a snippet from this as yet
unpublished mystery

from THE PUMPJACK MURDERS

“As the two turned their backs to enter the cabin, Sage slipped a Ruger-LCR short barrel 22 long rifle revolver from his pocket and methodically shot Flint then Skaggs at the bases of their skulls. That silenced them for good – and the crickets and frogs for the moment. Sage mused as he pocketed his pistol that a revolver was the perfect weapon for such an execution. It was small, eliminated the need to look around on the ground for the spent cartridges, the report was not too loud, and the load had enough fire power for the bullet to cleanly enter the skull, but not exit, so it ricocheted around inside the skull efficiently smashing up the brain.”