Boyd Watson

Boyd Watson is a secondary antagonist in the first two books of the Hannah Swensen Mystery series, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder and Strawberry Shortcake Murder. Boyd is the physically abusive husband of Danielle Watson and later a major murder victim.

Biography
Boyd was a local baseball coach with a wife named Danielle. In fits of rage over slights, Boyd would far too often beat Danielle, which she covered up with her clothing and accessories. It grew to an extent where Boyd and Danielle were going to couple's counseling with a therapist with a specialty in felons like serial rapists.

In Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder Boyd was a suspect in the shooting of Ron LaSalle, presumably out of jealousy from LaSalle spending extensive time with Danielle. It was revealed she had a gambling addiction and LaSalle would accompany her as her partner at anonymous meetings. Boyd was eventually cleared, but he beat Danielle again, which i when she revealed the counseling to Hannah Swensen.

In Strawberry Shortcake Murder, Boyd was assigned as a judge in a major baking competition setting up its location in Eden Lake, the setting of the books. He was killed in his garage, beaten to death by his ball peen hammer. Danielle found him dead and called Swensen over, Danielle ending up the prime suspect. Hannah successfully cleared Danielle's name by finding the real killer, Mason Kimball. Boyd found out Mason was giving his son, Craig, steroids for better performance. When Mason tried to get Boyd to stay silent with bribery, Boyd refused and the two got into a scuffle, ending in Mason bludgeoning Boyd to death. After finding Mason's cuff links he wore at the time of the murder, and disarming him when he held her at gunpoint, Hannah got him arrested and Danielle was exonerated and relieved to no longer face the danger and pressure she suffered.