Author: brucehammack

A chilling murder only a blind man can solve. Who committed the murder in the ice house? A lawyer of questionable repute approaches PIs Smiley and McBlythe to find out. They agree on one condition: that truth will prevail. Even if that means the Russian cooling his heels in jail is guilty. Smiley and McBlythe have ten days to name the killer before the lawyer, and the Russian mob, do things … and the Russian mob, do things their way. The rules change when Heather arrives home to find her beloved cat gone. The ultimatum: Solve the murder in three…

Twelve stories is a long fall. Four classmates in town for their twentieth high school class reunion. Now one of them is dead. Did he decide to end it all from the twelfth story? Or was it something more sinister? Being blind sometimes had its advantages. Unhindered by how things look on the surface, private investigator Steve Smiley digs deep to think outside the box. Someone wanted it to look … the box. Someone wanted it to look like suicide. He’s sure it was murder. Blindsided by opposition from a surprising source, Smiley and his partner have to think fast.…