The young woman in the trunk suffered an awful humiliation before dying. Al, given a nebulous death sentence from a heart defect, just wants to know who she was before he goes. But the body "belongs" to a local mobster who isn't thrilled that Al knows about her. Now there's no option to go peacefully into that good night. A mystery no wants solved needs closure, and a meaningless, unexamined life is about to be given terrible new purpose.
L. Joseph Shosty has twenty-plus years in publishing, doing everything from writing in a host of genres to stints as a literary critic and a freelance editor. He is the creator of several series, including The Hardwood Case Files (hardboiled mystery), The Adventures of Achilles & Swiss (science fiction), Boomtown Novellas (novella-length genre stories), and The Books of Magus (short story collections). He lives in Texas with his family and is a member of International Thriller Writers.
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