A mechanic's helper, and ex-con, is hired by the mob to drive a hit person to a remote location, where a double murder is to take place.
The hitter is an attractive young female, with eyes like chipped glass and a pistol in her purse.
She has only one thing in common with our hapless gresae monkey--they both love animals.
Interesting story, well plotted, but it doesn't flow as well as the author's "The Shadow Man." In this one the dialogue is a little stilted, but it's still far better than the majority of Authorsden short story offerings. Two comments:
One of the best writing tips I ever got was to "get off the stage and quit telling the story to your audience. Let them see it unfold." In a very effective passage, Chet's passenger says "Turn off that gd hillbilly." Effective until the author then goes on to describe the woman's tone. The impact of her words without further description was enough. Second, the author forgot to tell me, uninformed reader, who "Cleveland Amory" is. With a little fine tuning this could be a great story. The author has a terrific ear.
A jaded cold case investigator finds himself trying to solve a thirty year old mystery when the skeletal remains of two missing teenagers are found in a national park.
Prime-Time Crime Time (600 pages) is a collection of 35 fictional crime/detective stories and the work is author Jay Dubya's 43rd published hardcover/paperback book.
