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Pura Vida - "Life is Great!"

Pura Vida    (POO-rah VEE-dah)
Costa Rican saying, literally translated means "Pure Life." Contextually, it means  "This is living!", or "Life is Great!." 

I'm Steve Scarborough and welcome to my website. Be sure to pick up my new mystery novel, SCRAFITTO now available from , by Oak Tree Press!!!

See details below. Order the book from Barnes & Noble , Amazon & Oak Tree Press .

Go to my Scrafitto gifts store, click here.  Book bags, mugs etc.

      "Thank you God,   life is great!"
Look for the new mystery novel, Scrafitto. It's about: Mitch Sharp's comfortable existence as a commercial photographer in a Costa Rican expatriate art community is shattered when an attacker begins slashing women with a razor-like knife, deliberately splattering their blood on nearby walls.
 
Sharp, an ex-homicide cop who fled the States after being ousted from the Seal Beach PD, takes photos of tourist on eco-tours like white-water raft trips and zip-line tours in beautiful Costa RIca. After many women are attacked, Mitch is persuaded by a pretty fellow artist, Angie, to help investigate the crimes.
 
When the attacker raises the stakes and begins to murder, Mitch must act. Especially when it looks like his new love, Angie in the next target. Combining his investigative and photographic skills, Sharp discovers the identity of the murderer.   Isolated in a foreign country, and fearful that his fellow artists are next, (maybe even Angie)
Sharp gathers an unusual team of ex-pats to solve the crimes before the killer strikes again.

 
Woven with a thread of photography references, SCRAFITTO, is a fast-paced read, focusing on the characters and the culture. The novel features a refreshingly compassionate sleuth delving into the lives of ex-pats in the picturesque resort town of Quepos, Costa RIca. 
Reg. ©2008 with Writer's Guild.

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AWARD WINNER !
Scrafitto won 1st place in the annual Public Safety Writers (Police Writers) Association writing competition for unpublished novel. 1st place. Visit the PSWA website here.


I  have a P.O.S.T. certified class in The Science of Fingerprints and teach Digital Imaging classes. I also have workshops for writers- "Write Forensics Right!" and "Master the Magic of Forensics: that I offer at writing conferences.

CHECK the pages at the left for new articles, training and presentations.
New Article on Digital Imaging at

http://www.forensicmag.com/article/film-digital-conversion-law-enforcement-update


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