Showing posts with label murders. Show all posts
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4 Nov 2013

Macaulay - The Detective Macaulay Murders Trilogy - The Collection - Out Now


MACAULAY


From New York City to Las Vegas in pursuit of a Serial Killer.

The chase is on.

Serial Killer Bo Harknett has resurfaced after an absence of eighteen years.

NYPD Detective Finkel Macaulay has the determination to capture him and put him away for the rest of his life.

With the help of Special Agent Nick Benson, Macaulay sets about tracking Harknett down, counting corpses in the path to his lair, only to face barriers to his arrest.

The first homicide sets the hunt for a Serial Killer into overdrive, with Macaulay leading the pack.
Three more corpses are discovered and Harknett's thirst for murder increases, putting Macaulay on a disastrous trajectory with him.

When the last pieces of the puzzle slot into place the revelations about Harknett lead to a devastating conclusion for Macaulay.

[Contains "One For The Money", "Lay Lady Lay", and "Albatross" all in one volume]












19 Sept 2013

New Short Story Released - Agent Down - A Detective Macaulay Homicide Case


[ Rated R For Violence & Scenes of a Sexual Nature]


Exclusive Extract From 
"AGENT DOWN"

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

“Stacey, baby, that feels so good,” Stanley Tulloch said. She sucked on his balls and made them slip inside her warm slippery wet mouth. He felt like he would come if she didn't stop soon. She murmured against his vibrating flesh.
“That tickles. Stop for a minute baby.” Stacey did not stop. If anything, she became hungrier for him, and sucked the tip of his black cock hard and fast until he ejaculated into her mouth. He sucked his teeth in exasperation when he came.
“Damn, girl. You're so hot tonight. Fuck!”  Stanley pulled his long black cock out of her mouth and rolled back against the cool bed covers.
The two lay silently in the wide expanse of the hotel bed. Stacey fell asleep, her arm draped over his torso. He moved her arm.
She was incredibly soft. All over. Her skin had a sheen to it. She had a golden honey hue to her toned body. He felt his cock begin to harder as she lay with her back to him. He snorted two lines of cocaine off the nightstand next to his weapon. A Glock with a 22 caliber.
He savored the last remaining minutes with her until they would have to separate. Go back to reality. She had a fine ass. Wished he could tap it some more. He was out of time.
“I have to go, honey,” he said, and turned so his back was to her. Put on his pants. Stood and jumped into his shoes and pushed his shirt down deep inside his pants. Checked the fly was closed. He headed to the bathroom to wash up quickly.
“Same time next week, baby?” Stacey called out, and slipped the stack of dollar bills on the nightstand inside her purse underneath her pillow. She sat upright in the bed and adjusted her bra. Smoothed her hair.
“Absolutely. Wouldn't miss this for the world,” Stanley said.
In the artificial light inside the windowless compact-sized bathroom he checked his face for lipstick marks. Ran the faucet and washed his hands, face and mouth. Washed off any trace of her from his smooth dark skin. He could still taste the sweetness of her pussy juices against his lips. He rinsed his face again. Captured the memory in his fantasy rolodex. Locked that shit up tight in there.
He looked in on her before he turned the door handle to leave the hotel room. She was asleep, and lay motionless in the bed. He stepped into the hallway and closed the room door. Room 7007 at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Boulevard. The Strip, as they call it.
He had gone to Las Vegas on a whim. He was on a case, and it had gone cold. There was little he could do to resurrect it. He chose instead to blow some cash the only way he knew how. Women. Gambling. Liquor. In that order.
Stanley Tulloch worked as a Private Detective. An-Ex NYPD Detective, he had served thirty years, retired, and had headed west to Las Vegas to start his own Detective Agency. 
Ten years later, instead of enjoying retirement, he drew a good salary. Took photographs of A-List Celebrities. Captured graphic details of cheating husbands or wives, and sold them to the Media. He was making paper, but not yet printing his own money. He ran the Agency with one broad at the helm. Ginger. Her real name was Marcy. A redhead with big breasts. 
Stanley gave people descriptive names which helped him to remember who the fuck they were. His memory was not that wonderful lately but it got him from A to B and helped him to solve his client's cases. He was professional. If he felt unable to take on a case he outsourced the detective work. Gave side jobs to younger more amiable guys. Guys hungrier than him for a collar. Some of his current confidential informants stemmed from his days with NYPD. Men who had since migrated to Las Vegas after he did. Tracked their movements and gave them payouts in exchange for tidbits of reliable information. 
One such side piece of information had led to the capture and arrest of an attempted rapist. Ted Hollinger. At that time, Ted had been married to Marcy. At his first sight of Marcy, Stanley knew he wanted to be with her forever. Fortunately for him, she had felt the same way about him. Lucky bastard.
Now he was stepping out on her. The jerk. (Read more at Smashwords.com)

Available now at Smashwords for Nook, Kobo, Sony Reader, ePub, or read it on your computer as a PDF file.

12 Jul 2013

This Month's Writing Challenge - July


July

Wonderful July came screeching in, bringing with it the chaos and mayhem of computer glitches, for want of a better word. When one makes ones living from writing, and it is one's craft, inevitably things go awry.

Take for instance the Microsoft Windows Update which lasted most of an entire evening, and left me frustrated and 'inoperable'. Frequent checks to see whether the update had finished, blotting of fevered brow, and ensuing frustration. I lost an entire day of creativity due to this update. Imagine my horror then, to discover that the laptop would not boot after the installation of said update. I'm one of those laptop owners who kept the manual. Fortunately, I also kept the install discs. Unfortunately, I didn't have the Windows 7 installation disc, so now I'm without a laptop. 

As providence would have it, I had recently backed up all my work onto Google Drive. I also have a Mac Mini sitting in the corner, where the uncomfortable chair makes my back hurt, and my feet become swollen within hours of being seated there. I write best when I am on the couch, next to the window, with bright sunshine pouring in. I am also opposite the television, where I can select various radio channels to hum away in the background.

My challenge this month was technology. The laptop will be repaired, when i get around to it. It isn't old, but it isn't a priority right now. I've swapped to the Mac Mini, and Smashwords happily snap up and convert into all the other formats, and my e book is published, as before.

Until the Windows Update problem is resolved, I shall not be setting my computers to automatically download them anymore. If I take control over when downloads occur, I hope to minimise the disruption to my craft. My advice to you, Dear Reader, is to backup, remotely store your files in the Cloud, and above all, have a second computer where you can get set up and be on our way again.


'Tabula Rasa - A Detective Macaulay Homicide Case' - July 31, Smashwords.com and Amazon.com for Kindle, and at all the retailers below(via Smashwords.com)






'The Detective Macaulay Murders Trilogy' by Ruby Binns-Cagney is available at Amazon.com for Kindle  or at smashwords.com for Apple iPad, Kobo Books, Barnes and Noble Nook, and more (via Smashwords.com).

What are your writing challenges? Sound off in the comments.


10 Jun 2013

Albatross - The Detective Macaulay Murders Trilogy #3 - at amazon.com and smashwords.com now.

 

**** The FBI hunt for Bo Harknett intensifies to its thrilling climax. ******

One life hangs in the balance.
One chance for survival.
Time is running out.

Will Detective Macaulay get there in time?

The pursuit of sadist Bo Harknett takes Detective Finkel Macaulay into uncomfortable territory, which shocks her to the core.


The final part of this gripping, murder-based trilogy,

"Albatross - The Detective Macaulay Murders Trilogy #3" 

has just been published at amazon.com and at smashwords.com

Now that the trilogy has been published, I feel as though I have suffered a bereavement. I did not prepare myself for this overwhelming sense of loss, this feeling like I had lost "people" I love.

As I clicked 'publish' I did not steel my heart for the loss of my beloved characters. Characters who had been in my head and heart for weeks, months, and even years before I could finally confine them to page and screen, and book.

This sense of loss has me feeling bewildered, unsure what to do with myself, what to do to fill the void left by releasing my creativity out into the world.

Writing 'Albatross' was difficult, for a variety of reasons. 

Not only is it the longest of the trilogy, it is also the most challenging story-wise, with multiple story arcs and emotions all vying for your attention simultaneously.

Near the final paragraphs of the final chapter I even found myself making excuses not to finish it, and I did all I could to avoid sitting down to write the final few words.

If I told you that there were real tears in my eyes at some of the parts of this  final book, you would be astonished. I have a feeling that this book will take off - all the time I have been writing it, the story and dialogue has come to me in dreams. It felt at times like I was being helped to write this book, it often felt as though another's presence was helping me. 

Although I had crafted an outline of the book before starting to write it, the plan changed many times, taking on a life of its own. I went to sleep each night and had dreams about what my characters would do next, and when I woke up it was with a new found eagerness to put down on page and screen what I had dreamt about. 

Perhaps it is a 'stream of consciousness' that allowed me to tap into my psyche and write this incredibly suspenseful, thrilling and emotional book, and now that the Trilogy is complete, I have enough material coming to me while I sleep to write at least a dozen more books in this series.

I have arrived, Universe, embrace me.

If you wish to preview or download a sample all of the books in the Trilogy go to smashwords.com  for iPad iPod Touch, Apple iBookstore, Sony Reader, Barnes and Noble Nook, and Kobo Books Reader. Amazon for Kindle also allow you to download a sample to your Kindle device.



To look inside this book, or to download a sample for Kindle, go to  amazon.com
Ruby Binns-Cagney is a successful self-published Author at smashwords.com and at Amazon.com for Kindle.





22 May 2013

Lay Lady Lay - The Detective Macaulay Murders Trilogy #2




Published now at smashwords.com and amazon.com for Kindle



***IT’S HERE! The 2nd book in the Detective Macaulay Murders Trilogy!!***



Fast paced, sexy, and exciting !!!!




"Lay Lady Lay" - The Detective Macaulay Murders Trilogy #2 

picks up the pace right where "One For The Money - book #1" ended.  


A relentless sadist has put a target on Detective Macaulay's back. 

The clock is ticking. 


Will time run out for Detective Macaulay?




Overview of "Lay Lady Lay"



One dead blonde. 

One bomb. 

One sadist. 

Detective Macaulay is not about to quit.


Available to own at amazon.com for Kindle and Smashwords.com for Apple iPad, iPhone, Barnes and Noble Nook or Kobo Books now.

Ruby Binns-Cagneyis a successful self-published Author at smashwords.com and at Amazon.com for Kindle.

16 May 2013

One For The Money - The Detective Macaulay Murders Trilogy #1 - smashwords.com



One For The Money is now published at smashwords.com for iPad, Nook, Kobo, Sony Reader, Kindle Apps, Apple iBookstore and at amazon.com for Kindle and Kindle Cloud Reader




Newhall Yard Police Detective Finkel Macaulay is up against her old adversary, Bo Harknett, only this time she may have taken on more than she can handle. 

With her partner, Detective Baines, she hunts down the notorious serial killer, Bo Harknett to the darkest crevices of New Jersey, where he remains at large.

His latest victim's flesh was branded with a mark which simply read "XIII"

leaving Detective Macaulay even more determined to catch him.

Up against the clock, Detective Macaulay knows she has four hours left to catch Harknett before he skips town forever, and she is adamant that she's not going to let him escape.

Not after he tortured her, and left her for dead.

Has time run out for Detective Macaulay?


Will Harknett's final victim be Detective Macaualay ?

Ruby Binns-Cagney is a successful self-published Author at smashwords.com and at Amazon.com for Kindle.



30 Apr 2013

HAS TIME RUN OUT FOR DETECTIVE MACAULAY ? [The Macaulay Murders Trilogy #1 ] [New Book]





ONE FOR THE MONEY 

 [THE MACAULAY MURDERS TRILOGY #1]


"Taking down perpetrators keeps me focussed. 
That, chocolate chip cookies, and great coffee.
Today is going to be a two-cookie day.
It's show time." 

- Detective Macaulay, Newhall Yard PD
  

Another of Harknett's victims has been found, and Detective Macaulay's on the case. 





About "One For The Money" - The Detective Macaulay Murders Trilogy #1

Newhall Yard Police Detective Finkel Macaulay is up against her old adversary, Bo Harknett, only this time she may have taken on more than she can handle. 

With her partner, Detective Baines, she hunts down the notorious serial killer, Bo Harknett to the darkest crevices of New York City where he remains at large. 

His victim's flesh was seared before being branded with by a garish tattoo that simply read "XIII" leaving Macaulay even more determined to catch him.

Up against the clock, Detective Macaulay knows she has just four hours left to catch Harknett before he skips town, and she is adamant that she's not going to let him escape. 

Not after he tortured her, and left her for dead. 

Has time run out for Detective Macaulay? 

PURCHASE this book at smashwords.com for iPad, Nook, Kobo, Kindle Reading Apps, Apple iBookstore. Also available for Kindle at amazon.com


Ruby Binns-Cagney is a successful self-published Author at smashwords.com and at Amazon.com for Kindle.




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