Money & Murder
Authors: David Bishop
Money & Murder
a Matt Kile Mystery
Short Story
[Plus Bonus Content]
By
David Bishop
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events or locales is entirely coincidental.
MONEY AND MURDER, A MATT KILE MYSTERY
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Table of Contents
Praise for the Matt Kile Mystery Series
Mysteries by David Bishop
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Bonus Content
Who Murdered Garson Talmadge
Chapter 1
Six Years Later
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Special Insert
Synopsis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Praise for the Matt Kile Mystery Series
Below are comments from readers and other authors about David Bishop’s first two Matt Kile mysteries:
Who Murdered Garson Talmadge
, and
The Original Alibi
:
There are many very good mystery writers out there, but in my view, Bishop is rapidly moving into the top rank. His work is detailed without being wordy, his plots appropriately twisted, yet subtle, and he is always accurate when it comes to police work. Mystery plots that hold a reader’s attention are very difficult to concoct, but Bishop seems to do it in his sleep. “
The Original Alibi
,” is his latest.
Gerald Lane Summers
, Author—
Mobley’s Law, A Mobley Meadows Novel
, and
Curses, A Mobley Meadows Novel
.
This witty novel whisks readers into an expertly plotted story populated by well drawn characters with tantalizing glimpses of danger lurking just beneath the surface. Matt Kile is smart, human and very, very funny; a man with his own rules and sense of honor. Bishop leaves us hungering for the next installment in the Matt Kile mystery series.
Kim Mellen
, reader.
The dialogue is crisp and distinct, breathing life and sincerity into each of the characters. This was my first foray into David’s work and I enjoyed it greatly. I can’t wait to read more. Recommended!
Bishop does a great job in this murder/mystery, keeping you guessing until the very end. The characters are likeable and the pace is fast. Most importantly the ending is definitive and satisfying, leaving you yearning for what trouble Kile gets himself into next. Fans of JA Konrath, John Locke, and Rick Murcer will find Bishop’s style to their liking.
Atul Kumar
, author of
Seven Patients
.
Five Stars for David Bishop’s carefully plotted and beautifully written mystery!
I LOVED this book! It was refreshing. It was captivating; it was funny and had some twists I didn’t expect. I absolutely adored the style of writing!
If
Who Murdered Garson Talmadge
is the first in a series of Kile novels, then all I can say is bring on the next one!
John C. Berry
, author—
A Night of Horrors
.
Who Murdered Garson Talmadge
is a spellbinding mystery told in an easy, entertaining style. Matt Kile is a character who is immediately likeable, even with his warts. The other characters are the kind you’d like to have at your next party, well, most of them. The author, David Bishop writes to keep you guessing and keep you reading.
Bishop takes you from California to Paris at a non-stop pace and mixes in the dead man’s grown children, an ex-wife’s bitter sister, international arms dealers and the FBI. All presented from Matt’s point-to-view and written with dialogue that’s crisp, action that’s suspenseful and a plot filled with a few twists you’ll never see coming. It makes for a can’t put-it-down story you won’t want to miss.
Cathi Stoler
, author of
Telling Lies
.
I really liked this book. Would give it 10 stars if I could. The characters are likeable, especially the main character, Matt Kile. I liked his doggedness in getting answers to his questions. I also liked his euphemisms for describing sex!
Author David Bishop was recommended to me by a trusted friend and I am glad she did. While I don’t normally read mysteries, I decided to read
Who Murdered Garson Talmadge
. I was thoroughly drawn into the story and the life of the main character, Matthew Kile, and can’t wait to read more.
At times I felt like answering him.
You will love all the characters, especially the ones you are supposed to hate. Great job David Bishop, I will definitely be reading more of you in the near future.
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Currently Available:
The Beholder, a Maddie Richards Mystery
Who Murdered Garson Talmadge, a Matt Kile Mystery
The Woman, a story of an ordinary woman facing extraordinary circumstances
The Third Coincidence, a Jack McCall Mystery
The Blackmail Club, Jack McCall Mystery
The Original Alibi, a Matt Kile Mystery
Money & Murder, a Matt Kile Mystery, short story
Future Working Titles
Death of a Bankster, a Maddie Richards Mystery
The Case of the Missing Mistress, a Matt Kile Mystery
The Schroeder Protocol
The Red Hat Murders, a Maddie Richards Mystery
Murder by Choice
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With great appreciation I acknowledge the people who have provided invaluable assistance to the development of this particular novel: Jody Madden, Martha Paley Francescato, and Kim Mellen. My thanks also go to Steve Jackson, Steve Himes, Lorraine Hansen, Johnny Breeze, Terri Himes, and the rest of the fine staff at Telemachus Press who helped in so many ways to enhance the presentation of this story.
The characters who reside within this story were made smarter, tougher, sexier, or more villainous through your unselfish assistance. They join the author in saying thank you.
Money & Murder takes place in Copper City, a fictional Arizona town.
This story, as are all my stories and everything I do, is dedicated to my first grandchild, Brandi Bishop, whose love and encouragement continues to inspire me, my other grandchildren, Kristopher and Kaia, my sons, Todd and Dirk, all my nieces and nephews, and my various other in-laws and out-laws.
I thank my loyal readers. Above all others, I could not call myself a novelist without your continuing interest in what I write. Thank you.
Without the faith and encouragement of so many, this book, none of my books, would exist.
Money & Murder
a Matt Kile Mystery
Short Story
[Plus Bonus Content]
I’m sure you’ve heard the best way to get something done is to know someone who knows someone who knows someone. Well, that’s how I got my present case. An Arizona icon known as PQ Winston Rutledge knew the governor of his state, who knew the governor of California, who knew the local chief of police, who knew my best friend Fidge, officially homicide detective Sergeant Terrance Fidgery of the Long Beach, California, Police Department. If Fidge hadn’t convinced me to take the case he would have looked ineffective to his chief of police, not to mention two governors. Well, you know the rest. Friends, good friends, are hard to come by and Fidge was the best friend I had, so I started packing for an immediate trip to the Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, Arizona.
Early the next morning, my assistant, friend, and case nanny, Axel, drove me to the airport for my six-thirty short flight to Phoenix. I had told Axel what I knew about the case and he had spent yesterday stuffing my portfolio with copies of articles and documents he had found on the Internet about PQ Rutledge, his family, and the things about rich folks that find their way into the newspapers and onto the Internet. He had more research to do; we would cover that later by phone.
Axel was in his sixties and I’d never seen him wear glasses. “Have you ever wore glasses?”
“Nope.”
“Not even as a kid?”
“My ma had three rules for us kids and our eyes: Don’t look cross eyed, they might get stuck. Don’t sit too close to the TV, it’ll ruin your vision. Don’t masturbate, you’ll go blind.”
* * *
By ten that morning, with the sun not yet as high as the temperature, I was sitting in the front seat of a Chevy Suburban driven by my new client, PQ Winston Rutledge, the seventy-six-year-old patriarch of Copper City’s founding and richest family.
Scar tissue over PQ’s eyes and his crooked nose called up images of the rough and tumble bars and bordellos of Arizona’s early copper towns. He’d gotten my name from a retired Marine bird colonel I met through a part military, part civilian case from my cop years. In those days, I partnered with Fidge to ramrod homicide cases for the Long Beach police department. After that, I spent four years in state prison for shooting a scoundrel everyone knew was guilty, but had been released by a judge more concerned with the technical rules of evidence than with justice. Fidge still refers to him as Judge No Balls.