Spotlight on NEW LIBERTY by Mystery Writer George Craimer

New Liberty – A Hector Miguel Navarro Novel
Genre: mystery
 
Outside Phoenix, two gangs rule...
...and one police officer is caught in the middle.
How will he stop them?
  
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Excerpt: I’d like to share the first scene of New Liberty
 
They were alive moments ago.

“I told you to use the GPS. Why’d you buy a Lexus if you aren’t going to use the gadgets?”

“The map program takes too long. Besides, the boy’s graduation isn’t until tomorrow.”

“I know, but we’re not even in Phoenix. We should have been there an hour ago. Admit it. We’re lost.”

“Okay. I’ll pull over and set the GPS. Will that make you happy?” The man was tired from the long drive. Even breaking the drive into two days from Oakland to the Arizona city was more than he should have undertaken at seventy. His wife had suggested they spend a few days in Los Angeles, maybe even visit Disney Land, but the old man had insisted. She had been right. I should have skipped poker with the boys this time.

“Now we’re lost, you’re exhausted, and you finally agree with me. That doesn’t help much.” She was younger by a decade and had offered to help with the driving. The old man was always stubborn and refused to give up the wheel. “This neighborhood looks pretty rundown. I don’t think we should stop here.”

“We’ll be fine. Besides, there’s no one around.”
A minute later, he’s absorbed in entering the address in the GPS. It’s difficult for the old man with his arthritic hands and new trifocals. There is a banging on his side window. Without thinking, he hits the down switch.

“Hey, old brother, whatcha doing?” Standing next to the car door is a skinny kid, fifteen or sixteen. It’s hard to see his face. He’s wearing a dark hoodie with the front cinched down. His hands are jammed deep into the pockets.

 “I’m checking my map. We’ll be going.”

“I don’t think so,” the kid says as his right hand appears. He’s holding a small pistol, barely visible in his large hand.

“He’s got a gun,” screams the woman.

“That’s right, Bro. You and the sister get out and walk away.”

The man may be in his seventies, but he’s not about to let a teenage punk rob him.
Reaching to put the car in gear, he says, “No.”

The man doesn’t hear the shot or feel the twenty-five-caliber bullet that passes through his brain. The small lead slug comes to rest against the right side of his skull, ending his life. His wife screams as another teenager opens the passenger door and drags her out of the car. Drawing her head back exposes her neck. She sees the Ka-Bar. The blade, dull and heavy, is meant for work, not slicing throats. The woman suffers a horrible death as the boy saws her neck open, cutting the carotid arteries. In less than a minute, she is dead.

“Don’t get blood on the seat,”

“That’s why I pulled her out. What about the old dude?”

“He didn’t bleed much.”

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About the Author:
An enrolled descendant of the Karuk Tribe of California, I enjoyed a forty-year investigative career in law enforcement and private and corporate investigations. I attended the Institute of American Indian Arts, earning an MFA-Creative Writing.
As a corporate and private Investigator, I conducted investigations throughout the Americas and Asia. For about five years, I kept my investigative skills honed by volunteering as a Missing Person investigator at a California Police Department.
My short stories and poems have been published in numerous anthologies. My debut novel, The Mona Lisa Sisters, was released in 2020. Robbers and Cops followed in 2022. New Liberty-A Hector Miguel Navarro Novel, the first in the series, will be out shortly.

Something unique that isn’t in your regular bio: “My father was exceptional, and his skills led to a unique experience in my teens. Dad was a horseman, a good part of his life. Pop even rode with the 11th Calvary, the Blackhorse Regiment, up to and into World War II. 
Pop bought three wild donkeys in my fifteenth year, and we trained them to be pack animals. Pop made the saddles and all the equipment needed by a beast of burden. We spent over three weeks on the John Muir Trail and more weeks in the backcountry of California. In all my years, I’ve never met a man like my Pop.”
 
You can contact me at:
Email              gdcramer@outlook.com
Blog                 https://gdcramer.com/george-cramer-blog/
FaceBook      https://facebook.com/george.cramer.56211
LinkedIn         (99+) George Cramer | LinkedIn
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Check out the author's interview on my Ally Shields blog:
allyshields.com/blog/coffee-chat-interview-with-mystery-author-george-cramer

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