Hard Blows: Short Stories of Mystery, Crime and Suspense

“A spine-tingler right to the final sentence.” Dick StodghillSixteen thrilling short stories from an award-winning author of mystery and suspense: “Hard Blows” An ex-con stalks a prosecutor.

“The Killers (Allison’s Version)' Allison Culbertson encounters killers in a diner.

“Stranger in a Strange Band” A man with a secret tries to start over.

“Why the Hearse Horse Snickers” A killer targets a divorce lawyer.

“The Bullet Fee” Wyatt Blake hopes his client is innocent of using a butterfly hairpin as a murder weapon.

“Must Be Murder” A professor who witnesses a murder while teaching her online class finds no one believes her.

“The Planted Gun” A planted gun implicates an innocent (but dead) man.

“The Spy in the Suitcase” A “honey trap” leads to a spy in a suitcase.

“Inquest for a D.A.” Wyatt Blake faces an inquest into the suspicious death of his wife.

“The Secret Legacy” A secret hidden in a safe deposit box is worth going to jail over.

“No Such Thing as Free” No Country For Old Men meets Home Alone.

“Epic Parkour Fail” A teenage boy practicing parkour witnesses a murder.

“The Un-Dead” A detective watches in horror as a murder victim tears himself out of a body bag.

“The Hanging Tree” A boy visiting the “hanging tree” finds his life in peril.

“The Death Warrant” A new constitutional amendment requires law enforcement in each county to kill one criminal per year without trial or conviction.

“Son of a Slain Cop” A boy whose cop dad was gunned down gets a chance years later to solve his father’s cold case.