Weekend Guest

by Jack Erickson

Overview

Short story. Sheila and Ryan were lovers until one day Sheila abruptly disappeared, leaving Ryan a cryptic note. 

Six months later, Sheila surprises Ryan by showing up at his apartment and pretending nothing had happened. Over a long weekend, Sheila dazzles Ryan with grandiose stories of her new life, hinting that they can be lovers again.

But something isn't right. Sheila's stories change and she starts acting bizarrely. She has several cell phone calls that she hides from Ryan. 

After a night of tender passion, Sheila makes a strange request -- then departs with no explanation why she is leaving or where she is going. 

Reading the Sunday paper, Ryan is shocked by a front page story that reveal secrets Sheila had been hiding.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940154965344
Publisher:	RedBrick Press
Publication date:	01/09/2018
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	316,644
File size:	230 KB

About the Author

Jack Erickson writes in multiple genres: international thrillers, mysteries, true crime, short mysteries, and romantic suspense. 

He is currently writing a series of international thrillers based in Milan featuring the anti-terrorism police, DIGOS, at Milan's Questura (police headquarters). Book I in the series is "Thirteen Days in Milan." The sequel, "No One Sleeps," was published in 2016. Book 3, "Vesuvius Nights," was published in 2019.

Erickson's models for his thrillers are based on three popular Italian mystery series: Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti in Venice, Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Salvo Montalbano in Sicily, and Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen in Rome. All three have been produced as TV series at either BBC, PBS, RAI, or Deutsche Welle

Erickson travels throughout Italy for research and sampling Italian contemporary life and culture. In earlier careers, he was a U.S. Senate speechwriter, Washington-based editor, and RedBrick Press publisher. He wrote and published several books on emerging craft brewing industry including the award winning "Star Spangled Beer: A Guide to America's New Microbreweries and Brewpubs."

Before he began writing fiction, he was a wealth manager for a national brokerage in Silicon Valley.