Raincloud: A Novel
by Richard S. Todd

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The Jimmy Raincloud File:

Poverty. Drug Addiction. Desperation. Violence. Almost routine for the Native Canadians of Sky Lake. But when Jimmy Raincloud falls to a serial killer that is leaving a trail of bodies outside the tiny village, the animosity that exists between it and the white population of nearby Scanlon Creek threatens to escalate to terrifying proportions.

Hank Gillespie, a nightmare-ridden, mixed race detective from Scanlon Creek, must save his own life as he penetrates the violent criminal underworld of police corruption, drug dealing, and depravity in an effort to find the murderer.

The list of potential suspects is as long as it is deadly. Check them out for yourself (if you dare get that close), weigh the evidence and draw your conclusions.

The Reverend Tillman File:

Primary investigator Hank Gillespie and partner Stephanie Whirlwind delve into the disturbing serial murders. Hank is plagued by vivid nightmares relating to the case, and he believes there may be a link to a mass murder committed by the Reverend Walter Tillman years before. Has Tillman returned, or are these latest murders the work of a copycat?

Publishing in 2010.

A small-town DJ suffers a devastating emotional trauma and begins to see the world in a whole new light. He then embarks on a destructive path towards redemption, destroying all that made him what he was in an effort to be reborn.

Here's a sneak peek at the Prologue:

Dave's car headlights cut through the fog as I speed up Highway 400. His car isn't as fast as mine, never was, but at least is still in one piece and can take me somewhere. What can you do when your options are so few?

My eyes dart from the windshield, to the speedometer, to the rear-view mirror. Out front the yellow lines come at me like neon darts and fade away under the Sunbird's lurching engine. By now they've probably blocked the entrance into Scanlon Creek. Cops in the Creek can't handle this sort of thing; they'll call every emergency vehicle from every town they can find, and they'll all come screaming like some life-saving valkyries. What a goddamn mess. But so much for the cookie cutters!

I keep the car humming between the limit and about seven kilometres over, not enough to draw the attention of any speed traps. After all, this is Dave's car and I didn't have time to clean it. Who knows what a cop would find?
But that wouldn't be the worst thing. I don't think I could take the sight of the flashing lights in the rear-view. That would just about drive me mad with the needles.

I reach beside me for Juniper's hand but of course it's not there.

Dirty. Angry.
by Richard S. Todd

Currently in Development

If you've read Raincloud you only half the story. Dirty. Angry. is the story of Reverend Walter Tillman, who stabbed his way into Scanlon Creek infamy. You know what he did, but now his head and heart are exposed to uncover the horrible truth behind his vicious crimes.