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Category: Crime

the future - bp coyle

The Future (bp coyle)

August 2, 2018 coylewriter

We’ve been tracking this low life drug dealer for the past two weeks, hoping he slips up. Today my partner…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

The Lighter (Story by R.C. Peris)

August 1, 2018 periswriter

I’m a 48-year-old divorced woman with one dead child and another one with major psychological issues about to set a…

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Posted in: Crime, Family, Fiction
moll - bp coyle

Moll (bp coyle)

July 19, 2018 coylewriter

Isn’t it always the way? You meet a guy. He seems nice. Sweet. You go on a couple of dates.…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction, Humour
unusual suspects part three - bp coyle

Unusual Suspects [part three] (bp coyle)

July 17, 2018 coylewriter

The door opened. Silence descended. This time the sergeant had a little old lady with him. Hat and glasses, clutching…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

The Black Boy (Story by R.C. Peris)

July 14, 2018 periswriter

I got a job processing property claims at a company in Orange County. At the time, I lived in North…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction
unusual suspects (part one) - bp coyle

Unusual Suspects [part one] (bp coyle)

July 11, 2018 coylewriter

A heavy August day in London, 1989. The tube was crammed, breathless. He needed to change at Hammersmith and chose…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

The Pearly Knife – Part V [A Lucy Lore Mystery] (Story by R.C. Peris)

May 6, 2018 periswriter

I was annoyed. What was new? Annoyance was my default setting since my morning swim was thwarted by a dead…

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The Pearly Knife – Part IV [A Lucy Lore Mystery] (Story by R.C. Peris)

May 4, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

Nigel was the color of an electric burner set on medium. Bright red and on the verge of boiling hottest…

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The Pearly Knife – Part III [A Lucy Lore Mystery] (Story by R.C. Peris)

May 2, 2018 periswriter

One day ago, the veterinarian for Heath on the Hampshire was found dead in the community pool with a pearly…

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The Pearly Knife – Part II [A Lucy Lore Mystery] – (Story by R.C. Peris)

April 28, 2018 periswriter 1 Comment

It was strange. A small town in rural England and no one liked the veterinarian. In the morning, before I…

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Posted in: Crime, Fiction

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