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Santa Cruz has had a fair number of bank robberies in the years I've lived here, and sometimes the robbers even try disguises, as in the case of the "Mrs. Doubtfire" robber a few years ago.And there is a real ukulele jam session called Sons of the Beach that meets regularly down by the water. But it takes a mystery writer like Vinnie Hansen to take these two facts and meld them into crime fiction. Oh, and don't worry--it's also got a touch of noir.
"Aim those baby-blues somewhere else, dollface." The man snapped his case shut.
A taletell mark on the case clasp caught her eye. She'd seen this ukulele case plenty of times. Her knees quivered like a jellyfish.She stared into the robber's eyes. Dollface. She blushed.
He snapped his fingers like a six-shooter, "Here's looking at you, kid," and strode out of the credit union.
Molly's life of serving John Q. Public for fourteen dollars an hour walked right out the door with him.
Audible sample of Vinnie Hansen's "Miscalculation" can be found HERE. Narrated by Therese Plummer.
Santa Cruz has had a fair number of bank robberies in the years I've lived here, and sometimes the robbers even try disguises, as in the case of the "Mrs. Doubtfire" robber a few years ago.And there is a real ukulele jam session called Sons of the Beach that meets regularly down by the water. But it takes a mystery writer like Vinnie Hansen to take these two facts and meld them into crime fiction. Oh, and don't worry--it's also got a touch of noir.
"Aim those baby-blues somewhere else, dollface." The man snapped his case shut.
A taletell mark on the case clasp caught her eye. She'd seen this ukulele case plenty of times. Her knees quivered like a jellyfish.She stared into the robber's eyes. Dollface. She blushed.
He snapped his fingers like a six-shooter, "Here's looking at you, kid," and strode out of the credit union.
Molly's life of serving John Q. Public for fourteen dollars an hour walked right out the door with him.
Audible sample of Vinnie Hansen's "Miscalculation" can be found HERE. Narrated by Therese Plummer.
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