Authorpreneur Dashboard – Ryburn Dobbs
The Comfort of Distance: A Sebastien Grey Novel
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
“5 Stars A MUST READ” – Reedsy Discovery. “4.5 Stars IR Approved” – IndieReader. Deep in the forests of the Black Hills, human remains are being discovered – one bit at a time. Rumors of a rogue man-eating mountain lion are spreading through the county and panic is starting to swell. Sgt. Hank LeGris of the Custer County Sheriff’s Office is feeling the pressure; he needs to find out who the dead are, and how they got that way. Hank suspects that the bodies are the result of a more sinister predator. But in order to solve the mystery, he will have reach back into his own dysfunctional family history and pull in the only person who can get to the bottom of these strange cases – his estranged and disordered brother, the brilliant forensic anthropologist Dr. Sebastien Grey. What follows is a whirlwind tour of forensic thinking and deductive reasoning, with a pinch of romance and humor.
Book Bubbles from The Comfort of Distance: A Sebastien Grey Novel
Ingrid finds the skull
This scene contrasts the bucolic surroundings of the Black Hills countryside with the grisly discovered of a human skull. I like the character of Ingrid, even though she plays a minor role in the novel. My editor suggested that I eliminate some of the descriptive narrative about her and get right to the finding of the skull. But I wanted readers to be in her head a bit when her normal routine gets turned upside-down. Characterization and inner dialogue are important elements to me and for that reason I write in multi-point of view.
