Tough Messes

<p><em>Tough Messes</em> brings together eleven short stories featuring a range of characters from varied backgrounds. From a group of mob soldiers trying to mitigate blowback from decades-old deeds in Moving Day to a low-level arms dealer trying to stay alive after present-day blowback in Leaky Pipe to a man making his bones for a modern crime family in Quality Time.</p><p>In Luxury Goods old-school grifters set their sights on a hapless mark in a hotel bar. And Flush takes readers into the world of a master safecracker on parole. Just days away from being clear of his past he's presented a shot at a lucrative score. If he pulls it off he'll clear six-figures that is if his partners don't kill him first.</p><p>Also featured in this collection is a story that takes readers inside the mind of a serial killer searching for a victim on the streets of Denver a corporate nepo baby who pushes unchecked greed to the limits a low-level drug dealer pushed into an impossible situation a man trying to rebuild his life and save his nephew from the depths of addiction a couple struggling to define right and wrong and a man trying to escape his past-and his many enemies.</p><p>This collection of stories available for the first time in a single volume is a welcome addition to the library of anyone who enjoys crime noir and mystery fiction.</p>