Missing Pieces

About the Book

A missing piece of a jigsaw puzzle leads to death.

A down-at-the-heels editor is hired to write "horrible death" headlines. Suddenly he finds himself writing his own obituary.

A psychologist plans the perfect murder and then faces an unforeseen identity crisis.

Two detectives, investigating a suspicious death, walk into a house of silent stopped clocks and unspoken emotions. Was it a case of murder? That´s for you to decide.

The stories in Missing Pieces explore the worst and best of human motivation. Betrayal and treachery. But also love and loyalty. And as a change of pace from cops and corpses you´ll find a bit of spoofing, a whisper of the supernatural, and even a tear or two.

About the Author

Previous to Many Are The Songs, his first collection of poems, Vincent Larkin published two books of short fiction. Several of his stories, one of which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, have appeared in national magazines. In recent years he has concentrated on poetry, both writing and participating in readings for community groups. During the last year his poems have been in two anthologies. A member of the New Jersey Poetry Society and Writer’s Ink Poetry Group, he lives near Red Bank, N.J.