Scone Island ~ Paperback ~ Frederick Ramsay

Praise for an earlier Ike Schwartz mystery... "Combines a Tom Clancy-like knowledge of ground-to-air missiles with a Robert Ludlum-like spy adventure." -Library Journal starred review of Choker Ike Schwartz, Sheriff of Picketsville, Virginia, and his fiancee Ruth Dennis, President of a local university, seek asylum from academic and local politics on Scone Island, four miles off the coast of Maine. The suspicious accident that resulted in the death of the mysterious Harmon Staley should not concern them at all...until Ike's past as a CIA agent rolls in on him like the area's famous twelve-foot tides. Soon Ike and Ruth find themselves facing an unknown number of determined assassins alone on the island. Dr. Frederick Ramsay served on the University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty, and in 1971 he was ordained an Episcopal priest. He currently lives in Arizona with his wife Susan. www.frederickramsay.comAuthor BiographyDr. Frederick Ramsay was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois-Westside Medical Campus. After a stint in the Army, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland, School of Medicine, teaching Anatomy, Embryology and Histology; engaged in research and also served as an Associate Dean. During this time he also pursued studies in theology and in 1971 was ordained an Episcopal priest. He is the author of several scientific and general articles, tracts, theses, and co-author of The Baltimore Declaration. He is an accomplished public speaker and once hosted a television spot, Prognosis, on the evening news for WMAR-TV, Baltimore. He is also an iconographer with works displayed around the world. He lives in Surprise, Arizona with his wife and partner, Susan.