I would like to thank Elisha at Rainy Day
Reviews for inviting me to the blog. It is an honor to be included
here and I thank you for posting my guest blog.
The first of the Duke Becker series,
Murder in Silence, is being released on 07-05-12. Let me give you a
little background on myself and the inspiration for Inspector Duke
Becker. Back in 1982 I was in training with the New York Transit
Police Department for the Canine Unit. The training was intense and
probably the best time I ever had. One day an event occurred and I
immediately thought to myself what a great plot for a book! (No, I am
not going to tell you what that event was…it would spoil
everything.) In any case, I thought about that book till 2004, 22
years of developing the plot, characters and dialogue. The result is
Murder in Silence and the sequels that will follow. Here is a small
sample from Murder in Silence…I hope you enjoy it!
The
dimly lit room may have been cold, but sitting behind my battered
desk,
I didn’t feel a chill. On the contrary, I felt flush with
excitement.
Malcolm
White had paid for his sins. Everything had gone exactly as
planned,
just like it always did.
I
looked down at the list of names, bold red lines obliterating the
first
three cops and that bitch Wilson. Three more to go, unless…
I
recited the three remaining names, over and over, and then picked
up
the thick red marker and lowered it to the list. I wanted to draw
lines
through
their names but could not. I threw the marker across the room.
“Too
soon! Too soon!” I cried out.
I
slowly retrieved the marker and then placed it back on the desk
next
to the list. There’s still so much to do tonight.
Walking
from the room, I turned right and went further down the
long
hall, my feet kicking up small clouds of dust from the hard-packed
dirt
floor.
There,
at the end of the hall, I entered another room. In the
blackness,
nothing could be seen, but I knew what was in there. There was
silent
power there, a longing to be released, and an urge to kill.
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