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The Right Cut
A group of bad guys, out-of-luck drifters, screw-ups and wet-behind-the-ears boys head south, lured by the promise of gold and adventure. The final Talbot in the line is the instigator, driven by his warped perspective of history. Will he succeed where others have failed to bring his nemesis, Wes Crowley, to his knees?
The Case of the Missing Body
Long before he went into private practice as a P.I., Stern Talbot was a detective for the LAPD. Some cases are better than others, not so rattling. Not so sleep-depriving. Not so insane. But the evidence in a brand new missing persons case echoes the evidence in a three year old cold case that ended with a missing body. Now it's time to figure things out and close them both. How could Stern know what was waiting at the end of the line? The twists and turns of this case test the imagination and strain the emotions.
Nightfall
Nick Spalding has been a warrior, both military and civilian, most of his life. He's been in places and situations where decisive action is not only allowed, but necessary. But he's grown weary of that life. But he opted to drop out of that life and out of his chosen profession. He takes a job on the docks, one where the biggest decisions are whether and how tightly to snug the boats to the pilings against an incoming storm. The only other Anglo around, Mary Jo McWherter has also experienced war, hers in Northern Ireland. She too has dropped out and is escaping her own past. She works as a waitress in a road house near town. But for both of them, where you work doesn't change who you are. Some folks are just cut from a particular cloth. When Nick and Mary Jo join forces, both romantically and as comrades, their services are in high demand. How long can it last?
The Scent of Acacias
Once again Wes is face to face with a pair of enemies from his long-ago past. It's difficult to account for a hatred that would span so many years and over 1300 miles only to wreak vengeance on a man for an alleged slight. And Wes' inability to account for that kind of hatred could well cost him everything he loves. The enemies include a would-be Comanchero from the old days, a much younger man Wes once saved from a life of crime, and a gambler and professional killer from Georgia. These and others will conspire to hunt down Captain Crowley, the leader of the Guerrero Rangers, and harm him in ways from which he might never recover.
The Case of the Disappearing Worm
Independently wealthy Gonzalez "Gonzo" Phipps believes someone is out to kill him. And he wants to hire Stern Talbot to put a stop to it. Of course, Stern is always hungry for a new client. But at what cost? Something about the diminutive Mr. Phipps seems a little off-kilter, and Stern can't quite figure it out. Is the guy affiliated with the mob? Is he in trouble with them? But his greatest fear seems to be police involvement, yet he loudly proclaims his innocence of even the appearance of any wrongdoing. In the end, Gonzo doesn't seem the kind to be running from the law. But he's definitely running from something. Or somebody.
The 13-Month Turn
On Earth in the not-too-distant future, Will Perkins looks at Luna almost every evening.He dreams of visiting there, living there, someday. Finally, almost through a fluke, he realizes his dream. He and his wife Rose will live in the well-established Arzachel 1 crater colony while he works as part of a crew to build Arzachel 2. But nothing ever goes quite as planned, does it? Even as Will and Rose's lives are changing, so is the face of reality as they know it. What causes the earthquake-like vibrations that tremor regularly through moon colony Arzachel 1? There are rumors of an alien force staging a planned invasion of Earth. But human nature tends to ignore feelings of dread rather than face them head on.
The Case of the Troubled Actress
What do a retired mob boss, a deposed city mayor, a city attorney and an up-and-coming movie star have in common? Maybe nothing at all. At least Stern Richards hopes so as he sets out to discover who's trying to kill him. And why. Toss into the mix Stern's secretary, a made man and other assorted bad guys, and you have a volatile mixture in a roller coaster ride of a mystery. Come along on this tension-filled journey of intrigue, suspense and atonement.
Fragments of the Future
Fragments of the Future is a collection of imaginative literary and science-fiction stories previously published individually in periodicals and anthologies in the U.S., U.K., and other countries. This second edition is revised and enlarged from the first edition, which was published by StoneThread Publishing. From the Introduction to the First Edition: ... Robert Morgan finds himself suddenly, and without any reason, famous for his alternate-universe theory. He meets Ruth Collins - who has her own universe. ... Passengers on a flight relive an old John Wayne movie where the plane survives - but there is a deleted scene with a different ending. Fragments of the Future contains these stories, and more. Here are people like you, caught up in events where the world they know crumbles. Some of these stories could happen, even if unlikely; others take place only in the improbable world of the mind.
A Rough New World
During a weekly trip to the post office to check for mail, homeless combat veteran Ray Acuna gets a great deal more than he bargained for. One moment, he has a satisfactory, if less than ideal, life and all the time in the world. The next, not so much.
The Case of the Mourning Widow
It's been awhile — too long — since Stern Talbot's last real money case. So long that he's almost grown tired of catching up on his foot dangling. So when an attorney and founding partner at the most prestigious law firm in town wants to hire him to find out what happened to the attorney's father, Stern jumps at the chance. But will he regret it? The man's father is alleged to have died of natural causes — and all clues point in that direction — but the attorney doesn't think so. Follow this twisted PI tale through the darkness of local politics and the jealousy of a jilted lover. Come along for the ride as Stern investigates suspects one at a time. There's a mourning widow at the gravesite of her husband. There's a tenant farmer just trying to make a living raising medical marijuana. There's a prominent cattle rancher and his family of uniquely named siblings. Who, if anyone, killed Dale Abrams, and how? What did they stand to gain? Stern is always hungry for a new client. But at what cost?
