Runners by David DeLee

A Collection of Grace deHaviland Short Stories

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

When you’re a bounty hunter, making snap judgments about people will often save your life. But what if those first impressions are wrong? When Grace deHaviland chases a bail jumper to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, a long way from her home turf of Columbus, Ohio, she may discover the answer—with deadly consequences.

FUTILE EFFORT

Expect the unexpected is a mantra bounty hunter Grace deHaviland has lived by for many years, but when she’s tasked with tracking down a young bail jumper for a relatively minor assault charge, even she couldn’t anticipate the trouble she and her friend, sheriff’s deputy Suzie Jensen, get into.

KICKIN’ IT SOUTH OF THE BORDER

Tracking a U.S. bail jumper across the border into Mexico is illegal. But when bounty hunter Grace deHaviland and sheriff’s deputy Suzie Jensen do just that, facing charges isn’t their biggest problem: Getting back alive is.

FATAL TRYST

Bounty hunter, Grace deHaviland and her best friend, sheriff’s deputy, Suzie Jensen have often worked together, but when the bail jumper they’re after is a school teacher charged with sex crimes, the issues they struggle with, and the secrets they uncover, are both startling, disturbing, and strike too close to home.

FAMILY MATTERS

Family is very important to some people, as bounty hunter Grace deHaviland and sheriff’s deputy Suzie Jensen find out when a simple assault turns into a murder charge, and tracking down the bail jumper responsible raises troubling issues of illegal immigration, racism and family loyalty.

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David DeLee is a native New Yorker. He holds a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice, and is a former licensed Private Investigator. He is the author of the Grace deHaviland, bounty hunter series. His previous short stories have appeared in anthologies published by Daw, Pocket Books, and the Mystery Writers of America anthology, The Rich and the Dead, released in 2011.

David is an active member of the Mystery Writers of America and the International Thriller Writers Association. He currently lives in New Hampshire with his family where he’s at work on the next novel featuring Columbus, Ohio-based bounty hunter, Grace deHaviland.