The Blood Red Ruby

It was a typical February night in 1951 when she stepped into one of Nashville's many dives and into my life. The blonde asked for my story, wanting to know what had me drinking. She had no idea it was the same thing that had me working at nights, hunting down the monsters that stalk the back alleys of my city. Back in '31, the job was just supposed to be another bank heist - in, then out, then we'd be rich. But along with the money, we found that cursed ruby, and nothing was the same again. I'd thought about that gem every night for years, but now, in this bar with this dame looking at me all innocent and beautiful, I told her my tale. And that's when our story began. D. Alan Lewis mixes the hardboiled P. I. genre with the darkest elements of the paranormal to create the Voodoo Rumors stories. Set in 1950's Nashville, Thomas Dietrich is cynical yet idealistic; amorous yet full of despair. He's a man capable of harsh violence and unfettered compassion in a world where the darkest things walk the streets of his city at night.