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Serendipity leads Chip Collingsworth into mystery writing and to the small community of Turners Bend, Iowa, where he intertwines his new life and local events into Brain Freeze , his second novel with hero and alter ego Dr. John Goodman and FBI Agent Jo Schwann. Two crimes are solved and two... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Charles Edgar "Chip" Collingsworth III: author
- Lucinda Patterson: Chip's literary agent
- Parker Collingsworth: Chip's brother
- Dr. John Goodman: character in Chip's novel, "Brain Freeze"
- Mitch Calhoun: character in "Brain Freeze"
- Mike Frisco: Duluth police department detective in "Brain Freeze"
- Sid Jurgenson: medical examiner in "Brain Freeze"
- Iver Ingebretson: snow plow driver
- Dr. Jane Swanson: veterinarian
- Josie "Jo" Schwann: FBI agent from Minneapolis in "Brain Freeze"
- Walter Fredrickson: police chief, Turners Bend Police Department
- Bernice: waitress @ The Bun
- Mabel: works for Dr. Jane
- Sven Swanson: Dr. Jane's son
- Ingrid Swanson: Dr. Jane's daughter
- Harold H. "Hal" Swanson III: Dr. Jane's ex-husband
- Dr. Charles Candleworth: CEO of NeuroDynamics in "Brain Freeze"
- Martha Jurgenson: Sid's wife and receptionist in "Brain Freeze"
- Dr. Herbert Schultz: Turners Bend physician
- Dr. Jacob Stein: Mayo Clinic physician
- Flora Fredrickson: Turners Bend city clerk, Chief Walter's wife
- Belinda Carver Peterson: CFO of NeuroDynamics in "Brain Freeze"
- Kurt Manning: security guard at NeuroDynamics in "Brain Freeze"
- Bobby Henke: acting medical examiner
- Hank: AgriDynamics employee
- Jim Anderson: deputy, Turners Bend Police Department
- Leif Henderson: Sven's friend
- Pastor Henderson: Leif's father
- Christine Henderson: the pastor's wife, Leif's mother
- Malcolm Steward: NeuroDynamic's chief surgeon
- Sharon Smith: dispatcher/administrative assistant, Turners Bend Police Department
- Heather Steffenhauser: Hal Swanson's girlfriend
- Masterson: FBI Special Agent
Setting & Locations edit
- Turners Bend, Iowa
- Duluth, Minnesota: location in "Brain Freeze"
- Two Harbors, Minnesota: location in "Brain Freeze"
- Ames, Iowa
First Sentence edit
Through trial and error Chip Collingsworth had discovered his cell phone got the best reception from the roof of the tool shed on the Iowa property he had recently purchased.
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