The Only Witness

An infant grabbed from her mother’s car. A dead end of evidence. A most unlikely source of help.

Detective Matthew Finn is a fish out of water. After relocating to a small town to please his wife only to be abandoned by the cheating woman, he’s left juggling her three irritating pets along with a high-profile missing baby case. And already under pressure with a severe lack of clues, he’s wary when an anonymous tip leads to the incident’s sole witness... a gorilla.

Working with a protective scientist to keep the animal out of the obsessed public’s eye, Finn frantically navigates the primate’s cryptic pictures and sign language. But with the tiny and vulnerable victim’s survival at stake, the overwhelmed investigator fears he’s rapidly running out of time.

Can a cop and his curious simian assistant work together to catch a callous culprit?

The Only Witness is the suspenseful first book in the Neema the Gorilla Mysteries. If you like intriguing characters, intelligent animal sidekicks, and sharp twists and turns, then you’ll love Pamela Beason’s captivating page-turner.

Pamela Beason lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she writes novels and screenplays and sometimes works as a private investigator. When she’s not on the job, she explores the natural world on foot or cross-country skis, in her kayak, and underwater as a scuba diver.