Chapter 3 synopsis: “On December 5th, 1925, Mary Benton, on the last leg of her travels by train, arrives at her destination of Seven Lakes, Minnesota. She is both excited and anxious about starting her new life and unaware as she disembarks the train that unseen forces are already conspiring against her.” From Frozen Harvest Book written by Joseph Benedict.

Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQMh-VS6d3M&list=PLGA2_kFWaNHVamhplrEOaNSFYyih8glsg

In this video series, The Author, Joseph Benedict, reads his book Frozen Harvest, The Detective Cold Case Novel, and invites you to read along with him, or just sit down and enjoy. The Author will release a video on a weekly basis and hopes that you will join him as we follow Detective “Joel Vick” on his journey of solving the mysterious Cold Case of Mary Benton.

Overview of “Frozen Harvest”: Mary Benton, traveling alone by train, arrived in the small town of Seven Lakes, Minnesota, on December 5, 1925. In the early evening of December 22, Mary left her room at The Seven Lakes Grand Hotel, venturing out into the middle of a severe snowstorm, never to return. Authorities at the time ruled her disappearance, an accidental death due to exposure even though they never recovered her body. A mysterious letter arriving at the office of Minneapolis detective Joel Vick, nearly ninety years after her disappearance, suggested there may have been something else at play on that fateful night.

Genre: FICTION, Mystery and Detective. Current edition: 200 pages Paperback.

Book Detailed Description: Joel Vick, a Minneapolis detective, down on his luck, receives an opportunity in the form of a mysterious letter delivered to his office. The letter alludes to a 90-year-old missing person case that took place in the small northern Minnesota town of Seven Lakes. Joel, as a child, had spent numerous summers in Seven Lakes vacationing with his family. With a downturn in requests for his services locally, and his natural curiosity aroused, Vick drives up to have a look at the town he hadn’t visited in over 40 years. Initially frustrated that he had wasted his time after visiting the person who wrote the letter, Vick discovers something unusual that changes his mind about leaving. Vick, digging further into the case, determines that the investigation performed at the time of her disappearance to be entirely inadequate. Using his investigative skills, Vick stitches together a story of a beautiful young woman who is looking for a new start, but unable to escape her past. The story set against the backdrop of severe winter snowstorms, extreme cold, and a robust ice harvesting industry that flourished in the decades before refrigeration rendered it obsolete.

About the Author: Joseph Benedict, born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, spent eight years in the US. Air Force before joining the corporate world. For the past nine years, Benedict has been a writer who tells his company narratives through articles, features, and press releases. Benedict loves the creative process of telling a good story and maintains a blog where he publishes his works of fiction and daily human struggles. Benedict currently makes his home in Camden, SC.

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