Dead Ringer 3 and Windfall
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DEAD RINGER 3
The doorbell sounded musically, playing ‘Garry Owen’ through a hidden speaker over the double, eight foot tall oaken doors. It lightly played fourteen notes, just enough to “feel” the romanticized movie notions of ‘Custer’s Last Stand.’ The house was an old hundred year plus house; a turn-of-the-last-century home with high ceilings.
Every time Harmon Gregory heard it play, for some reason he thought of John Wayne and his many Hollywood roles as a cavalry officer—several of those old movies had 'Garry Owen' playing in the background or as a theme throughout the movie.
Harmon looked through the front door peephole and carefully lifted the latch and turned the knob for the deadbolt. He glanced quickly outside; there was a small compact car in the circular driveway parked crookedly and away from the curb about two feet.
A young man in a plain, dark blue work uniform was standing to one side of the porch, gently balancing a flat box. He had a blurred name patch on his shirt’s left pocket—the shirt had been washed one time too many—the name was unreadable. If the box had not been made of plain brown pasteboard, it might have been a medium sized pizza.
“Yes young man! Do you have something for me?”
“Yea Sirra! I got this here box an somebudy has to sign fer it,” he handed Harmon a clipboard. The young man had an odd accent.
“It’s got yer wife’s name on it. Err...I reckon it’s yer wife.”
The young man kept balancing the “pizza” waiting. It wobbled. He steadied it with his other hand underneath the edge. At the top of the clipboard was a decal:
ACE DELIVERY SERVICE
Linthicum, MD
PHN 1-818 555-3627
Harmon thought it might be something for his birthday this coming Thursday. He signed it hurriedly.
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This is a Dual Novel: Dead Ringer 3 is a continuation of Dead Ringer 2 but with some new characters added. They are actively engaged in the War Against Drugs in Central America. One of the "new hires" is under Witness Protection and decides that Central America would be a better place to hide than where she has been for the last year in the States. She is teamed with a young man from California who was wounded in Iraq and put "out to pasture." They work together in the Jungles of Colombia and Nicaragua--and fall in love.
The second novel WINDFALL is centered about a young man who was wounded in the Iraqi war and returns to his home town and works as a PI. He is working the other end of the War on Drugs in the central valley of California. He meets a girl during one of his investigations and they find something in common--this leads to love. They eventually work on the same team and there is an odd turn of events at the end that links the Dual Novels together.
About the Author
F. Eugene Barber grew up in the
He has worked in the defense, aerospace, and intelligence communities most of his adult life and for the last dozen years or so years he has consulted on FAA, agency, and DoD projects. He recently finished a three year assignment at the
Mr. Barber has worked all over the world; North, South, and Central America, Europe, the UK, Scandinavia, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Siberia, South Africa, French Polynesia, mainland China, South Korea, Japan, and Australia.
He and his wife, Yvonne, also lived for a time in