Gare Marx has been a PI for all of five minutes when he discovers he sucks at it. The mob wants money he never borrowed, he’s suspected of murdering someone he hasn’t met, and he’s hired to find a woman who may be involved in some extremely shady business. That, and his secretary is an amoral jiu jitsu-loving sociopath. . . .
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Street is a fast-paced online/print cyberpunk thriller about a woman alone in a dystopian future, Gina, working to make ends meet like the rest of the new underclass — by taking a powerful drug that gives her telepathic abilities. She skirts the edges of sanity when she takes a job she knows she really shouldn’t, and finds herself embroiled deeper . . .
Full Dark City is a blog I just started last week. The story follows homicide detective Jack Dillon as he tries to solve the murder of his ex-girlfriend Kate Riley. In what I hope will be a kind of futuristic film noir thriller, Jack Dillon will battle corruption and himself as he tracks a killer. As of this post there . . .
A federal hate crimes investigator is sent to Johnstown, PA, his hometown, to assist in the investigation of a string of murders with a racial bias motivation. Going home leads him to confront a past that he has tried to forget. . . .
Thistledown Copperbottom is a cat living in Columbus, Ohio with his person, Tabitha Silverstein. When his best friend’s owner is murdered Thistle promises to help him find the killer, dragging Tabitha along for the ride. . . .
Elizabeth returns to RoYds; an Agency that investigates the paranormal. A bit rich of RoYds really, especially when they have several ghosts and a pair of fallen angels on their staff. Then again, Whituth is no ordinary town, nor Refuge of Delayed Souls your every day ghost story. . . .
Veteran detective Jake Burleigh is chosen to solve a case using an amazing new technology. It’s only after he finishes the job that the real mysteries begin. Strangers in the Brain is a mysterious detective noir blended with a delirious, dreamlike sci-fi twist. . . .
Reinvention is a rite of passage for a teenager, and Adele, or Ivy, or whatever she’s calling herself today, is no exception. Newly shackled with a devastating family secret, she boards a bus to the City by the Bay and makes a go of it on her own—but being a runaway isn’t easy. . . .
Joseph is a night clerk at a motel located in the middle of nowhere. When a father and his eight-year-old son arrive in the night, they are in search of a man named Shepherd, a man they have never met yet believe can help them where all others have failed. Is Joseph that man, and if so, will he put . . .
Jack O’Reilly lives in a world divided up by feudal news media “super powers”. Advertising is dead, instead online newspapers make their money selling personal secrets. As associate director of director of Activist Issues it’s his job to go through the Destructibles—print publications put out by radicals—and identify threats to the system. . . .
Beyond The Photograph is a novel where the main character Jessica Wiler accepts a new job as a photographer for weddings. During her very first wedding shoot she discovers a murder in the background of the photograph and immediately takes it to authorities. After doing so her world is turned upside down. As she is trying to build a relationship . . .
Near Dark is a community existing on the edge of a truth that can never be revealed. It is a place where hunters seek their prey, satisfying a hunger and a need that no human could ever imagine. Now an unknown evil stalks them, threatening to tear their world apart. . . .
China Wind: A tale of conspiracy and revenge in the high-rise glass towers of big business . . . with a dash of corruption, secret criminal societies, a beautiful promiscuous woman . . . and a twist of romance. Langford-Price is one of the leading companies in Hong Kong. When the promiscuous wife of one of the directors mysteriously disappears, Brisbane private investigator, Carol Monk, is hired . . .
“Fisson Chips” is quirky, madcap romp about a new PI having a very bad first day. Gare Marx started a private investigating business with his partner Matthew Richardson. When Gare shows up for work, the guy painting the sign on the door refuses to finish until he gets more money. This starts a chain of events that ends with broken [more . . .]
Summary: The story is about a young woman named Elizabeth and her special ability that gets a rather unique job at a rather unique place.
Likes: This story starts from the 1940′s and spans until 2007. Each decade ties into the next one and one never feels like one decade could [more . . .]