I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you at the heart of mystery, murder, and mayhem. These are arrangements, which means instead of word-for-word readings, you get a performance meant to be heard. Jack and I perform these live, front to back, no breaks, no fakes, no retakes.
This is Season 4, A Word Before Dying. This season contains original stories written just for you and built around that classic mystery theme of the last word spoken by the dying victim.
Episode 2 is about family matters. This is Finding Hiawatha by Frank Zafiro
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The first day of summer is the last day of a young accountant’s life. Colin McHenry is out for his regular run when an SUV crosses into his path, crushing him. Within hours of the hit-skip, Cleveland Homicide Detective Jesus De La Cruz finds the vehicle in the owner’s garage, who’s on vacation three time zones away. The setup is obvious, but not the hand behind it. The suspects read like a list out of a textbook: the jilted fiancée, the jealous coworker, the overlooked subordinate, the dirty client. Razing Stakes, book #3 in the De La Cruz casefile series, from Down & Out Books. Ask for it from your favorite bookseller. Amazon Link HERE
Frank Zafiro writes gritty crime fiction from both sides of the badge. As a former police officer, he has lived one side and seen plenty of the other, and his work reflects that authenticity. For police procedurals, check out his River City series. For hardboiled tales on the criminal side, give SpoCompton a try. And if you like private investigator stories, then Stefan Kopriva mysteries are for you. Find out more about his work at frankzafiro.com or on his Amazon Author page.
Mystery and thriller lovers seek out Publisher Down & Out Books. They like to live at the grittier end of the spectrum. There are no cozies here. https://downandoutbooks.com/
Here’s a list of suspects (basically everyone except Stefan and Anna) in the order of appearance
Jameson Burrish – our dead guy. He had money.
Sadie Burrish – Dead guy’s only daughter. She inherits everything.
Arnzel Burrish – nephew of our dead guy. Arnzel lived with his uncle and cousin from the time he was nine
Patricia, the Housekeeper – worked for Burrish for decades
Not all of these are equally good and I’m not advocating or any, just giving a list of the ones we checked out.
