Michael Bradford

Under the Bridge and Back Again: the Winthorpe Mysteries, Part One Michael Bradford

The WinthorpeMysteries, Part OneUnder the Bridge and Back AgainBy: Mike BradfordSet in Louisville, Kentucky, this first presentation of the Winthorpe Mysteries tells the story ofthe growth of a man and the forming of a family.¿ It is a romance, but the driving forces aresuspense, deception and bloody murder.¿ The man, Davis Winthorpe, is ajaded, cynical, user of people.¿ In thebeginning of these stories he is a lonely man without any useful purpose beyondpaying his bills and being his own boss.¿The villain describes him as atwo-bit call-him-when-you-need-him errand boy.¿ His sweetheart gives him the name of Taskmaster.¿In the end of the matter, Davis and Kitty Winthorpe transform into adynamic team of creative problem solvers.¿They each make their own journey toward personal acceptance andindividual worth. Winthorpe,through his business, is used as a stooge by a relentless property developer,one Harry M. Snapp.¿ The hero is sentupon a wild goose chase by the villain to create a smoke screen as an alibi andcover up for murder. Harry Snapp's wife is shot inthe head, one time.¿ At the supposed timeof the shooting Snapp has Winthorpe out for a ride on the historic riverboat, The Belle of Louisville.¿ Martha Snapp isshot as Harry and Davis go upriver, underthe bridge and back again.¿ HarrySnapp is guilty, and Winthorpe knows it.¿In the end, only two people know the truth. Sent to New York City on what the villain assumes is an impossiblemission, Winthorpe discovers information which reveals Harry Snapp to be aliar.¿ In the city he meets his loveinterest, Kitty Servideo.¿ Together theypursue both the evil intent of Snapp and each other in what proves to be asensual blending of lonely hearts and lust for adventure. Kitty is a dynamic vivaciousschemer who brings out the best in Davis Winthorpe while constantly frustratinghim with her unpredictable nature, and her own deep dark secret over promisesonce made to her dying mother. Humor, caprice and serendipityblend into a suspensef