Five Crimes

Master storyteller, C. C. Blake, invites you to the perfect heist: five forays into crime and suspense, mystery and the macabre. Cops and crooks, parents and children, lovers and psychotics . . . These stories share ugly secrets and terrifying adversaries, pitching normal people into extraordinary circumstances, where courage and ingenuity are their best tools for survival. Inside, you will find: A single father caught in every parent's worst nightmare. Only he can save his daughter in "Seller's Market." Two cops are thrown on opposite sides of an unspeakable crime, in "Wayne and Bean." Noir tales are notoriously nasty, but when a former cop turned enforcer hunts a hooker trying to blackmail a rich client, things are bound to get "Dirty." A showdown on Texas backroads get decidedly "Dark" when a pair of rednecks go hunting targets. Finally, how deep does friendship go? Perhaps to far, if someone is "The Go-To Girl" for a maniac's obsession.