Dead and Gone (ePub)

Dead and Gone is a collection of twelve crime stories, including four stories previously published in magazines and anthologies. *

Contents:

Afterburn - a retired astronaut investigates the death of an old friend (mystery)

Diamond Pass - a man returns to his home town and discovers shocking secrets (noir, crime drama)

Distant Relatives - a man and his daughter cross the dangerous Australian Outback (crime drama)

Pulling No Punches - a boxer risks his life for his family (noir/suspense)

Falling in Love - a greedy husband tries to kill his new wife with unexpected complications (noir)

Hollywood Asylum - a reclusive screenwriter meets a beautiful woman living next door, with dangerous consequences (noir/suspense)

The Kidnapping - a light-hearted tale about an unusual kidnapping (comic crime)

Deal Breaker - a little girl needs the help of a lawyer to get justice (legal thriller)

Bad Advertising - a man hears a murder happen in the flat below him (mystery/noir/suspense)

Patriotic Duty - a headless body leads a New Orleans detective to a gang of killers (police procedural/action and suspense/thriller)

My Cousin Shunsuke - a teenage girl helps her cousin investigate the death of his girlfriend (mystery and suspense)

The Abduction - a man disappears at a convention for ufologists (mystery)

Bonus: Afterburn 2.0 - a different version of Afterburn with a completely new plot.

* Dead and Gone is also included in the omnibus title Edge of Crime.