There Goes the Neighbourhood
Karen Keeley
- “I
- know
- he’s
- been
- abducted
- by
- aliens.
- They
- whisked
- him
- away
- in
- the
- ship,
- left
- me
- standing
- there,
- watching
- the
- ship
- grow
- smaller
- and
- smaller.
- Len
- has
- to
- be
- somewhere,
- and
- you’re
- a
- tracker.
- Word
- on
- the
- street,
- you
- can
- track
- anything.”Syd
- Malloy
- smiled.
- Yes,
- he
- was
- a
- tracker
- but
- he
- preferred
- private
- investigator
- which
- meant
- searching
- for
- people
- who
- had
- gone
- missing
- or
- rustling
- up
- clues
- with
- regard
- to
- stolen
- property,
- collecting
- his
- standard
- rate
- for
- his
- efforts.Excerpt
- from
- ONE
- WOMAN
- TOO
- MANY,
- the
- first
- of
- nine
- short
- stories
- featuring
- Syd
- Malloy,
- Private
- Investigator
- and
- his
- long-time
- pal
- Detective
- Al
- Simms
- with
- the
- Vancouver
- Police
- Force.
- Join
- them
- as
- they
- battle
- crime
- in
- post-WWII
- Vancouver,
- British
- Columbia.KAREN
- KEELEY
- has
- published
- short
- fiction
- in
- a
- number
- of
- anthologies,
- including
- Murder!
- Mystery!
- Mayhem!
- (Nordic
- Press).
- Karen
- is
- a
- former
- Communications
- Analyst
- with
- the
- Yukon
- government,
- now
- retired
- and
- living
- in
- Calgary,
- Alberta,
- Canada.
- Her
- previous
- works
- include
- STICKS
- AND
- STONES,
- Three
- Murder
- Mysteries,
- and
- TELLING
- TALES,
- a
- collection
- of
- short stories.
