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    The Investigator: Haunted Coal Ridge, #9
    The Investigator: Haunted Coal Ridge, #9
    The Investigator: Haunted Coal Ridge, #9
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    The Investigator: Haunted Coal Ridge, #9

    By Chuck Sperati

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    A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again.

    Story 9: "The Investigator"

    Private Investigator, Bill Jacobs, is in the business of cheating spouses and insurance fraud. His work might seem mundane, but it pays the bills and lets him be his own boss. Bill likes things to stay status quo, but after growing up in Coal Ridge, he should have known better.

    Mila Franco's best friend has gone missing. The police have all but given up, but she knows that her friend is out there and needs her help.

    Soon a reluctant PI and his unwanted sidekick are on the case, but what started as a search for a missing teenager will bring them face to face with a dark secret that has been recently released from its cage, and its hungry.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWriting Distracted
    Release dateOct 26, 2018
    ISBN9781646390229
    The Investigator: Haunted Coal Ridge, #9
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    Chuck Sperati

    Among other things, I'm a writer--with some published experience--whose been mostly quiet for the past few decades, mostly because I let life get in the way. I've long had a creative outlet at the gaming table and recently found another when I started building a website. With this new outlet also came inspiration. Right now I'm working primarily on a series of short stories that has received some very positive feedback, so I'm sharing. If you enjoy anything I've written, check out my website at https://www.chucksperati.com, where you can find more things that have crawled out of my imagination.

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      The Investigator - Chuck Sperati

      Dedication

      Coal Ridge is based on Ohio’s Finest Village. It was a great place to grow up and continues to be a remarkable community to which I enjoy returning to see friends and family. For those who live there, take a moment, look around, and be wary of the shadows.

      Preface

      A series of intertwined short stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge, when the secret gets out, it begins to feed...again.

      Set in a small, somewhat geographically secluded Midwestern town, the blue-collar people of Coal Ridge are friendly and laid back. They enjoy block parties, gossip, and the simple joys that come with being a close-knit community. Since everyone knows everyone else, secrets are hard to keep, but some are so well hidden that they’ve been forgotten.

      These short stories explore a supernatural awakening that will test the bonds of family and community.

      The Investigator

      Coal Ridge, November 3, 2017

      Mr. Jacobs, what do you have for me?

      The woman who stood before me on this warm November afternoon wore a department store business suit with her arms crossed over her chest. Matronly but still curvy, her medium figure allowed her to buy off the rack. An unfortunate benefit as a little tailoring would give her the professional image she obviously sought. Despite that, she looked entirely out of place amidst piles of flattened cars.

      Please, call me Bill, I said again, are you sure you want to discuss this out here?

      I’m certain, she replied, glancing around. Like so many others who stood out here long enough, her eyes stopped on the Ron Jon Surf Shop sticker affixed to the rear window of a white Pontiac Trans Sport. Blowing out a sigh, she continued. A junkyard seems an appropriate metaphor for my life right now.

      The fourth of my clients to say something along those lines, I began to wonder if renting office space in a junkyard might not be the good idea it seemed last year.

      I can’t speak for the rest of your life, but there’s no evidence that your husband’s been cheating on you. I handed her an envelope with the 8x10s I’d printed that morning and a spreadsheet detailing his activities, including dates, times, and addresses. I prefer to reveal my findings at the small table in my office, where I could provide tissues

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