Review: PAST PERFECT by Richard Stockford

5 Stars 

Det. Thomas Clipper Mysteries Book 2

The second intriguing mystery/Maine police procedural with the intrepid protagonist Detective Lieutenant Thomas Clipper, PAST PERFECT pits him against a local militia operated by a military veteran who claims Constitutional foundation but has ulterior intents. Clipper's live-in girlfriend Janice Owens is now in charge of the Bangor Historical Society 's renovation of the expansive Gaylord Estate,  and soon enough finds herself at the center of a mysterious disappearance forty years earlier.  Author Richard Stockford cleverly weaves in a cold case and a present-day "terroristic" threat.