Nemesis

by Dean Brooks

What would you do if you were the given the chance to have your worst enemy killed, free of charge, without any chance of facing repercussions? Would you take it? Such is the offer from a mysterious organization that calls itself the Service. For Gil Stafford, who even at age 34 still has night terrors from the horrible abuse he suffered as a child from his alcoholic father, the choice is easy. That very night the Service kills the old man in clandestine fashion. Now the happily married father of one can at last rest easy. Right? Except Gil’s long-estranged twin sister Gabby, a paranoid schizophrenic, happened to be with her father the night of the hit. One afternoon she shows up on Gil’s doorstep and asks, “Why did you murder our father?” Gabby has no real evidence. Only an “insane conspiracy theory.” What danger could she possibly pose? Except Gabby has made it her mission to get justice for her father’s murder, by any means possible. For Gil, confession means not only implicating himself, but exposing the secretive Service. An organization that will stop at nothing to protect itself. An intractable dilemma with a disturbing Gil’s indirect act of revenge may bring about the destruction of himself and his family.

305 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 30, 2021