend, Sherry Johnson, would embark upon the next stage of their lives. But a murder in their hometown would forever change their plans, and lives. Frank Thomas, a former homicide detective in Los Angeles, was looking for a quiet place to complete his distinguished career. Molalla, Oregon looked to be the perfect place to do that. He was hired as the Chief of Police and his plan to wind down was going as scheduled until a cold, wet morning in January. The small-town murder would be as challenging to solve as anything hed experienced in Los Angelesand every bit as dangerous. Every Step You Take has twists and turns that lead to a chilling and riveting conclusion. Based on an actual murder case in which new facts have come to light, fiction may not be fiction.