The Ghost Gun

The Ghost Gun

Gareth Lewis

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Short Stories / Mystery & Thrillers

The Ghost Gun kills what it hits, its ghost bullets ensnaring the victim's soul to their killer.Except that nothing is that simple.Certainly not an apparently simple theft that leads detectives into a war between secret societies over artifacts which have been around for millennia, their origin unknown, their abilities inexplicable.Demoted to Vice due to departmental politics, Detective Cassie Kinsala sees an opportunity to restore her career path. But what looks like it might offer a decent arrest soon turns into a quagmire the law might not cover, and might not protect her from.Jimmy Bancroft used to be a cop. Working for the other side lets him avoid paperwork. Investigating rumours of a competitor moving in on his employer's interests, he becomes entangled in a war between criminals and a secret society. And someone might be trying to set him up.
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Bad Luck and Worse Choices

Bad Luck and Worse Choices

Gareth Lewis

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Short Stories / Mystery & Thrillers

On the run from both sides of the law after a deal gone wrong leaves most of her crew, and several FBI agents, dead, Charlotte lies low by joining another crew as a last-minute replacement. But everyone on the crew has a secret that might make things worse. Fleeing the authorities, a biker gang, and Russians gangsters, Charlotte finds it hard to trust her own choices, or luck, when they're all she has to rely on.
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The Redacted Man

The Redacted Man

Gareth Lewis

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Short Stories / Mystery & Thrillers

There's a cap that steals witnesses' memory of the wearer, reducing them to little more than a shadowy on the periphery of perception. Even the wearer barely recalls himself. But he recalls his mission.Stuck in a hidden world that might not be covered by the law, Detective Cassie Kinsala struggles to find a way back to normal. Doing her job becomes harder when she's forced onto a taskforce jointly run by one of the secret societies she wants to arrest.And if the danger of getting stuck in a war between secret societies wasn't enough, there's an untraceable someone out there eliminating threats to this hidden world.
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Soul Food

Soul Food

Gareth Lewis

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Short Stories / Mystery & Thrillers

A woman dead in a derelict hotel. Hardly an unusual sight working homicide. Already under IA scrutiny, Blake must hunt the killer through a maze of cults, criminals, fake mediums, and things which make him question his sanity. All while trying to shoot as few people as possible. Fatally, at least. And there's the very unreal possibility of his soul becoming food for things that shouldn't exist.
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