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The Richard Carter Novels #7
Devilry
A young deer hunter nervously waits in his stand, scanning the brush through his scope. He spots something in the pre-dawn, but it isn’t a deer. When he climbs down to check it out, he finds the bodies of a wealthy landowner and this daughter.
As Richard Carter investigates the murders, the motive seems clear—at first.
A few days later, however, an angry landowner, searching for the source of a wildfire, stumbles onto a horror scene that could have come from the Spanish inquisition.
Another body left in the woods? A second heinous crime in the space of a week?
This time the victim is a penniless nobody from nowhere. There doesn’t seem to be a motive for his murder—but there always is.
This murder was senseless, sadistic—pure devilry.
As Richard Carter investigates the murders, the motive seems clear—at first.
A few days later, however, an angry landowner, searching for the source of a wildfire, stumbles onto a horror scene that could have come from the Spanish inquisition.
Another body left in the woods? A second heinous crime in the space of a week?
This time the victim is a penniless nobody from nowhere. There doesn’t seem to be a motive for his murder—but there always is.
This murder was senseless, sadistic—pure devilry.
380 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 10, 2014
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About the author
A.R. Simmons
16 books59 followersAR Simmons grew up in the Missouri Ozarks. He walked a gravel road to a rural school evocative of “Walton’s Mountain.” His parents did factory work to buy things not provided by their subsistence farm which was passed down from his grandfather who cleared the land from the native forest. He and his wife (beta reader, illustrator, and muse) still live on that farm. So his roots run deep in the Ozark soil. Using the culture, language, and mores of this "Bible Belt" region, he writes culturally immersive stories of obsession set amidst the small-town and rural life that he knows and loves.
He began writing seriously with a suspense novel which he serialized around the turn of the millennium on his website www.bluecreeknovels. It took until 2013 for him to publish the first Richard Carter novel (Bonne Femme) as an e-book. The series now includes fourteen mystery/suspense stand-alone stories that also chronicle Richard’s life with each story spaced about a year apart. This required a year-by-year update to the technology available to the characters because time marches on.
PS. Simmons is a rather common drudge, so once considered changing his nom-de-plume to “Bess Sellers.”
He began writing seriously with a suspense novel which he serialized around the turn of the millennium on his website www.bluecreeknovels. It took until 2013 for him to publish the first Richard Carter novel (Bonne Femme) as an e-book. The series now includes fourteen mystery/suspense stand-alone stories that also chronicle Richard’s life with each story spaced about a year apart. This required a year-by-year update to the technology available to the characters because time marches on.
PS. Simmons is a rather common drudge, so once considered changing his nom-de-plume to “Bess Sellers.”
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