Topical Guide 903
Mark Dorset
Projects: Desperate Measures
Leaving Small’s Hotel, Chapter 11:
Rockwell Kingman was a twisted mutation of Rocky King, the square-jawed sidekick of Larry Peters in the defunct series I’d written for so many years. Now, I supposed, following the cancellation of the series he was out of a job, older, and angry. I could see the cover of the book. There would be a photograph of a window of a second-floor office in a seedy building. A card in the window would read:
Murder While You Wait
Rockwell Kingman
(One Flight Up)
The title would be Murder While You Wait: The Memoirs of a Very Professional Killer. The author would be Rockwell Kingman himself. “Call me Rockwell. Don’t call me Rocky.” He might make us some money.
The cover might have looked something like this, or exactly like this:
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