COMMITMENTS
Orange County, Southern California, fall, 1971. Five young men meet as they register for law school. Derek McCall met Thomas Caine while they soldiered in Vietnam. Caine, a medical corpsman in a MASH facility, treated McCall’s arm. They became pals while waiting out a three-day mortar seige. Back in The World both young continue their educations. …
MURDER FOR A BUCK
On the opening day of deer season in a rural Northern California county, a hunter stalks and kills the buck of a lifetime. While admiring his trophy, another hunter murders him and steals his prize. New to the area Fish and Game Warden Ethan Cooper finds a fired rifle cartridge in an uncommon caliber near…
DESTROY PHOENIX
FEBRUARY, 1995: Arizona state employee Terry Buchanan discovers a military militia group about to set off a large explosive in the desert north of Wickenburg. They murder him. MARCH, 1995: The Major and the First Sergeant visit a Northern California militia group at a remote mountain cabin. While the others shoot, the First Sergeant monitors…
STUMPED
Victoria Voeght, a naive seventeen-year-old raised by a wealthy widower, moves into a sorority house near USC and attends her first mixer at a pre-law fraternity. Friendly senior Phil Carter gives her can of cola laced with Rohypnol and chats with her until she fades from consciousness. He eases her to his bedroom, sexually assaults…
RAID ACROSS THE RIO BRAVO
At the sun rises on Christmas Day, 1916, forty-year-old Texas Ranger Captain, Jesse Taylor, and his nephew, 8th Cavalry Lt. Samuel Taylor, enjoy a smoke and a cup of hot, strong coffee on the south porch of the two-story Rocking T ranch house. The quiet house is filled with family, guests from Terlingua, and a…
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