.By Duane Swierczynski A John MacNeil Novella Winter 2006 Chuck Underhill put the time of the break-in between 2 and 4 p.m. Jonesy told him she left just before 2, and didn't return home until after a dinner of Chinese food at Kum Lin's with her mother. By that time, Chuck was already there, and he'd … Continue reading “The Wrong Man to Cross”(Part Two)
Category: Thrilling Detective Fiction
“The Wrong Man to Cross”(Part One)
.By Duane Swierczynski A John MacNeil Novella Winter 2006 "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.” — Ezekiel 25:17 By the end of move-in day, I needed only two things. A six-pack of Yuengling. And to get the hell out … Continue reading “The Wrong Man to Cross”(Part One)
“A Family Affair”
By Peter A. Parmantie Featuring Joseph Angello He thrust open my office door as though he expected it would stick, and stood aside. In paraded two women, one a teen. The three had dressed carefully, in studied artificiality. Atop the man, perched a garishly unobtrusive hairpiece. Fingernails manicured. Tanned and fit with the tiniest hint … Continue reading “A Family Affair”
“The Riding Boy”
By Terry White A Thomas Haftmann Investigation She looked sane. Sometimes you just never know. In private investigation work, you tend to get people at the ends of their tethers. But I also had fifteen years in homicide and that taught me to control my face, so she had no idea what I was thinking. … Continue reading “The Riding Boy”