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The Missing Sniper
by
Earl Staggs
Adam Kingston uses his psychic gift to assist law enforcement agencies solve crimes. In THE MISSING SNIPER, he travels to Florida to help a young sheriff stop a killer who tried to assassinate a politician and threatens to try again. Adam quickly learns the sheriff is not telling him everything and finds himself involved in much more than he bargained for. To figure it all...more
ebook, 22 pages
Published
January 18th 2012
by Untreed Reads
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Thanks to his gift, Adam Kingston knew he would get a phone call. Who was calling, why he would be called, he didn’t know. But, he knew it would be a call about someone dying somewhere and he would be involved. Hard to sleep when you know something is going to happen. Hard to sleep when you know for absolute certainty just enough to be worried.
The phone call finally comes by way of Sheriff Dillon Corbin of Mendes County, Florida. Adam is on a master list of Law Enforcement consultants and the go...more
The phone call finally comes by way of Sheriff Dillon Corbin of Mendes County, Florida. Adam is on a master list of Law Enforcement consultants and the go...more
When I was younger, I devoured the mysteries of Agatha Christie. My favorites were the ones in which Miss Marple gently worked her way to the solution, lifting lie after lie out of the way. I also enjoyed, though, the way that Hercule Poirot saw so quickly through the puzzles around him, flying to a solution so quickly that those around him were bedazzled -- a literary descendant of Poe's Dupin.
If you enjoy Hercule Poirot, you'll enjoy Adam in this short story. The mystery is not difficult to fi...more
If you enjoy Hercule Poirot, you'll enjoy Adam in this short story. The mystery is not difficult to fi...more
Earl Staggs writing is excellent; he has written a short mystery tale that you get swept into right in the beginning. Sometimes I find when reading short novels you feel like you’re missing something or details get left out. But Earl Staggs writing was not lacking a thing, his character development is great and you get to know the main characters and his writing flowed well and before you know it your on the last page.
We meet Adam Kingston who has a psychic gift and uses it to help police to so...more
We meet Adam Kingston who has a psychic gift and uses it to help police to so...more
Right up front, I want to say that I was comped the book in exchange for this review. My honest opinion of the book has only one bad thing to say - it was a couple hundred pages short. There was good characterization, with well-developed people involved. I would like to read more from this guy! Bring it on, Mr. Staggs! I like Adam and see much potential in this shortie. It's a very quick, smooth read. We want more!
This was the best short story I have ever read. I wasn't expecting much when I saw it was only 22 pages long but I was surprised. The authors writing was great and I could see Adam being a main character in a thriller series. I also loved the twist because I never saw it coming.
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| Untreed Reads: THE MISSING SNIPER Proves a Solid Shot | 1 | 1 | Feb 02, 2012 12:02pm | |
| Untreed Reads: The All Seeing & The Unseen in THE MISSING SNIPER by Earl Staggs | 1 | 1 | Feb 02, 2012 11:18am |
Derringer Award winning author Earl Staggs has seen many of his short stories published in magazines and anthologies. He served as Managing Editor of Futures Mystery Magazine and as President of the Short Mystery Fiction Society. His novel Memory of a Murder earned thirteen Five Star reviews online at Amazon and B&N. His column “Write Tight” appears in Apollo’s Lyre and he is a contributing me...more
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