Friday Fiction: The Corruptible

Ex-homicide detective Ray Quinn never had glamorous thoughts of the life of a private investigator—but being cornered in a bathroom stall by the enraged philandering husband of a client? That’s something he could live without. Retired from homicide and living with a painful disability, Ray’s options are limited. Stick to the job, keep impetuous sidekick Crevis alive, and spend quiet evenings with trusted pal Jim Beam, that’s about the best he can hope for.

As a new client emerges, Ray finds himself in an impossibly large boardroom holding a check with enough zeros to finally lift him from his financial pit. The job seems easy enough: find Logan Ramsey, an ex-cop turned security officer who’s taken off with sensitive corporate information. But few things are easy in Ray’s world, regardless of the amount of zeros in the check.

In what should be an open-and-shut case, Ray stumbles across Logan Ramsey in a seedy motel room. Only Ray wasn’t the first to find him. Now Logan’s dead, the client’s information is nowhere to be found, and Ray’s employer is less than forthcoming with the details. Suddenly the line between the good guys and bad guys isn’t so clear. With a foot in both worlds and an illuminating look at an unhappy ending that could well be his own, which will Ray choose?

 

 

Mark Mynheir is a former Marine who’s served in law enforcement over twenty-three years. He began his career with the Cocoa Beach Police Department and shortly after that moved to the Palm Bay Police Department.  During his tenure, Mark has worked as a patrol officer, an undercover narcotics agent, a S.W.A.T. team member, and a homicide detective. 

 

Mark has parlayed his police experiences into a successful speaking and writing career. He has written articles for Focus on the Family’s Breakaway magazine, Christianfictiononline,  and the Lookout magazine and is the also the author of five novels: Rolling Thunder, From the Belly of the Dragon, The Void, and the Christy Award finalist The Night Watchman, as well as his latest release, The Corruptible.

 

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