Brigands Key...the Gulf Coast island with a dark past and a penchant for doing things somewhat outside the norms of polite society. Award-winning author Ken Pelham revisits the curious, colorful home of his novel, BRIGANDS KEY, with three all-new short stories of suspense.
"The Rum War": During the Prohibition, the daily struggle to enforce laws everyone hates takes on a different aspect when a literary figure casts his lot with smugglers.
"The Light Keeper": Is there such a thing as the perfect crime? There is if no one understands the mechanisms of the crime... "The Light Keeper" was honored as a finalist in the 2014 Royal Palm Literary Awards for Published Short Story.
"The Wreck of the Edinburgh Kate": The name of Jack the Ripper conjures myth and nightmare to this very day. What really became of him? "Edinburgh Kate" was the 2nd-Place Winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award for Published Short Story!
Ken Pelham is a member of the International Thriller Writers, and a two-time first-place winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award. His novel, Brigands Key, was published in 2012 by Cengage-Five Star. Visit him at www.kenpelham.com.
Praise for Brigands Key:
"A perfect storm of menace...breathtaking...highly entertaining!...The underwater scenes are marvelous, and the portrait of the monstrous hurricane as it batters the key and surges over it is mightily gripping."—The Florida Weekly
Genre: Historical
"The Rum War": During the Prohibition, the daily struggle to enforce laws everyone hates takes on a different aspect when a literary figure casts his lot with smugglers.
"The Light Keeper": Is there such a thing as the perfect crime? There is if no one understands the mechanisms of the crime... "The Light Keeper" was honored as a finalist in the 2014 Royal Palm Literary Awards for Published Short Story.
"The Wreck of the Edinburgh Kate": The name of Jack the Ripper conjures myth and nightmare to this very day. What really became of him? "Edinburgh Kate" was the 2nd-Place Winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award for Published Short Story!
Ken Pelham is a member of the International Thriller Writers, and a two-time first-place winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award. His novel, Brigands Key, was published in 2012 by Cengage-Five Star. Visit him at www.kenpelham.com.
Praise for Brigands Key:
"A perfect storm of menace...breathtaking...highly entertaining!...The underwater scenes are marvelous, and the portrait of the monstrous hurricane as it batters the key and surges over it is mightily gripping."—The Florida Weekly
Genre: Historical
Used availability for Ken Pelham's Tales of Old Brigands Key