Calgary author: contemporary fiction

goldies and grifters

Not quite cozy. Not quite a murder mystery . . . Farley Panko and his rescue cat, Norman, head to an RV resort in Arizona, where an old friend cajoles Farley into helping with a criminal investigation. Not only is he now a reluctant amateur sleuth, but he’s dragged into a wary, often thorny, relationship with a woman.

But shouldn’t a retired fifty-five-year-old software developer with a hankering for booze avoid criminal probes? Of course. Does he? Of course not . . . and he risks the ultimate price for his involvement.

Calgary author:
I’m Doug Waddell, a Calgary author of contemporary adult fiction. I’m thrilled to offer my debut novel, Goldies and Grifters (in eBook format only), at Kobo. Learn more about the book on my goldies page.

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So, who is this Doug person, perched behind his laptop, buzzed on coffee, responsible for all this fiction, folly and twaddle? Check out my about page if you’re itching to find out.

Excerpts

From goldies and grifters

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Norman raced across the hardwood floor and pounced on the throw rug near the entrance, knocking the alignment off-kilter.

“Why did I take in the burdensome creature?”

He was forever cleaning up after his rescue cat: crusty crumbs of food cemented to the floor; hairballs scattered about the house; and feces ineptly (and fractionally) buried in the litter box.

On the other hand, he would be good company in his newly sequestered life.

Chapter 1: Breakout(Farley Panko)

“That call went well.” Tad smiled.

“Oldies are easy targets. I wish all our marks were old fossils.”

“It’s still early. Got any more calls you need help with?”

“No,” said Torri, “I have to do a little catfishing today.”

“What’s that?” Tad looked confused, a natural state for him.

“Romance scams. Fishing for some gullible victims . . .”

Chapter 4: East Colfax(Torri & Tad)