Meet Douglas Lamplugh on Saturday, February 7th at Page & Palette!
Stop by between 2-5PM to grab a coffee or a glass of wine and get a copy of Murder at Mardi Gras signed during the Mystic Mutts parade. Come chat with the author and discover your next great read!
Murder at Mardi Gras
In this true crime-flavored novel, Detective William Boyett is called out on Mardi Gras evening in Mobile, Alabama to investigate the discovery of a young woman’s body wrapped in a carpet in a vacant lot a few blocks from the parade route.
Over the next two months, Boyett works hard to solve the case, but he’s frustrated by miscalculations and downright incompetence by other members of the law enforcement community. His investigation goes nowhere, and when he’s promoted and transferred back into patrol, the unsolved homicide falls into the cold case status.
A decade later, Boyett is assigned to a newly formed cold case squad. He soon picks up two cases he feels he can solve, one of which is the 2006 Mobile Mardi Gras murder he left behind. Now, with skilled, trusted colleagues at his side, he picks up the trail, determined to find the murderer, never expecting the horrific truth he will uncover.
A seat-of-your pants mystery thriller written by a thirty-year criminal investigator that you will believe is true. Doug Lamplugh brings his experiences with the criminal justice system, as well as his experience with multi-state, multi-jurisdictional investigations to life in this novel. The details of how a criminal investigation can change rapidly will astound you.
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Douglas Lamplugh
Douglas Lamplugh began his law enforcement career in 1977 as a small-town cop in Marcus Hook, PA. During his six years at the Marcus Hook Police Department, Doug served as a Patrolman, Detective, and training officer. Although he worked in a small town, Doug made big cases, many of which involved interstate crime rings and were adopted for federal prosecutions. These investigations ranged from murder cases to interstate theft investigations as well as federal drug and gun cases. In 1983, Doug left small town policing and joined the D.E.A. where he served over the next 23 years. His first assignment was in Mobile, Alabama where he spent 9 years. The assignment to Mobile was followed by an assignment to the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, where Doug was responsible for coordinating investigations with eight countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). Doug’s next assignment was as a group supervisor in McAllen, Texas, followed by a promotion to Resident Agent in Charge in Pensacola, Florida. Doug then was transferred to DEA Headquarters in Arlington, VA and finished his career as the Resident Agent in Charge of the DEA Office in Youngstown, Ohio. Doug’s cases at DEA ranged from international smuggling cases to meth labs and money laundering. Many of his cases involved cooperation with foreign numerous foreign police agencies including the Colombian National Police, Scotland Yard, Royal Canadian Mounted Police as well as police agencies in the eight countries he worked with will in Denmark. Since retiring from law enforcement, Doug has taught many criminal justice classes at both the University of South Alabama and Huntingdon College.
In 2022, Doug published his first novel, Murder at Mardi Gras, through Wild Blue Press, located in Denver, Colorado. He is currently working on two new books.
Doug currently resides in Fairhope, Alabama.