Spicer’s wit and cleverness shine and leave you wondering what he will serve up next for your reading pleasure.
— Jean Rabe, author of the Piper Blackwell mystery series

Free on Kindle Unlimited! ​Life hasn’t been kind to Kissy Lisbon. Her best friend was murdered right in front of her, and the cop who saw it happen won’t do a thing about it. Years spent as a grifter have taught Kissy that the world is a hard, uncaring place that’ll laugh as you die bleeding in the gutter. The secret to being a grifter is changing up the con so the rubes don’t realize their being taken, so Kissy’s new scheme is hiring herself out as a private eye. She meets a woman who has a missing daughter, the missing daughter has a Nazi boyfriend, and the Nazi boyfriend has friends in all the wrong places. Within days, Kissy finds herself at the heart of an international plot to sabotage the American war effort, and the target of those who would bring America to its knees. As the bodies start to pile up all around her, Kissy is in a race to save the missing girl, her country, and her very life.

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About the Author

B. David Spicer graduated from Ohio University, earning a BA in English. His first name is Brian, but he thinks B. David sounds more artsy and pretentious. He’s had short stories in more than a dozen anthologies, including Cosy Crime from Flame Tree Press, Out of Phase and Wicked Deeds: Witches, Warlocks, Demons & Other Evil Doers from Sirens Call Publications, Strangely Funny II and III and VI from Mystery and Horror, LLC, and Pernicious Invaders and From the Corner of Your Eye from Great Old Ones Publishing. Big Shots and Bullet Holes is his first novel. He lives in Ohio and owns more books than ought to be legal.

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Big Shots and Bullet Holes is the steak dinner the main characters are pursuing. Thick, rich, tasty, and presented on a 1940s platter that is a feast for your senses, it is a delectable period mystery that races to a satisfying conclusion. Spicer’s wit and cleverness shine and leave you wondering what he will serve up next for your reading pleasure."
    — ​ Jean Rabe, author of the Piper Blackwell mystery series

From the moment I picked this book up, I was spun back in time. Spicer’s writing is superb. Every scene is visceral as if you are right there, be it during an argument, a shootout, or a rainstorm. The characters are believable and quirky in a way that grounds you in that 1940s era. What more could you ask?"  ​— Wendy Dingwall, Author of the Yvonne Suarez Travel Mysteries

Our victim was spread too awkwardly on the floor for him to have been simply knocked out by a piece of falling debris. He could have died from the smoke, but the fire had not traveled much beyond the bed. I cleaned the grime from my own spectacles with my handkerchief and moved to where I could examine him more closely. That’s when I saw the bullet holes. One entered through the back of his head, ranged downward, and removed the lower portion of his face. The other shot had been fired into his back.

Concealed in Ash is now available in print and Kindle format. You'll notice that the cover for the print novel is slightly different from the Kindle cover; it features one of the secret societies active in the novel. We received the proof yesterday, and were very pleased with the product. We think you will be, too. The book contains an appendix with historical notes about the fire (one of several) at the Phoenix Hotel, the Red Strings, and Adamstown (a community of newly free blacks). You don't need the notes to enjoy the story, but if you'd like to learn more about Nessa's world, this section will add depth. Take a look. We think you'll enjoy it.