Tag: police
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Broad Daylight by Eve Fisher
Listen to this story on the podcast. When we arrived, Jack Olson was lying in a pool of blood on Carl Jacobsen’s study floor. The wall behind him, including the white frames around the broken window, was a mess, sprayed with dark red bits and blobs of Jack. He looked surprised at being dead. Carl…
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Doing God’s Work by Wayne Scheer
Listen to this story on the podcast. “God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform;” — William Cowper Eli and Vernon Browbridge rolled The Fat Man’s bloated body from the trunk of their 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix into the hole in the ground they had just dug. Eli spoke first. “I wonder if…
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Murderous Lies by Peter DiChellis
Listen to this story on the podcast. Sometimes, there’s no plan at all. Only improvisation. I remember everything about that night: the truth, the terror, the luck, and the lies. Someday I want to forget. As always, Larry’s Tavern was dark and dank as a moldy cellar. A woman sitting at one end of the…
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A Piece Of String by Ahmed A. Khan
The greatest detectives have always had their particular methods and tools. Perhaps you, too, have heard of the legendary Arabian trackers and detectives of the past. It was in 1952 that I happened to observe one such detective in action with all the tools of his trade which, by the way, were comprised of instinct,…
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Interview Room C by Josh MacLeod
A high-profile murder case. A hot-shot cop on the rise. The wrong kind of killer. “It’s strange. Sitting here is all strange. I suppose I should say I never thought I would get caught, but everyone who says that is caught. Still, I would have thought Internal Affairs would have more important things to do:…