People with something to hide.
The Chamber of Commerce Mysteries · Book 3
Treacherous
Tournament
A chamber of commerce golf tournament mystery by Craig W. Turner.
Eli Ramsey expected networking, politics, and golf. A murdered journalist changes the agenda.
The story
Everyone wants to
shape the future.
Someone wants to
bury the truth.
- Series
- Book 3
- Paperback
- 333 pages
- Setting
- Florida
A powerful law firm sends private investigator Eli Ramsey to Orange Grove, Florida, to attend a chamber of commerce golf tournament and discreetly gauge local opinion on a proposed multibillion-dollar tech development.
Then a prominent journalist goes missing during the event. His body is discovered near the seventeenth hole. He had been working on a major story about the project, and nearly everyone in town wanted a say in how that story would be told.
As Eli works with local police, the investigation draws him between competing clients and a community divided over its future. The assignment that brought him to Florida is now tangled up with the murder he needs to solve.
The question is bigger than who wanted a journalist silenced. Who needed him to tell a different story?
Behind the setting
Why a chamber of commerce golf tournament?
A chamber golf tournament is more than a round of golf. Business owners, sponsors, civic leaders, and potential partners spend a day building relationships, talking through ideas, and finding common ground.
That mix makes a compelling setting for a mystery. The formal program is only part of the story; the conversations between holes can reveal who has influence, who wants access, and whose interests collide.
In Treacherous Tournament, those relationships run straight through the fight over a major development. A familiar business event becomes the meeting point for a community’s competing ambitions.
Reader’s guide
Before you tee off
Is this a golf mystery or a business mystery?
Both worlds meet here: the murder unfolds around a chamber of commerce golf tournament, while the investigation follows a proposed tech development, local influence, and conflicting business interests. Golf supplies the setting; Eli Ramsey supplies the investigation.
Where does Treacherous Tournament fit in the series?
It is the third book in The Chamber of Commerce Mysteries. The reading order is Networking Nightmare, Gruesome Gala, then Treacherous Tournament.
Which formats are available?
Amazon lists paperback and Kindle editions. The paperback has 333 pages and ISBN 9798160678337. Check Amazon for current prices and availability.
Is this a chamber golf tournament planning guide?
No. Treacherous Tournament is a work of mystery fiction. Its chamber event setting provides the backdrop for Eli Ramsey’s investigation.
Follow Eli from the beginning
The Chamber of Commerce Mysteries
Book 1
Networking Nightmare
A networking reception. A dead attorney. Eli Ramsey’s first murder case pulls him into West Sparta’s business agendas and political maneuvering.
Book 2
Gruesome Gala
A black-tie chamber gala turns deadly. With a major investment on the line, Eli has twenty-four hours to challenge a very convenient explanation.
Book 3 · Latest release
Treacherous Tournament
A Florida golf tournament. A missing journalist. A multibillion-dollar development that gives everyone a reason to control the story.
The author behind the chamber doors
He knows this world.
That’s what makes it fun.
Craig W. Turner has spent more than twenty years leading, staffing, advising, and serving chambers of commerce. His fiction draws on the networking receptions, civic ambition, local politics, and business relationships that shape a community.
As founder and president of Momentum and Momentum AI, he brings an insider’s understanding to Eli Ramsey’s investigations. Craig lives in Western New York.
