Best-selling science fiction author John Greogry Betancourt turns his attention to mysteries, introducing a reluctant sleuth in the nervous, brilliant, and thoroughly broken "Pit-Bull" Peter Geller in "Pit and the Pendulum." Originally published in ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, this novelet launched the award-winning series.
"Pit" Geller is slowly drinking himself to death in Philadelphia following a nervous breakdown and a run-in with a New York taxi that left him crippled. When a college friend calls on him for help after a blackmail attempt, Pit reluctantly engages the world again, bringing his brilliant mind to play -- and bringing the case to an unexpected close.
1867. The Civil War is over. Yet there is much unrest and resentment that lives on throughout the land, and in the hearts of many... Marco steps out of the ashes of the war; a man turned bounty hunter had everything which mattered most to him violently stripped away. So he emerges with a burning desire like none other to find redemption, and a new purpose in life. He sets off i...
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