Pit and the Pendulum ['Pit-Bull' Peter Geller Mystery Series Book 1]

Best-selling science fiction author John Gregory Betancourt turns his attention to mysteries, introducing a reluctant sleuth in the nervous, brilliant, and thoroughly broken "Pit-Bull" Peter Geller in "Pit and the Pendulum." Originally published in ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, this novelet launched the award-winning series. "Pit" Geller is slowly drinking himself to death in Philadelphia following a nervous breakdown and a run-in with a New York taxi that left him crippled. When a college friend calls on him for help after a blackmail attempt, Pit reluctantly engages the world again, bringing his brilliant mind to play--and bringing the case to an unexpected close.