Professor Ron Green could only blame himself as his marriage teetered on a precipice.
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About the Book
The Group
The Group Book One
by Kevin R. Doyle
Published 16 August 2021
The Wild Rose Press Inc
Genre: Mystery
Page Count: 268
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Sure, Ron Green had made a mistake, but it wasn’t one that millions of other guys hadn’t made before him. And maybe he deserved some sort of punishment, like his wife leaving him or his kids hating his guts. But this? Being the main suspect in a single murder was bad enough, but at the same time knowing he was a potential victim of a serial killer was even worse. However, before Green could convince the cops of his innocence, he first had to convince them the serial killer actually existed, and at the moment they weren’t believing a thing he said.
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Excerpt
Ron wondered, briefly, just how much they really knew. He’d kept his e-mails and phone calls to Diane to a minimum, and had made sure they never had their picture taken together.
“Professor Green?” The woman interrupted his thoughts.
“Do I need a lawyer?” He directed his question towards the woman, Detective Lipscomb.
“Not as far as we’re concerned. We’re in the earliest stages of the investigation, naturally, and we just need some background information.”
“How did you get my name?”
“Hey, buddy,”—this from the guy at the door—”We’re the ones who’re supposed to be asking the questions, and you’re supposed to be—”
“Jack, he asked a legitimate question. Mr. Green,” Lipscomb said, “what was your relationship with Miss Brewster?”
“None, lately,” Ron said.
“But in the past?”
“In the past we–hell, you have to know all this anyway. We were lovers.”
“Are you married, Mr. Green?”
“Yes,” he responded, looking at the female detective.
“How long?” The guy. Ron looked his way.
“Eight years.”
“This your first affair?” The woman.
“I really don’t see how that’s any of—”
“It is our business,” said Hollis. “You want to answer or you want to get a lawyer?”
“Do I need one?” Ron felt as though on some sort of eternal merry-go-round, always returning to the same starting point.
“You’re not a suspect.” The man.
An unspoken “yet” seemed to hang in the air between the three of them.
About the Author
A high-school teacher, former college instructor and fiction writer, Kevin R. Doyle is the author of numerous short horror stories. He’s also written three crime thrillers, The Group, When You Have to Go There, and And the Devil Walks Away and one horror novel, The Litter. Recently, he’s begun working on the Sam Quinton private eye series. The first Quinton book, Squatter’s Rights, was nominated for the 2021 Shamus award as Best First PI Novel. The second book, Heel Turn, was released in March of 2021, while the third in the series, Double Frame, is due out March of 2022.
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Thanks again for hosting my work. I’m going to be away at work during the day but will check back later for any comments or questions.
I look forward to reading this it sounds like my kind of book.
Sherry,
I hope it lives up to expectations. It was my fifth novel written but first one published, so I hope I learned something along the way.
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Thanks again for hosting. I’m logging off for the night but will check back in periodically.
The book sounds like an intriguing read. Great cover!
I agree that the cover artist did a great job. I like the covers of all three books in the series. As for it being intriguing, one can only hope so.
What inspires your book plot ideas?
Tracie,
All sorts of things. For Group, I can’t say directly without giving away major reveal, but one night I was watching a political segment on cable news, and the idea popped into my head. By contrast, my Sam Quinton series of private eye novels came about because 1) I had a senior class where the guys could talk about nothing but pro wrestling and 2) I wanted to set a story in a fictionalized version of the town I currently live in. And cliched as it sounds, The Litter, my horror novel, came about because of a really frightening (at least to me) dream I had one night.