The Skelly Man — David Daniel

Rasmussen is trying to find out who is sending threatening letters to fading TV talk-show host Jerry Corbin, a Lowell native who is returning to his hometown to premier the new show he hopes will resuscitate his career. Alex has a surfeit of suspects: Jerry has left plenty of skeletons in the closet from his days in Lowell, including several failed love affairs and a questionable victory on a College Bowl like quiz show that may have riled the losers sufficiently to pledge eternal vengeance. Meanwhile, Alex falls hard for Chelsea, an assistant on Jerry's show who may know more than she's telling.