Inhuman Interest
Author: Eric Turowski
Genre: Paranormal Thriller
Book Description:
INHUMAN INTEREST
Story By Tess Cooper
Thirteen words in a want-ad turn Tess Cooper’s
world upside down after she signs on as a paranormal research assistant to the
mysterious Davin Egypt. He reveals a world of grave robbing, clockworks
artifacts in blue amber, antique revolvers that fire strange ammo, and powerful
forces beyond human comprehension.
As ancient occult energies threaten to destroy
her city, Tess must use her journalistic instincts to stay one step ahead of
the public works director, Drew Dawson, whose agenda seems bent on destruction
rather than maintenance. And possibly murder, but will anyone believe her?
Yeah, right. When garbage trucks fly.
If Tess teams up with the hunky police
lieutenant, Kirk Gunther, and the pale, oddball Mr. Egypt, they might be able
to save the city in time. That is, if Egypt even wants to. And if Tess
overcomes her phobias long enough to do battle in Granddad’s 1983 Subaru Brat.
Things are about to get icky.
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Excerpt
I almost smiled. “I’m thinking I
probably can’t take on this new job. I don’t think it’s for me. At the same
time, I don’t know if I can work for a gutless newspaper even if they don’t
fire me. There’s so much going on. I don’t know what to do. Hell, I don’t even
know what I want to do anymore.”
“Well, you won’t have to worry about
it after tonight.” He lifted a slip of paper from the table beside the window.
“What’s that?”
“That lotto ticket you bought. The
drawing’s tonight.”
“I didn’t buy a lottery ticket.”
Granddad shrugged. “It was in the
bag with the snuff and the coffee creamer. I asked for French vanilla, by the
way, not that hazelnut crap.”
I’d forgotten about it. “Oh, that. I
didn’t buy it. I found it.”
“Don’t matter. If you sign the back,
the ticket’s yours.” Granddad put the slip back on the table and sank into the
recliner. “Yep. We’ll be living it up, come tonight.”
“One less thing to worry about,” I
agreed.
“Speaking of one less thing to worry
about, you could do worse than that Davin Egypt.”
I searched for words for a second.
“Excuse me?”
“Oh, I get why you wouldn’t want to
work for some half-assed pet psychic. But the guy’s got dough. Plus, he’s tall,
thin, a sharp dresser. I’m no homo, but I figure the gals probably like a guy
like that.”
My own personal conception of Egypt
was lanky, bony, and dressed like an undertaker, circa 1961. “You’re serious?
And, please, don’t use the word homo in public, okay?”
“I got nothing against homos. Let
people do whatever the hell they want. No skin off my nose. I’m just saying,
the guy is well spoken; he’s polite, and you two seem to get along good. The
way you’re talking, it sounds like you need to get a life. So go get one.”
“Okay, listen up, Granddad. Davin
Egypt doesn’t own a car. As far as I can tell, he owns one suit. He lives in a
church. He set up a Christmas tree in our kitchen, a tree that looks like a
mental deficient on LSD decorated it. He doesn’t have a computer. Hell, he
doesn’t have a phone. The guy is an absolute, total weirdo.”
About the Author
Newspaper
founder, bookstore owner, artist, musician, and man-about-town Eric Turowski
writes lots of mixed-genre books when he’s not too busy playing laser tag with
Tiger the Cat and his fiancée Mimi deep in the Central Valley of California.
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the excerpt and Tess's granddad!
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