Private Deceptions — Roy Glenn

Private Deceptions is an intriguing, fast paced journey of mystery and high powered action. In his second novel, roy glenn returns us to the world he created in Is It A Crime, but introduces the reader to a new main character, Nick Simmons.

After being discharged from Army special operations when the rest of his unit is killed eradicating drug labs in South America, a man they know only as Uncle Felix, recruits Nick to do jobs that require his special skills. Felix sets them up in a front business as Private Investigators in New York City. The story begins with Nick being released on bail from police custody. Nick recounts for his Lawyer, Wanda Moore (Is It A Crime), the events which lead him to be the only suspect in four murders. Their conversations throughout the story also give Nick a chance to face the old demons he'd left ten years before. Nick is hired by Mrs. Gabriel Childers to find her missing brother, Jake Rollins. Mrs. Childers believes that her husband, Chilly, who is involved in the drug business, is in some way connected with his disappearance.