Created by Michael A. Black
Author Black riffs on Hammett’s The Thin Man with a string of short stories featuring former private eye VINCE POPE and his sexy (and very wealthy) socialite wife Laura.
Set in the years immediately following World War II, Vince, a returning vet, decides to shuck his gig as a “pretty well known” Big Apple gumshoe and see how the other half lives, when he marries Laura and lives out on Long Island at her parent’s estate.
Of course, despite his best intentions, the usual kind of trouble always seem to find Vince and Laura… up to and including a serial killer who may just be the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, who may have relocated from Cleveland to Long Island in the novella-length “Pope’s Last Case.”
Last case? That’s what the author says.
But then he adds, “Vince and Laura might return if and when the time is right.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A decorated police officer in the south suburbs of Chicago for over thirty years, Michael A. Black is the author of a slew of novels and over 100 short stories and articles. He has a BA in English from Northern Illinois University and a MFA in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago, and has worked in areas of police work including patrol supervisor, SWAT team leader, investigations, and tactical operations. He’s also responsible for the Ron Shade series, about a Chicago private investigator.
SHORT STORIES
- “Whodunit?” (1998, 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories)
- “A Girl’s Best Friend” (2013, Pope’s Last Case and Other Stories)
- “Between Two Worlds” (2013, Pope’s Last Case and Other Stories)
- “Lost Weekend” (2013, Pope’s Last Case and Other Stories)
- “Bitter Almonds” (October 2004, CrimeSpree)
- “No Promises” (2005, Amazon Shorts)
- “Knockouts” (2013, Pope’s Last Case and Other Stories)
- “Pope’s Last Case” (2013, Pope’s Last Case and Other Stories)
COLLECTIONS
- Pope’s Last Case and Other Stories (2013) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.
