Baseline Road - Paperback

by Orlando Davidson (Author)

A campus bombing, a cold case, and a deadly secret on Baseline Road.

In Southern California, May 1970, the turmoil of Nixon's Cambodia invasion and the Kent State killings leads to tragedy: a young economics professor dies in a campus bombing. Authorities arrest a known radical, but nearly two years later, a cryptic message suggests the FBI got it all wrong.

Homicide investigator Jimmy Sommes and Claremont Detective Carol Loomis delve into the case, uncovering shadowy figures and a troubled hitman named Collins. As they navigate improbable romances with possible suspects, they realize the answer lies on Baseline Road, a forgotten stretch of highway. Was it a cleverly disguised murder? Enmeshed in a web of political intrigue, drug use, and personal demons, Jimmy and Carol must confront a deadly secret before it claims more victims. For fans of historical crime fiction with a Southern California twist.

Author Biography

Orlando Davidson graduated from Claremont Men's (now McKenna) College and UCLA School of Law in the 1970's and headed west to the Hawaiian Islands. After a thirty-five year career in Hawaii working as an attorney, planner, lobbyist, and public official, Orlando relocated to western North Carolina and began to write fiction. Baseline Road is his first novel, and was shaped by his experiences during the Kent State protest days. He now resides in Portland, Oregon.