Rough Justice — Tristan Vick

John Scarecrow is a living, breathing, walking, talking scarecrow who has joined the LAPD. His partner, Julie Kingston, is a feisty spitfire with a temper, an itchy trigger finger and a propensity to cuss. Investigating a series of bizarre murders involving the deaths of upscale call girls, the assassination of a U.S. senator, and death threats against one of Hollywood's leading ladies, our Detectives work tirelessly to piece together the connection between these events and solve the crimes of sugar and spice and all things vice. Strange and bizarre twists and turns arise to make their case seemingly impossible to solve, and soon enough they find themselves at the center of a notorious assassin's intricate web of murder and mayhem. There is never a dull moment when the Scarecrow and Julie Kingston are on the case. Approximately 40,000 words (218 pages print)