crime - Stories

Dalton is a very bright young man, who gets to live overseas because of his parent's work and learn additional languages. After seven years of living in Singapore, Dalton and his parents and baby brother returned home to Australia, where they settled down to a reasonably normal life, that was until they made a trip to BC Canada, to visit Dalton's uncle Oliver and older Cousin Tyler, and life takes a dramatic turn...

We return to Orono, Maine, where Detective Gennaro Saggio makes another appearance. This time, the killer is even harder to track down than was Parker Toliver, she of ‘The Fascinator Murders.’

Detective Gennaro Saggio’s first email of the new year announces a murder. Curiously, it is signed OOOI. The victim was a suspected arsonist, found dead in an abandoned warehouse. A suicide note was present, but the victim was handcuffed in a closed and chained tanning bed. The victim had previously been arrested, tried, and acquitted of first-degree murder, and arson.

Apparently, someone didn’t believe he was innocent.

Note: Detective Eliott Carter appears in my short story The Vanishing Act posted on GA.

In this short story we are introduced to his sidekick, Danny Fink (Prompt 113 - Challenge). Together they investigate a fire at the Pink Flamingo club.

Despite Nicholas Bowman's seemingly peaceful life, he is deeply unhappy. However, everything changes when, during a family vacation, he meets Marcus, an enigmatic young waiter who forever alters his life.

It is Sunday morning. Liam sits alone in his room, at the top of the building, and hides himself away. The world outside has suddenly become a dangerous place and he must stay away from it, and he must also remember that his name is now Leo.

This story follows Liam through one fateful Sunday and, through flashbacks, tells the story of how he came to be there.

Levie and Greg have been together for three months, and are moving in together. The young couple learns that no matter what life throws at them, they've always got the Love Of Family to help and strengthen them.

Damien Moreau has disappeared and his vanishing act causes waves. A well known figure in the world of art and antiquities who cannot be found raises questions. Not least from his protégé, the budding artist Ethan Blake. The investigative skills of Detective Eliott Carter are called upon, but the eventual turn of events leads only to a deepening mystery.

Noah has been living a seemingly peaceful life alongside his boyfriend, Shane, for the past two years. But the unannounced arrival of his older brother Joshua will set in motion events that will change them and their lives forever.

Orono, Maine had been panicked by a curious serial killer. The killer always leaves a fancy hat, called a fascinator, at the scene of the crime.

The few clues point toward a female perpetrator, which is fairly unusual. As little as 8% up to 17% of serial killers are women. The killing method is always different. The victims apparently have nothing in common. And the only common clue besides the hat is a few strands of hair, likely a woman’s. Other clues indicating a woman killer are left but are as random as the victims.

Is the woman who has that hair the suspect, or is it a case of massive misdirection?

We follow Ken, Joe, Tom and George as they take a long awaited vaction. They decide to go to South Beach.