Tom Stone: A Deadly Path

by Don Simkovich, Lon Casler Bixby

In this thriller short story, a father-son hike into the foothills around Los Angeles takes a perilous turn until Detective Tom Stone takes action.

Detective Jake Sharpe pulls his son Darrell away from video games and on to a hike in the foothills above Los Angeles. A father and son jaunt becomes a fight for survival when they take a turn on a little-used path. Tom Stone and the boy he’s befriended, Andrew, journey with them in this action-filled short story.

49 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 16, 2018

About the author

Don returned to his love for writing fiction after years of writing and narrating a radio spot series, marketing copy, and handling the pressures of a wild and crazy family life.

Frequent calls to the local Sheriff's office, plus the intensity of handling teen alcoholism and teen pregnancy pressed stories from his mind like Earth's weighty layers turn shale into harvestable fuel.

Well, you get the picture.

Don has fine-tuned his craft writing romance to crime fiction and the recent Tom Stone detective stories.

He lives at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains with his family, two dogs, and anyone else who happens to drop by and live for a spell.