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    Dead Cold
    Dead Cold
    Dead Cold
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    Dead Cold

    By Simon Largo

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    On a hot New York summer's day, a corpse is found in a very public place and in unusual circumstances. As the homicide investigation begins, Detective Mason Trent begins to suspect that not everything is as it seems, in this puzzling murder mystery. Dead Cold is an e-short crime thriller.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon Largo
    Release dateMay 16, 2015
    ISBN9781502265227
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      Dead Cold - Simon Largo

      Dead Cold

      by Simon Largo

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

      Text copyright © 2015 Simon Largo. All rights reserved.

      The moral right of the author has been asserted.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the express written permission of the publisher.

      Published by Bay Lake Media Limited, Kent, UK.

      Dedication:

      For my parents, Ernie and Barbara, for their unconditional love,

      and support over the years for my creative writing endeavors.

      Table of Contents

      ––––––––

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      About the Author

      Chapter One

      ––––––––

      Central Park, Manhattan

      June 8th: 6.16 a.m.

      ––––––––

      Senator Robert Ellison sat alone in Central Park. The park had officially opened at six a.m. He was in the Strawberry Fields area, adjacent to Central Park West, on one of the long green wooden-slatted benches that arced around a gray tarmacadam pathway. He was resting, quite still, against one of the trademark green wrought iron arm rests. No doubt reflecting on life and politics.

      The spot he had chosen was beautiful, the early morning sunshine peeking through the green-leafed boughs of the canopy of trees, which shaded him from above.

      A most perfect place indeed.

      About six feet away from where Ellison sat, was the large black and white tiled mosaic circle symbol, embedded in the pathway. There was one word displayed on it in black letters: ‘Imagine’. This was the late Beatle, John Lennon’s patch. A place where you could be at peace with the world. Meditate. And imagine.

      Only, Senator Robert Ellison was in no mood this morning to imagine anything at all. His cold

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