Steven Payette

"PAIN" is the second Trevor Samuels Mystery.

Warren Pyke and Martin Michaels have a plan that can't fail, or so they think. People claim fake injuries as a result of staged car accidents all the time, so why shouldn't they get their piece? Enter Trevor Samuels, a veteran detective hired to investigate their claims. Trevor thinks it's a routine "get rich quick" scheme...until things get complicated. When a chop shop and a couple of car thieves get involved, Trevor quickly discovers that things are not as they appear, and if he doesn't act quickly, he too will enter a world of PAIN!

Chelsea Dearden awakens one morning not knowing she is about to suffer every parent's worst nightmare. Matthew, her sixteen year old son, vanishes without a trace while riding his bikehome from his part-time job, and nobody knows his current whereabouts. Desperate to find her son, Chelsea turns to a stranger for help, the only investigator she can find. Reluctant to take the case due to a conflict of interest, and his inexperience with missing person cases, Trevor Samuels grudgingly agrees to look into Matthew's disappearance. The events that follow defy logic, and Trevor experiences a number of firsts, including a hospital morgue, a marijuana grow operation, cases of abuse, social services, and a seemingly haunted house. Join Trevor on his first non-insurance related investigation, a case where strange happenings are the norm, especially when the spirit of a woman murdered over a hundred years ago makes her presence felt. This is a tale of supernatural firsts, and is not for the faint of heart!