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    The Dead Talk
    The Dead Talk
    The Dead Talk
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    The Dead Talk

    By Thomas Grant Bruso

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    Ben Bradshaw, a private investigator, is not just any detective. He delves into the mysteries of the living and the dead, his past spirits guiding him through the shadows of crime.

    One evening, college wrestling champion Levi Franklin visits Ben and urges him to help find his missing father. After listening to the client’s impulsive request, Ben refuses to accept the young man’s offer. Something does not seem right. Then, something shifts in Levi's desperate plea. His heart-wrenching demand to find his father rattles the skeletons in Ben’s closet and compels him to search for the missing family man.

    As the case develops, a few ghosts from Ben’s life emerge at the most inopportune time. Still, they guide him through a treacherous labyrinth of sinister twists and turns to a shocking reality Ben could not have anticipated. Will he continue this line of paranormal work after discovering the horrible truth behind the missing man's disappearance?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateSep 21, 2024
    ISBN9781685508463
    The Dead Talk
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    Thomas Grant Bruso

    Thomas Grant Bruso graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2004 with a Bachelor’s in theatre performance and English writing. He knew at an early age he wanted to be a writer. He has been a voracious reader of genre fiction since he was a kid. His literary inspirations are Dean Koontz, Karin Fossum, Jeffery Deaver, Joyce Carol Oates, and John Connolly. He loves animals, book-reading, writing fiction, and prefers Sudoku to crossword puzzles. He writes book reviews for his hometown newspaper, The Press Republican. He lives in Plattsburgh with his husband, Paul, and their miniature pincher diva, Riley. For more information, please visit facebook.com/thomasgrantbruso.

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      The Dead Talk - Thomas Grant Bruso

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      The Dead Talk

      By Thomas Grant Bruso

      Published by JMS Books LLC

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      Copyright 2024 Thomas Grant Bruso

      ISBN 9781685508463

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      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are solely the product of the author’s imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Published in the United States of America.

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      To Paul, as always.

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      The Dead Talk

      By Thomas Grant Bruso

      I was a former beat cop turned private investigator working for minimal wage, except if the client was tall, handsome, and a person of color. I preferred my men as dark and rich as my Columbian coffee and Cuban cigars. We could work out a generous price if the client were as bighearted with his hands as with his wallet.

      Last night, the victim’s son, twenty-two-year-old Levi Franklin, an engineering major who dabbled in extracurricular art, had visited me at my garage apartment. I had hit the jackpot—somebody had hired me for a new case. But I was wary about accepting it.

      Upon reading the briefing on Billy Franklin’s laundry list of his life’s accomplishments, something struck me as odd, as if one of my dead relatives had returned in spectral form, an aura with which I was familiar from the strange gift I had inherited from my parents to search for dead spirits. But that was a different story for a different time—hopefully, it wouldn’t develop in this case. Today, I

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