Allison Culbertson

"A spine-tingler right to the final sentence." Dick StodghillSixteen thrilling short stories from an award-winning author of mystery and suspense: "Hard Blows" An ex-con stalks a prosecutor. "The Killers (Allison's Version)" Allison Culbertson encounters killers in a diner. "Stranger in a Strange Band" A man with a secret tries to start over. "Why the Hearse Horse Snickers" A killer targets a divorce lawyer. "The Bullet Fee" Wyatt Blake hopes his client is innocent of using a butterfly hairpin as a murder weapon. "Must Be Murder" A professor who witnesses a murder while teaching her online class finds no one believes her. "The Planted Gun" A planted gun implicates an innocent (but dead) man. "The Spy in the Suitcase" A "honey trap" leads to a spy in a suitcase. "Inquest for a D.A." Wyatt Blake faces an inquest into the suspicious death of his wife. "The Secret Legacy" A secret hidden in a safe deposit box is worth going to jail over. "No Such Thing as Free" No Country For Old Men meets Home Alone. "Epic Parkour Fail" A teenage boy practicing parkour witnesses a murder. "The Un-Dead" A detective watches in horror as a murder victim tears himself out of a body bag. "The Hanging Tree" A boy visiting the "hanging tree" finds his life in peril. "The Death Warrant" A new constitutional amendment requires law enforcement in each county to kill one criminal per year without trial or conviction. "Son of a Slain Cop" A boy whose cop dad was gunned down gets a chance years later to solve his father's cold case.