Unbroken

Solving Murders in the Afterlife with Dick Wybrow

07.20.2020 - By Alexandra AmorPlay

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Solving crime is never easy...even when you're a ghost.

I found the premise for Dick Wybrow's Painter Mann series to be utterly unique and intriguing. Painter is recently deceased and stuck in the InBetween, helping those with unexplained deaths solve the riddle of how they were murdered so they can move on to other realms.

In this podcast episode, Dick reads to us from the first book in the series, The InBetween, and in the interview we discuss building the world he's created for his sleuth, letting the characters tell him what's next, and how Dick himself doesn't necessarily believe in ghosts.

This week's mystery author

Dick Wybrow is a Canadian author. His novels are mainly set in the United States, where he grew up. A former stand-up comedian, Wybrow is a humor writer who crafts thrillers that incorporate elements of suspense, horror, mystery, science fiction and fantasy.

His stuff has been heard on the radio by millions, seen on the TV in 213 countries.

To learn more about Dick and his books visit DickWybrow.wixsite.com

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Excerpt from The InBetween

[Language warning: There are a few naughty words in the excerpt Dick reads.]

The living don’t realize how easy they’ve got it.

These days, you can’t get lost anymore, what with GPS telling you where to go. And even if that didn’t work, your map software is likely on your phone. You can just call someone and tell them you got your dumb ass lost.

Hell, you might even come up on that person’s phone as My Dumb Ass Friend Who Calls Me When He’s Lost (mobile).

The dead don’t have the luxury.

It’s not like you’ve got a compass to tell you you’re going north. You can see on the big rest stop map that you’ve got to take County Road 34 to 63, which’ll take you to Interstate 70, then onto 35, but you’d be surprised how fast all them numbers jumble up in your head because you can’t carry a notebook and a pen to write shit down.

Now, there is a bit of a fallback you can half rely on if you get lost: if you just keep going, eventually, you’ll find yourself back home. We are the energy beings of the ether, so we are drawn back to the familiar.

It’s almost like a faint scent that you can’t name. Something vaguely familiar; you just can’t put your finger on it.

After reassuring Bernard the mailman I would loop back to Madison and help him out,

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