Grumpy Bumpkin — Sam Cheever

I wasn't looking forward to going with my PI boyfriend to the rustic cabin in the woods of a crotchety local recluse who believed someone wanted him dead. I definitely wasn't prepared for what happened next. Deb Taylor isn't what you'd call a normal kind of guy. Maybe it's the fact that he bears an eerie resemblance to the elusive mythological sasquatch. Or perhaps it's the fact that he's a six-and-a-half-foot tall, hairy and muscular guy named Deb. It's possible our new client had a premonition that someone was going to fatally pierce him with the sharp end of a shovel. It's also very likely he's lying. But when he hires Hal to find a stalker who seems to wish him ill, it's his grumpiness that makes me think he might have a point. Anybody as crotchety as Deb Taylor couldn't help but make enemies. Lots of them. However, given his size and strength, I thought it was unlikely he'd be an easy guy to damage. I'll admit to being wrong on this one. Really. Really wrong.