S5E2 Finding Fault

Welcome to Mysteries to Die For.I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you in the heart of a mystery. Some episodes are original stories, others will be classics that helped shape the mystery genre we know today. All are structured to challenge you to beat the detective to the solution. These are arrangements, which means instead of word-for-word readings, you get a performance meant to be heard. Jack and I perform these live, front to back, no breaks, no fakes, no retakes.This is Season 5, Move It or Lose It. This season contains original stories paying homage to the vehicles that propel mysteries forward. A train was the setting for Agatha Christie’s famed Murder on the Orient Express. A river boat then took center stage on Death on the Nile. Cars have been prominently featured in American crime stories with the glory of the get-a-way vehicle. Then there are the heists from carriages to trains to armored trucks. For Episode 2, an ambulance is the featured vehicle. This is Finding Fault by TG WolffSupport our show by subscribing, telling a mystery lover about us, and giving us a five-star review. And mystery readers, check out our print and e-books.A Word Before Dying E-Book (all outlets); Trade Paperback (Amazon Only)Move It or Lose It: e-book and Trade paperback available 3/21/2023ABOUT TG WolffLike you, I’m not one thing. I’m a writer, an engineer, a wife, and a mother. What is first on the list depends on the day. Beyond the title I claim, I’m a person who loves learning and thoroughly enjoys a good puzzle, is creative and gets bored easily. This story is an installment in my De La Cruz Casefile series, coming between Razing Stakes and Playing Dead. The series is set in my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.In case you were wondering, I hold a BS in Civil Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and an MS in Civil Engineering from Cleveland State University, which gives me absolutely no background in writing, but I do it anyway. Writing mysteries and engineering isn’t as different as you’d think. Both require using logic and process to get from a starting problem to a solution.Thank you to my brother, Vito, for the coaching on paramedics and ambulances.Find me at www.tgwolff.comMORE from TG WOLFFDetective Jesus De La Cruz’s undercover narcotics assignment ended in a bloody mess. Over the last four years, he’s been rebuilt his life one day at a time. For his career, murder has been anything but by the books. Read Cruz’s first story, Exacting Justice by TG Wolff, and then follow him through Driving Reign and Razing Stakes. His fourth case, Playing Dead, is coming Spring 2024. DELIBERATIONCommander Montoya dumped a messy one in Cruz and Yablonski’s laps. David Weissman wasn’t the angel he was said to be and plenty around him had reason to be happier with his exit. Here are the characters that touched his life in the order of appearance.Christine Weissman, the perfect widow of the perfect husbandDiana Mahathy, the paramedic who took one on the jaw as she tried the save Weissman’s lifeTim Jackson, the EMT who broke the traffic rules getting Weissman to the hospitalNathan Otzler, the law partner who was getting tired of cleaning up after his partnerJude Tidemore, the assistant who was fed up with the toxic work environmentPaco Lopez, purveyor of chocolate and other treats?Venus McManus, the woman severely injured in the accident that Weissman walked away fromHere are the clues as presentedWeissman began doing cocaine about the same time he began binging Mars Bars.Weissman overdosed in his office. He was treated with and responded to Narcan. He was lucid when he was taken out of his law office. His primary concern was for his coat.Weissman died from a massive overdose of cocaine laced with fentanyl. Residue was found on his left hand and in the left pocket of his suit coat. Weissman was right-handed.Christine Weissman claims her husband was worth more to her alive than dead.Diana Mahathy claims not to have known Weissman was the man who injured her sister. She did her job the best she could.Tim Jackson claims the same as his partner.Nathan Otzler won’t talk about it.Jude Tidemore claims he wanted respect, not his boss dead.Paco Lopez claims he only knows about candy bars.Venus McManus claims she wanted the man to suffer, not die.WRAP UPThat wraps this episode of Mysteries to Die For. Please do support our show by subscribing, telling a mystery lover about us, and giving us a five-star review. Check out our website TGWolff.com/Podcast for links to this season’s authors.Mysteries to Die For is hosted by TG Wolff and Jack Wolff. Finding Fault was written by TG Wolff. Music and production are by Jack Wolff. Episode art is by TG Wolff.