General Fiction
Date Published: 03-23-2022
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Rob Jeffers has it all: fame, money, and the life of a rock and roll star.
Frank Peters is a regular guy, a newspaper reporter who just happens to have
a passing acquaintance with the Great Jeffers. As Jeffers’s career shoots
up, Peters’s fortunes follow in his wake.
And when Jeffers passes away at the height of his fame, Peters’s life
begins a steady unravelling. Until a chance encounter on a minor story gives
him a new outlook on the celebrity lifestyle, and new hope for his own
future.
Excerpt
Off to my right, a slight, average-sized guy came running along. He was
wearing the pants and vest of a denim leisure suit, a garish, flowered
polyester/Hawaiian shirt with the first five buttons opened up and sandals.
Skidding to a stop in front of me, he looked about as confused as I felt at
the moment.
“’Scuse me,” he said, “is this the place for the
concert?”
I looked around at all the people flocking in our direction, listened to
the squealing of the collection of cuties on the other side of the
door.
“Yeah,” I said, “but good luck getting in. The place is
packed.”
“Really? Cool!” He took off his mirrored sunglasses, and for
the first time, I saw the eyes that, in years to come, would stare out from
a billion or so album covers.
“Hey,” he said, “you a student here?”
“Yeah, but…”
“You think you can show me how to get in? Like there’s a
service entrance or something, isn’t there? I’m with the band,
and I’m running late.”
I clenched up. One of the oldest con lines in the world is “I’m
with the band.” But something in the man’s look told me to take
a chance.
“I think I can get you in, but I need something in
return.”
“Yeah?” Now the “guy with the band” seemed uneasy.
“What’s that?”
“Well, you see,” I said, “I’m with the student
paper…”
About the Author
A high-school teacher, former college instructor, and fiction writer, Kevin
R. Doyle is the author of numerous short horror stories. He’s also
written three crime thrillers, The Group, When You Have to Go There, and And
the Devil Walks Away, and one horror novel, The Litter. In the last few
years, he’s begun working on the Sam Quinton private eye series,
published by Camel Press. The first Quinton book, Squatter’s Rights,
was nominated for the 2021 Shamus award for Best First PI Novel. The second
book, Heel Turn, was released in March of 2021, while the third in the
series, Double Frame, came out in March of 2022.
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