The Search for Charley Hudson

When Covid eliminates Alex Grant's college graduation, his grandfather Henry has too much time on his hands. He tries to stay out of trouble while his wife Carolyn convalesces from Covid but he is soon dragged onto the hunt for a mass murderer. His cousin Shelley, a retired hitman, is there to cover his back while Shelley's wife Marian demonstrates how best to hold off policemen and keep Charley busy. Charley is the only witness to the slaughter of his friends and the key to nabbing Mr. Rogers before the banker can leave town. There is plenty of action to keep the cousins busy even when they stop speaking.

When Dr. Toppell graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1963 with a degree in History and Political Science, he obviously went straight to the Emory University School of Medicine. Then to paraphrase an old saying, he scratched GTT in the front of their duplex. The Toppell's had Gone to Texas. After his Internal medicine training at Baylor College of Medicine, he spent five years in the Army, where he trained in pulmonary diseases and Critical Care Medicine. He and Loretta and their children returned to Houston where Loretta, raised Scott, Brenna, and Ken. With some time out for lectures on American History, he practiced medicine for forty-seven years. They now live in Plano, TX. where he reads, writes, and enjoys life with his wife of fifty-six years.