The Copper Thieves

Nicole Stickley, a small town good girl gone bad has committed suicide, or has she? Her mother a successful business woman thinks so, and she wants her daughter's case closed. Sheriff Lonnie Bevins, an old boyfriend, thinks not, and sets out to prove she was murdered. The murderer may or may not be one of owner/operator Rob Johnson's line crew. Sheriff Bevins follows his hard-won leads through two states to solve the case.

Dennis Perry worked in Chicago for twenty years as a substitute teacher, library assistant and as an ALA certified adult reference librarian. The Copper Thieves began as an idea in 1976 and was finished when Dennis retired from Chicago Public Library in 2004. It is loosely based on the author's earlier experiences working as a Community Action Agent in Burley, Idaho; and also working with his brother Everett Perry, a journeyman Lineman and heavy equipment operator, when they worked together building a transmission power line near Farewell Bend, Oregon.