The Age-Old Crime of Murder

Meet the unorthodox crime fighting crew of Comfort Cottages Assisted Living Facility. Franklin suffers from dementia and uses a cane, Dot uses a wheelchair and loves puzzles, Joseph and Brenda are proof there is love after the age of eighty, and Melissa provides the logic to lead the group. Meanwhile, Jennifer, the manager of Comfort Cottages works to keep everyone safe and out of trouble, which is no easy task when they take on the case of finding the killer of a young woman. To matters worse, the killer hires two others to stop the aged sleuths, including Franklin who witnessed the murder. Then a mysterious notebook turns up and brings the group into more danger.

Mark Zeid spent seven years on active duty as a military police officer for the U.S. Marine Corps. After the Marines, he went to college and grad school, which led him to working and living in Japan for 25 years. During which time he taught English for Japanese schools and criminal justice for a satellite college on military bases. He also published more than 600 articles in various military, educational, and local news publications. Mark Zeid retired from the Marine Corps Reserves in 2004. Upon returning to the United States, he worked at the Center for Domestic Preparedness, a training facility run by Homeland Security for first responders. He was deployed several times to help with disaster recovery efforts in the United States. Currently retired, Mark Zeid teaches writing classes and Holocaust education.
His novels are inspired by actual criminal events. He has had four mystery novels published, two of which won local awards. He publishes the first chapter of his novels on his website at https://zeidsmysteries.com