Jeff Hoyle

The Contact Tracer Jeff Hoyle

Book three of the Josiah Adams series begins in March 2020. The country is shut down as fear of the pandemic spreads across the United States. Josiah "Joe" Adams, a private investigator on the south coast of Massachusetts, makes a living running criminal background checks for businesses on their prospective employees. But no one is hiring, and unemployment is through the roof. Joe has also handled a few missing person cases, but no one is missing if everyone is staying home. Investigative work for divorce lawyers? No one is getting divorced in the middle of a pandemic. Besides, who can afford to hire lawyers when they are worried about paying the rent and putting food on the table? When Joe receives a call from FBI Special Agent Jon Michaels, he learns that he can put his investigative talents to work as a 'contact tracer'. With money tight, it's an opportunity he can't pass up. In the current political climate, where some think contract tracing is a "new Gestapo" or some "Deep State" government conspiracy, the workers in the Department of Public Health are happy to have someone with Joe's skills as they work to contain the spread of COVID-19.