The Detective's Vice
by R.D. Byron-Smith
Price: $3.99 USD. 96070 words.
Published on March 9, 2012. Fiction.
In R.D. Byron-Smith's newest crime novel, the mentally ill son of a police detective helps hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are mysteriously linked to the novels of Ernest Hemingway, a manhunt that seeks clues in Hemingway's Paris of the 1920s, and leads the detective on a journey of personal reckoning with demons he has long suppressed, which include that his own son is a suspect.
Location: United States
Member Since: Jan. 28, 2012
R.D. Byron-Smith
Biography
Retired as a crime reporter, R.D. Byron-Smith spent four decades covering murder and mayhem for daily newspapers. He now brings an insider's perspective to his crime novels. He is published by Pilar Publishing, and lives in Southern California.
Books
The Red Peacock Murders
by R.D. Byron-Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 90170 words. Published on March 7, 2012. Fiction.
Hours before the gas-chamber execution of a man convicted of hacking to death a California family 20 years ago, a reporter tries to stop the execution by convincing the only survivor of the grisly attack that the man might have been framed by law enforcement, with the help of her newspaper. Meanwhile, a gastly apparition watches and waits, seeking its own kind of justice.
Price: $2.99 USD. 90170 words. Published on March 7, 2012. Fiction.
Hours before the gas-chamber execution of a man convicted of hacking to death a California family 20 years ago, a reporter tries to stop the execution by convincing the only survivor of the grisly attack that the man might have been framed by law enforcement, with the help of her newspaper. Meanwhile, a gastly apparition watches and waits, seeking its own kind of justice.
The Koi Pond
by R.D. Byron-Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 13100 words. Published on February 26, 2012. Fiction.
When an aging baby boomer is disinherited by his cruel millionaire mother, he plots revenge -- at her funeral.
Price: $0.99 USD. 13100 words. Published on February 26, 2012. Fiction.
When an aging baby boomer is disinherited by his cruel millionaire mother, he plots revenge -- at her funeral.
Confessions of a Paralegal
by R.D. Byron-Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 40140 words. Published on February 21, 2012. Fiction.
When a young paralegal lands his first job with a high-powered Southern California trial attorney defending a wife-killer cop, he learns lessons they never taught in law school, and probably never will.
Price: $2.99 USD. 40140 words. Published on February 21, 2012. Fiction.
When a young paralegal lands his first job with a high-powered Southern California trial attorney defending a wife-killer cop, he learns lessons they never taught in law school, and probably never will.
The Collector
by R.D. Byron-Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 8470 words. Published on February 5, 2012. Fiction.
A mysterious box of old papers bought at an estate sale by a retired investigator is full of secrets about an infamous murder at one of Calfornia's most famous theme parks, and the case quickly becomes his obsession to solve -- forty years after the crime.
Price: $0.99 USD. 8470 words. Published on February 5, 2012. Fiction.
A mysterious box of old papers bought at an estate sale by a retired investigator is full of secrets about an infamous murder at one of Calfornia's most famous theme parks, and the case quickly becomes his obsession to solve -- forty years after the crime.
The Ashcan Writers Club
by R.D. Byron-Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 6990 words. Published on January 29, 2012. Fiction.
When a group of mismatched old hacks forms a writers club at their retirement community, they soon learn that words bring out the worst in them, and live forever after.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6990 words. Published on January 29, 2012. Fiction.
When a group of mismatched old hacks forms a writers club at their retirement community, they soon learn that words bring out the worst in them, and live forever after.