The Case of the Purple Unicorn: Conner Bright Mysteries, #1
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Private investigator and Arizona native Conner Bright tries to hide from his past with a b-movie quality Australian accent, alligator skin boots, and a bowie knife strapped to his side, but it always seems to catch up to him.
When a little girl swears she saw her great uncle murdered by a purple unicorn, Conner takes the case expecting to face nothing more than a little girl's overactive imagination. But in this short story, Conner must confront his past and put his life on the line to protect his young client.
From Robert J. McCarter, the author of Unfinished Business comes a private investigator and a case like no others.
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The Case of the Purple Unicorn - Robert J. McCarter
The Case of the Purple Unicorn
A Conner Bright Mystery
Robert J. McCarter
Little Hummingbird Publishing
Contents
Foreword
Conner Bright and the Case of the Purple Unicorn
More Mystery?
About the Author
Books by Robert J. McCarter
Conner Bright Mysteries
Each Conner Bright Mystery is stand-alone, but things do change for Conner. This is the chronological order of the stories are:
The Case of the Purple Unicorn
Chupacabra(coming in 2021)
More coming soon!
Foreword
This story, under a slightly different title, Conner Bright and the Case of the Purple Unicorn
is available with a bunch of other stories of mine in two collections (just in case you’d like a bunch of stories to read):
Creatures Featured: Thirteen Stories of Monsters and other Creatures
Anomalous Readings: Thirteen Curious and Confounding Tales
Conner Bright and the Case of the Purple Unicorn
The ringing of the phone is like a dentist’s drill to my sodden consciousness. I groan, realizing I hadn’t managed to get undressed when I tumbled into bed. Again. I feel for my cell phone on the nightstand, my hand connecting with a half-eaten microwave burrito before finding it.
G’day, you got Bright,
I say, remembering even in my hungover state to use my B-movie quality Australian accent.
Got a job for you, but you’ve got to get here quick.
The voice is feminine and a tad husky. Detective Trisha Sanchez. Why the hell is she calling me? After that jacked-up stakeout, I’m her least favorite private investigator in the Phoenix metro area.
What kind of a job?
I say, my voice rough from too long in a noisy bar working as a bouncer and too many cheap beers afterward. I look around my shit hole of a bedroom. Dirty laundry, trash, the spring heat of the desert morning flowing in the open window. And can they pay?
An Australian accent is easy. Just elongate your vowels—paay
instead of pay
—and throw in the occasional mate
and g’day.
In the desert southwest, that and changing my name to Conner Bright keeps my past at bay.
They can. It’s a murder, Bright, so get your ass out here now. No booze or I’ll throw you in the drunk tank.
Aces. Happy to help.
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