Murder in the Third Degree

Peter D. Queen (Q to his friends is the secretary of a Masonic Lodge in Glendale, Arizona. He enjoys a rather sedate and secure life as a bachelor who lives with his elderly father. His world becomes complicated when he gets chatted up by a woman and then the murder of a prominent Mason and member of his lodge. The Grand Master of all Arizona Masons enlists Q's help to determine whether or not the murder could have been committed by a Freemason. Q wends his way through the hijinks of his father and a love life that gets complicated at every turn. At one point he is considered a suspect himself in the crime and then finds himself the possible victim after two more people are viscously killed. Added to the mix is a ghost that walks the lodge room and communicates with Q. In the end, Q and his girlfriend must sift through an entangled web of suspicion and intrigue mixed with Masonic ritual and humor.