The Tasting Room — Fred Zackel

Sex and death are partners in crime in this miscellany from the author of MURDER IN WAIKIKI, COCAINE AND BLUE EYES, TURN LEFT AT PARADISE, and A DEATH IN KEY LARGO. Some of the nicest people in the world are in these pages, alongside some real stinkers. But most are ordinary people beset by fear or greed or even love dealing courageously (and not so courageously) with the daily monsters of their lives. Heroic children and troubled fugitives Romeo and Juliet. Outlaw truckers just trying to make a buck and private investigators backing down the freeways and murderous siblings. Senior citizens scared in their homes and savage machines: runaways and rogues and renegades. Advertising executives and lovesick convicts and longtime married couples and grandfathers who just want their kids to leave them alone. Bar fighters and mongrel girls and outfielders and shooting stars. Chumps in prison and fallen angels, angelic wives, and, yes, the Devil pops in. Oh my! Mystery and suspense will beckon! Action and adventure are included, too! Thrillers and even a bit of science fiction.This collection includes more than two dozen stories, poems, flash fictions, and extracts from novels make this the penultimate sampler. Enjoy!