Detective Story
By Derek Elkins
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A detective, minding his own business is brought into a web of intrigue and murder by a mysterious lady. As he delves further into the morass, every meeting holds a beating and every step ends in confusion.
Derek Elkins
Award winning author Derek Elkins is also a member of the Bard and Book author community at www.bardandbook.com.
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Detective Story - Derek Elkins
Detective Story
by Derek Elkins
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Cover by Julius Broqueza.
Contents
Part One – The Job
Part Two – The Clues
Part Three – Everything Else
Part One – The Job
I knew the dame was trouble the minute she crossed the doorway and stepped into the unfathomable gray that was my office. For one thing, she boasted a massive tattoo on her left bicep: a battleship emblazened with the herald All drains lead to the sea
. My next clue was the way she dragged the rusty, ninety-pound anchor, covered in barnacles and smelling faintly of sea salt, behind her. Wherever she had