William L. Story
William L. Story has taught English, creative writing and various other writing courses. He has published three previous novels and co-authored two others. He enjoys reading novels of crime and particularly enjoys the works of Elmore Leonard, Robert Parker, Nelson DeMille, Michael Connelly and James Lee Burke. His current primary hobby is most things Italian: the food, the wine, the people, the country and, of course, the language. He has taught himself a smattering of the bella lingua and is able to stumble through a conversation. He enjoys traveling, especially to Italy. He lives near Boston with his wife Marie.
Spiral
Bobby Ellis is best known to his friends as "Chug" because he can chug a beer faster than anyone alive. However, when Chug, a likable and decent enough person in many respects, becomes involved in a daytime heist of a restaurant where he accidentally shoots and seriously wounds Florence Scarlata, the mother of Boston's crime boss, he steps into a world he never could have imagined and his life becomes an out of control spiral. Trying to elude both the police and the Mob, Chug gets caught up in a game of deadly pursuit. When Florence Scarlata dies, the rage of her son, William Scarlata, a.k.a. Will Scarlet, knows no bounds and he plans a retribution that defies imagination, one that plays into everyone's worst fear.
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Reviews of William L. Story's Books:
CEMETERIES ARE FOR DYING
“ . . . underworld characters are well drawn.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“Mr. Story writes well and has the ability to create menacing figures without making caricatures of them. The book, with its Boston backgrounds, its mobsters and ghetto kids, its overworked and tired cops, rings true.”
New York TIMES
“A powerful story, beautifully told.”
Robert B. Parker
FINAL THESIS
“ . . . a taut and often engaging tale.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“ . . . an excellent thriller with a satisfying ending.”
Newport News PRESS
“ . . . a thriller reminiscent of Robert Parker.”
Houston CHRONICLE
Books by William L. Story
- DOMINO SPILL
- CEMETERIES ARE FOR DYING
- FINAL THESIS
- SALEM'S SECRET co-authored with Robert E. Cahill
- CAPE COD'S SECRET co-authored with Robert E. Cahill