In Chapter 5 of Dead Stripper, the plot starts to thicken.

In Chapter 4 Steve gets another rejection slip.

Chapter 3 – One of Steve’s riders propositions him.

Chapter 2 of Dead Stripper - We meet Jess and Margo - at least one will become Steve's love-interest(s).

This is how I envision the characters in Dead Stripper - the first episode of the Steve Piasecki crime series.

I never met Angela Lansbury - but she played a huge part in my becoming a mystery writer.

Thomas Harris based his Buffalo Bill character in Silence of the Lambs on Philadelphia madman Gary Heidnik. Here's Part 3 of the 3-part series telling his story of kidnapping, rape, torture, murder, and cannibalism.

Thomas Harris based his Buffalo Bill character in Silence of the Lambs on Philadelphia madman Gary Heidnik. Here's Part 2 of the 3-part series telling his story of kidnapping, rape, torture, murder, and cannibalism.

Thomas Harris based his Buffalo Bill character in Silence of the Lambs on Philadelphia madman Gary Heidnik. Here's Part 1 of the 3-part series telling his story of kidnapping, rape, torture, murder, and cannibalism. 

America’s Best Crime Writer Barry Bowe is a published author with better than 30 years’ experience writing both true crime and crime fiction. You’ll be getting chapter-by-chapter breakdowns of his crime novels. And you’ll also be getting his classic true crime stories previously published in True Detective, Official Detective, and a few other detective magazines. If you’re an aficionado of the crime genre, you came to the right place.