Regaining my feet, I pointed the bow to the boat pier. Admiral Collins and his staff stood on the bank waiting, watching. A few minutes later, my sea legs kept me balanced as I barely managed to toss the lines to the Shore Patrol waiting on the dock. I clutched my injured shoulder, blood dripping between the fingers. As I stepped off the wooden planks, Rex ran forward with his medical bag. He pushed me onto a nearby bench, then ignored my curses as he used scissors to cut away one of my best uniform jumpers.
The Admiral stood before me, a cigar stuck in his mouth. “Flanders is dead, eh?”
“Yes, Sir.”
“Well, Coleman, this time you have witnesses. The Marines put a helicopter overhead and saw everything. I’ll rule accidental death. Oh, and don’t bother cleaning out that office. You’ve proved the value of DISC. You have a job.”
– THE END –
Author Charlie Vogel is a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, a retired Coast Guard Reserve Petty Officer, and a retired Omaha, Nebraska police officer. He now spends his time enjoying life with his wife while writing and adding to his extensive book collection.
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Bob Norris witnessed his wealthy wife’s murder in a convenience store and knew it wasn’t coincidental to the robbery. Leaving his job as an art teacher, he moves into the slums of Pecatonica, Nebraska, to team up with a one-armed man and a streetwalker to find his wife’s killer.
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In the second book of the the Bob Norris trilogy, the now-wealthy artist/entrepreneur finds himself attracted to the young reformed streetwalker, Lori Saint. In the midst of trying to figure out their relationship, they are drawn into the convoluted action-packed hunt for a serial killer of prostitutes.
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