Neil, passing Nationwide Arena on my left, my cell phone rang.
The caller ID read LOUIE. The readout also read 6:53 a.m.
Large Louie Gravelle is a bail bondsman, one of several I freelance for. For Louie to be calling me at anywhere near this time of the morning could mean only one thing, and that was trouble. I flipped open the cell: “deHaviland.”
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About the author:
David DeLee is a native New Yorker, though he and his family now make their home in the great state of New Hampshire. He holds a masters degree in Criminal Justice and is a former licensed private investigator. His previous short fiction has appeared in DAW's Cosmic Cocktails anthology and consecutive volumes of Strange New Worlds , published by Pocket Books. His short story, Bling, Bling , featuring bounty hunter, Grace deHaviland, appears in the Mystery Writers of America anthology The Rich and the Dead , edited by Nelson DeMille and published by Grand Central Publishing in 2011.
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