David Dean's Blog - Posts Tagged "suspense"
"Tomorrow's Dead" Launch
I'm very happy to announce the release of Tomorrow’s Dead. This collection contains twelve tales of law enforcement personnel, the last of these lending its title to the whole. The cast of characters run the gamut of patrol officer to chief, dispatcher to detective, prosecutor’s investigator to cyber-crimes officer; there’s even a priest who, though obviously not a police officer, plays a role as friend and advisor to one. Both he, and Julian Hall—the officer he befriends—appear together in this volume and two of the other collections that follow. I’ve tried to lend authenticity to my characters, so all are flawed, some fatally so. Some redeemable, others not. All, I hope, are quintessentially human.
The stories are not presented in chronological order and beneath the title will appear the year of publication. As these stories are procedural in nature, the editor thought it might be helpful to the reader. Why? Because police work—like most other professions—has changed rapidly due to both technological and societal influences. In the stories I wrote earlier, for instance, the use of DNA evidence (I can only speak to New Jersey) was restricted to homicide cases, and juries were allowed to assign it whatever weight they might agree upon. Just a few years later, the use of DNA evidence became as unassailable as fingerprints, and utilized in everything from burglaries to aggravated assaults.
I’ve been retired from law enforcement for a decade now and stopped writing procedurals a few years ago. It became obvious to me that my institutional knowledge was rapidly becoming that of an historian rather than authority. What hasn’t changed, however, is the human being that is the police officer, and the unique profession that person practices. There is no other like it. This is what Tomorrow’s Dead is about. Truth lies at the heart of good police work, and good story-telling should always be entertaining. I hope you find both requirements satisfied within the covers of this book. The embedded link will allow you to have a sample read. readhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B81KGH22
The stories are not presented in chronological order and beneath the title will appear the year of publication. As these stories are procedural in nature, the editor thought it might be helpful to the reader. Why? Because police work—like most other professions—has changed rapidly due to both technological and societal influences. In the stories I wrote earlier, for instance, the use of DNA evidence (I can only speak to New Jersey) was restricted to homicide cases, and juries were allowed to assign it whatever weight they might agree upon. Just a few years later, the use of DNA evidence became as unassailable as fingerprints, and utilized in everything from burglaries to aggravated assaults.
I’ve been retired from law enforcement for a decade now and stopped writing procedurals a few years ago. It became obvious to me that my institutional knowledge was rapidly becoming that of an historian rather than authority. What hasn’t changed, however, is the human being that is the police officer, and the unique profession that person practices. There is no other like it. This is what Tomorrow’s Dead is about. Truth lies at the heart of good police work, and good story-telling should always be entertaining. I hope you find both requirements satisfied within the covers of this book. The embedded link will allow you to have a sample read. readhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B81KGH22
Her Terrible Beauty and Other Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
My third, and latest, collection of stories has been released by Genius Book Publishing!
“With HER TERRIBLE BEAUTY, David Dean deals out a dead man’s hand of creepy, powerful, disturbing short stories. Unusual and fascinating!” -Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of Patient Zero and Kagen the Damned
Please take a look at the sample stories and see what you think. You may find yourself wanting to read more. The entirety of the first story, "Three Times", is included in the sample. Fair enough?
https://www.amazon.com/Her-Terrible-B...
“With HER TERRIBLE BEAUTY, David Dean deals out a dead man’s hand of creepy, powerful, disturbing short stories. Unusual and fascinating!” -Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of Patient Zero and Kagen the Damned
Please take a look at the sample stories and see what you think. You may find yourself wanting to read more. The entirety of the first story, "Three Times", is included in the sample. Fair enough?
https://www.amazon.com/Her-Terrible-B...
