Devil's Parody — Tom Rieber

The Devil's Parody is second book in the exciting Nick Thomas Mystery series where mystery writer, Nick Thomas, finds himself neck deep in a high-stakes game of chance for his life.
Six big money gamblers are lured to a secluded estate in northern Vermont by the promise of a five million dollar prize. Trapped by their own greed, they find themselves playing against each other for their lives in a deadly game of chance. People begin to disappear as a millionaire sociopath plays at his own twisted game. If you are the last one standing--you win. If you lose--you die.

Nick Thomas is a struggling, but contented mystery writer whose noble intentions and errant jusgement often lead him into precarious situations that take resource and imagination to survive. Nick is a Viet Nam Vet., recovering alcoholic, and self-proclaimed philosopher of life who lives and works in an old cottage on the beach. He wears blue jeans, drives a tempermental old MG and listens to the Rolling Stones. He is a man who has been given a second chance in life with a great woman by his side, good friends who are there when needed, and he's doing what he loves to do. Sounds perfect, right? But as always, life laughs while we make our contented way.