A Dirty Way to Die: A Manny Shepherd P.I. Mystery

You think youve got problems?Doc Goold calls it cognizant premonition triggered by causal hypersensitivity but Manny Shepherd and his Vietnam vet buddy Steve Mallinotti call it Shepherds Luck that special knack to sense bad shit lurks around the corner. Manny felt the slump in his gut minutes before he witnesses Steves girlfriend Rita Hayward get slammed in the mud to her death by a gal dubbing herself Screaming Eagle.Mired in shock guilt and a drunken haze Steve coerces Manny who has little on his Private Investigators plate to figure out why Rita died like that at Peorias Heart of Illinois fair when back in their youth at Neelys Landing Missouri Rita reigned as a star gymnast. How could a simple Judo throw have killed her?No way will Manny jeopardize his tenuous yet sensual relationship with Tazewell Countys District Attorney Lisa Shelton to hang around half-naked oil-bodied beauties with names like Virgin Witch Passion Queen Midnight Fire and Holy Terror just to expose the obvious-Princess Lay-ya aka Rita Hayward just took a bad...okay seriously bad header.Steves heart-tugging story of Ritas journey to professional mud wrestler fame and haunted by Ritas single staring dead eye watching him Manny takes the leap onto the St. Louis Slingers on-tour bus. Shepherds Luck bites hard amidst boobs and bullets as Manny is targeted while he hunts down a scheming sadistic killer.