The Pointy House Murders

Book excerpt: Tony De Vita exposes the idiosyncratic facades of inimitable characters any veneer of civility, conformity, is peeled back as their behavior exposes the subterfuge that transform an idyllic landscape into an arcane thicket of deceit - and murder. Builders Sal Ridiccio, acrophobic master craftsman and Julius, younger brother who would rather nail a pliant broad than a plywood board. Su, Chinese wife, owner of Pointy House with husband, Skip Meriwether, painter with two ears and poet without a hunchback. Regina, current wife of Julius, steel tipped shoed, with a steel tipped tongue who asserts Julius moves his lips when he reads the back of a cereal box. Melissa, first wife of Julius, redheaded firebrand who is determined to solve murders for Trooper Detective John Demetrius. Tagged Cockeye for his physical perambulations and cerebral perturbations by partner Tim Kraze Kurtz. Lilliputian Moe Brown, brobdingnagian wheeler-dealer - verbally vulgar Blue Mingoe Casino facilitator. Babs and Mandy, Moes nieces/bodyguards - with more plastic in their revealing bras than in their concealed holsters. Joe Smith, Gooey Pond Park Ranger - Native American Blue Mingoe - who swaps peanuts for his squirrels for chips of his Blue Mingoe Casino.