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L.K. Bowen: For Worse
When the ratio of good times to bad times goes from 80/20 to 20/80, it’s intolerable It’s called retinitis pigmentosa. Ellie has had it for years and it won’t get any better. Either will her husband Jeff’s treatment of her. Hovering, manipulative, controlling, she’s going to leave him – for the second time. A chat…
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Patrick B. Simpson: Pierce
Truman Pierce may not be what people assume is the typical maintenance man. He’s young, in his mid-twenties, and loves jazz. Pierce finds the body of college instructor Danielle Hutchins in her classroom. Strangely, a business card is left on her body and the only thing on the card is a cross. He’s investigated by…
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Kevin G. Chapman: The Other Murder
“There is nothing so powerful as truth – and often nothing so strange.” – Daniel Webster The body of a young white woman is found after gunshots are heard by a retired police officer working security nearby. Two gunshots actually, for not far away is the body of a young Latino man. It’s another…
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Roger Simpson: Halifax Resurrection +Interview
“I wish there was someone I could trust, someone who could tell me the truth, or in the absence of that, simply leave me alone.” When forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Jane Halifax awakes from her coma she knows nothing. Not who she is, not what happened to her. As people help her regain her memory and…
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Temporary Changes
From now until the end of March I’ll be involved in a project that will require most of my time. I’ll still be reading, but I won’t be posting every week, or necessarily on a Sunday as I normally do. My regular schedule will return in April, until then I’ll be in touch with new…
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Kate Brody: Rabbit Hole
Theodora “Teddy” Angstrom’s days are spent in exhausted mental meandering. Her father Mark committed suicide on the 10-year anniversary of her step-sister Angie’s disappearance. A man with many issues, including drugs, he nonetheless kept up a search for answers. Teddy has been living with her father and mother Clare. Now that there are only the…
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Matt Coyle: Odyssey’s End
When Rick Cahill opens his front door he’s looking into the cold deadened eyes of Peter Stone. All he wants to do is slam the door shut. They aren’t friends and they aren’t enemies. Perhaps it’s a détente. Stone has a task for Cahill with a $50,000 payout. Locate the one person who can save…
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Peace on Earth
This year, many of the Christmas cards I’ve received have the dove of peace on them. Even if unconsciously, people feel the impact of war and strife in countries around the world if not on their very doorstep. As always, I wish you the joys of the season however you celebrate. May the love of…
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Halley Sutton: The Hurricane Blonde
“When I went into rehab, Tawney had been dead for three years, nine months, and twenty-two days.” The ‘Stars Six Feet Under’ tour bus has a notable guide, Salma Lowe. Her sister Tawney, the actor known as The Hurricane Blonde, drowned in her home’s swimming pool in the 90s. The sisters, children of Hollywood elite,…
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Matt Phillips: A Good Rush of Blood
“I’m somebody who never had a chance.” Creeley is a courier, a drug and money courier to be exact. She travels where ever Animal tells her to go. She’s one of his best – never any trouble from her while on the road. Reliable he’d say. Of course, until the trip to California she had…
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Russell W. Johnson: The Moonshine Messiah
“You are one crafty woman…One devilish, crafty woman.” Sheriff Mary Beth Cain, one capable law officer. A reputation that skirts the law to get things done. Her territory Jasper, West Virginia, her family, that’s a whole other story. Her mother “Mountain” Mamie Logan heads up the McCray County Mafia. It’s her brother, Sawyer Thompson, who…
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William L. Myers, Jr.: Remi Bone
Tick tock says the clock… His last name is Bohne. Everyone thinks the ‘h’ is silent, so Bone it became. And Remi, well his father named him after a Remington shotgun, so there’s that too. Remi Bone has been living the straight life for years, working on high end vehicles at Deke’s garage. He mission…
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David Swinson: Sweet Thing
How far would you go to love the wrong woman? It’s another day in homicide for Detectives Alexander Blum and Kelly Ryan. The scene is the home of Chris Doyle in a quiet DC neighbourhood. Blum does his job by the numbers, searching the house for leads, and the one he finds surprises him. A…