Crueler and More Unusual
Read four more stories of judicial horror from the award-winning author of Cryptic, Erik Dean.
DUMMY
Robert Holman failed to heed the warnings and an innocent night out turns into a nightmare. What punishment is fitting for this Dummy? He realizes too late that being sorry is not enough, and that there's no hiding from the vengeful hand of fate.
EARLY RELEASE
An amendment to the US Constitution allows for grieving families to apply for Early Release for the prisoners who murdered their loved ones. The prisoner is set loose and the family has twenty-four hours to exact their revenge.
The Puzzlemaker
After 10 years service as a cryptographer with MI6 during the cold war, the extremely shy and reclusive George Withers becomes editor and compiler of the Sunday Times crossword.30 years later and now in his 60's, an old MI6 colleague asks him to place a code within the Sunday Times cryptic crossword puzzle. Unknown to him, this results in a number of gruesome deaths.
The father of one of the victims discovers the puzzle maker had something to do with his son's death, and goes on the hunt. Now George has to solve his own puzzle to save his own life.
The Goat Parva Murders
How many bodies can Bingo the retriever find? Find out in this humorous murder / mystery book.
Bingo goes for a walk with his owner in the village of Goat Parva in England. He runs off and returns with shoes and other items belonging to local pervert Clem Shapiro. Inspector Colin Knowles and his sergeant Rod Barnes have to find out who hit Clem with a rock in his favourite rhododendron bush as he watched his sexy neighbour take off her clothes.
The police investigation is not easy because as they scratch the surface of this sleepy hamlet, it seems everybody has a motive to want somebody else dead.
The Hunt for Billy's Dad
Second week of June in Tucson and daily highs in the triple digits. A boy “almost thirteen” rides his bicycle to the PI office of Engstrom Associates. His name is Billy Hardwick, and he is worried about his dad, Jesse.
Five days earlier while Billy was at school, Jesse left for Show Low in the Arizona White Mountains. Left to track down his estranged wife Katie, Billy’s stepmom, who had run away some months previously to be with Jesse’s older brother Jeb.
With Jesse five days missing, Billy wants to hire the PI’s to find his dad and bring him safely back to Tucson.
Brownout – 666
In the land of flaunted sex, money, and flexible rules, an ambitious but lonely Rick Daly faces his demons.
Rick Daly has established a business in the exotic surroundings of the Philippines, while simultaneously discovering Marilyn Delgado, the woman of his dreams.
However, a clash of cultures and his own naiveté lead to disaster. Falsely accused of a sexual crime, Rick loses both his freedom and his business. To add insult to injury, a prison escape merely amounts to switching jails.
In a world where the rich prosper, honest individuals are forced to the wall, and a cynical disregard for all but the dollar is destroying society from within, crime soon follows punishment for Rick.
Out of the Darkness
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Gus wakes up in a dark void with no memory and no body. Screaming and cursing does him no good. He’s trapped, until he learns about one man who can help.
Joe Cavelli is a PI who hears ghosts, solves their murders, and sometimes fixes their personal problems. Now he finds himself pestered by an invisible, impatient, and brash amnesiac.
Solving cases for ghosts comes with a unique set of circumstances. This time, Joe can’t even claim to be investigating a murder, since Gus’s body is nowhere to be found. Together, Joe and Gus delve into Gus’s past, uncovering clues that lead to a startling conclusion.
