Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Vol. 136, No. 5. Whole No. 831, November 2010

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Harry Hunsicker is a fourth-generation Dallas native who makes his living as a commercial real-estate appraiser. His Shamus-nominated, three-book series of mysteries starring P.I. Lee Henry Oswald (see Crosshairs, 2008) was said by PW to do “for Dallas what Loren Estleman’s Amos Walker novels have done for Detroit.” Mr. Hunsicker has also received praise for his short stories, one of which, “Iced,” is currently nominated for an International Thriller Writers award.

Danny the Dumb-ass fires once into the ceiling of the bar.

Plaster and slivers from a ruined fan shower the room, a slurry of dust and wood fragments.

I cringe, grip my pistol tighter, face hidden by a Ronald Reagan Halloween mask.

Rule One: The guns are for show only; don’t shoot unless absolutely necessary.

“N-n-n-nobody move.” Danny’s voice, muffled by his own rubber mask, sounds shrill, scared. “Ha-ha-hands where I can see them.”

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