Brigands Key...the Gulf Coast island with a dark past and a penchant for doing things somewhat outside the norms of polite society. Award-winning author Ken Pelham revisits the curious, colorful home of his novel, BRIGANDS KEY, with three all-new short stories of suspense.
"The Rum War": During the Prohibition, the daily struggle to enforce laws everyone hates takes on a different aspect when a literary figure casts his lot with smugglers.
"The Light Keeper": Is there such a thing as the perfect crime? There is if no one understands the mechanisms of the crime...
"The Wreck of the Edinburgh Kate": The name of Jack the Ripper conjures myth and nightmare to this very day. What really became of him? Edinburgh Kate has been named a Finalist for Best Published Short Story in the Royal Palm Literary Awards.
Ken Pelham is a member of the International Thriller Writers, and a two-time first-place winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award. His novel, Brigands Key, was published in 2012 by Cengage-Five Star. Visit him at www.kenpelham.com.
Praise for Brigands Key:
"A perfect storm of menace...breathtaking...highly entertaining!"—The Florida Weekly
Brigands Key...the Gulf Coast island with a dark past and a penchant for doing things somewhat outside the norms of polite society. Award-winning author Ken Pelham revisits the curious, colorful home of his novel, BRIGANDS KEY, with three all-new short stories of suspense.
"The Rum War": During the Prohibition, the daily struggle to enforce laws everyone hates takes on a different aspect when a literary figure casts his lot with smugglers.
"The Light Keeper": Is there such a thing as the perfect crime? There is if no one understands the mechanisms of the crime...
"The Wreck of the Edinburgh Kate": The name of Jack the Ripper conjures myth and nightmare to this very day. What really became of him? Edinburgh Kate has been named a Finalist for Best Published Short Story in the Royal Palm Literary Awards.
Ken Pelham is a member of the International Thriller Writers, and a two-time first-place winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award. His novel, Brigands Key, was published in 2012 by Cengage-Five Star. Visit him at www.kenpelham.com.
Praise for Brigands Key:
"A perfect storm of menace...breathtaking...highly entertaining!"—The Florida Weekly