Wayne sits down for a question-and-answer session with dru’s book musings so that we can learn more about what makes him tick. Let’s see what he has to say.

What is your full name?
Wayne Edward Baronick

How old are you?
38

What is your profession?
Detective with the Monongahela County Police Department

Do you have a significant other?
I’m working on it.

Do you have any children?
Not that I’m aware of.

Do you have any siblings?
One sister, Abby.

Are your parents nearby?
Yes. They live in Marsdale, a small town in Monongahela County.

Who is your best friend?
Guy by the name of Marty Hogan. We’ve been friends since we were kids.

Do you have cats, dogs, or other pets?
No. With the type of work I do, it wouldn’t be fair to the pet. My mom has a cat, though.

What town do you live in?
Brunswick. Yeah, I’m Baronick from Brunswick.

What type of dwelling do you own or rent?
I rent an apartment in town.

What is your favorite spot in your home?
My bedroom. After long hours on the job, all I want to see is my bed.

What is your favorite meal and dessert?
My mom’s pot roast can’t be beat. For dessert, key lime pie.

Do you have any hobbies?
Watching old movies, fishing in the summer, skiing in the winter.

What music do you listen to?
I usually have jazz playing when I’m home. It helps me unwind.

What is your favorite color?
Blue.

What is your favorite vacation spot?
Telluride Ski Resort in Colorado

Are you a morning or night person?
I’d have to say a night person, although my job calls me out at all hours.

What is your idea of a really fun time?
Spending time with my family.

If you were to write a memoir, what would you call it?
He Caught the Bad Guys and Saved the World

Amateur or professional sleuth and whom do you work with?
Professional police detective. My partners vary, but I like working with Vance Township Police Chief Pete Adams. Just don’t tell him I said that.

What is a typical day in your life like?
That’s one of the things I love about my work. There is no “typical” day. Sometimes, I get up, shower, make coffee, and then head to the office to deal with the unending paperwork as well as doing all the work involved with investigating various crimes. During a homicide case, I often stay up for 24 hours at a time, while the case is still hot. But every case is different. There is no “typical” crime.

What Comes Around, A Zoe Chambers Mystery Book #13
Genre: Traditional Mystery
Release: May 2024
Format: Print, Digital
Purchase Link

Just as Monongahela County Coroner Zoe Chambers-Adams decides to fire her abrasive chief deputy, Dr. Charles Davis, and put an end to his constant undermining of her position, a suspicious car crash severely injures the county’s only other forensic pathologist. To keep the office operational, Zoe has little choice but to keep Davis on staff.

When Zoe and her husband—Vance Township Police Chief Pete Adams—respond to a brutal homicide, they quickly learn the victim had come to town for the sole purpose of sharing vital information with Zoe. And the decedent’s ex-husband is none other than Zoe’s deputy coroner.

As Zoe and Pete dig deeper into the victim’s past, more questions arise along with a tangle of connections between multiple cases, including a very cold one that leads Zoe and those she cares about directly into the crosshairs of a crazed killer.

About the author
Annette Dashofy is the USA Today bestselling author of sixteen mystery novels including seven Agatha Award finalists and one Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award winner. What Comes Around is the thirteenth in the Zoe Chambers series set in rural southwestern Pennsylvania. Annette and her husband live in on ten acres of what was her grandfather’s dairy farm with one very spoiled cat.