"Finding a runaway teenager in New York City is easy. The hard part is finding the one your looking for."Private eye Payton Sherwood is hired by the parents of a runaway girl, and while searching for her through the shadowy sidestreets of the East Village, he comes across a connection to a murdered autograph expert.Short story originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July 1997.This story takes place prior to the events in L.A. Metro.Kim Donovan and Jess McKenna have never met. They are both successful doctors, but each longs to find that one person to share her life with. In a jaded world filled with cynicism, do dreams really still come true? Maybe all it takes is a wish upon a star...

My custom book cover was partially created from an old 1950 unused pulp magazine cover.The book title text was created using the "True Crime" font and the author's name was created using "Adobe Garamond Pro" book font.I changed the cover of the original book because it was a horrible mash-up job.The original cover looked liked someone took about 5 minutes to put together and didn't have any sort of "crime pulp" theme to it at all.The original book cover can be seen on page 2 of the book.I hope you like my version...Flyboy707November,2011

The death of legendary private eye George Rowell looked like an accident – but searching for the truth behind it will put down-and-out East Village detective Payton Sherwood on the trail of a runaway investment scam artist, a drug-addicted reality TV star – and the bewitching beauty whose appearance set it all in motion…