Gin Palace 01 - The Poisoned Rose

let her down.
    That night in bed I searched for hours for sleep. When it finally came, the last thing I remember being aware of was a smoky dawn outside my windows and the sound of a neighbor’s dog barking in continuous warning a block away. I dreamed that dream again, of that long-ago morning when that rabid mastiff bore down on us, tearing into her and into me. The last thing I remember before waking from that dream was the echo of the shots fired by Chief Miller cutting the summer air and Rose-Marie Bishop pulling me across the pavement slick with our blood toward her, pulling me away from the mouth of the beast that had tried to devour us, pulling me into her young, trembling arms …
    The End

Also by Daniel Judson
    The Bone Orchard , Book Two of The Gin Palace Trilogy
    The Gin Palace , Book Three of The Gin Palace Trilogy
    The Darkest Place
    The Water’s Edge
    The Violet Hour
    Voyeur

About the Author:

    Daniel Judson, a Shamus Award winner and four-time finalist, is the author of seven acclaimed works: The Southampton Trilogy, comprised of The Darkest Place , The Water’s Edge , and Voyeur , as well as The Gin Palace Trilogy, comprised of The Poisoned Rose, The Bone Orchard , and The Gin Palace . He is also the author of a stand-alone novel, The Violet Hour.