Words Can Kill, by George W. Clever, is a thriller/mystery novel with a story within a story. Staring at the computer screen Fred knew he had a writer's block in his story about P.I. Mike Dunmore. Maybe a search for a writer prompt would help. Fred found a prompt on the web with this warning. "If you click this icon you will never stop writing." Maybe "never stop writing" would help him finish his novel. He clicked it with his computer mouse. Fred was up to the challenge until his Butterfly or Brain Fart thoughts began to appear on the computer screen and become part of his life. One of his thoughts on the screen spelled out how his wife must die. Private Investigator Mike Dunmore watched his aging classic 1969 Dodge Charger burn as it explodes in the parking lot of Dinky's Bar and Grill. Did someone torch the car or was it an accident? When cops showed up at his apartment door the next morning Mike's car fire was not the most important problem he had to solve. He is a person of interest in a murder. Police impound found the charred body of a woman in his car trunk, a woman who was his latest client, a woman connected to the smuggling of children to the United States from Mexico
About the Author: Author Biography for George W. Clever George W. Clever is a Lenape, Eastern Delaware American Indian Nation, Unami Clan, Traditional Straight Dancer, and ceremonial elder. Born to an iron working family in Western New York and Pennsylvania during the Great Depression, he has walked the edge of two worlds. He is an artist, musician, poet, story teller and a seeker of past native mysteries. George taught at the elementary, secondary, and university levels, served as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for Native American Programs at Stanford University, was a member of the Board of Trustees for DQ University the American Indian College in California, and worked for NASA. He is a retired Mathematics Professor Emeritus from New Mexico State University. Professionally, he has published articles in Mathematics Education and Student Services journals. George has two self-published poetry books, Dancing with Grandfather, (Outskirts Press) and Bright Colored Beads (CreateSpace). His short story publications include four books, Bear Lake Monster and Other Clever Stories, (Outskirts Press) Lenape Animal Tales, (Dog Ear Publications) 7 Twisted Mysteries to Die For, (CreateSpace), and No Longer Needed: Robotic Short Stories, (CreateSpace) and Words Can Kill (CreateSpace). He received an honorable mention for his short story Bear Lake Brother in Hometown Memories anthology, A Living History of Southwestern and South Central New York. His poem Sundance on a Nike Silo was selected for Down in the Dirt's anthology, Random Thoughts. The poetry and stories he writes are strongly influenced by his American Indian activism, other American Indian poets, and ancient native artists who attempted to communicate with those that followed using pictogram and petroglyph rock art George is a member of the United States Marine Corps League, the American Legion, and Harmonie #699 Masonic Lodge. He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the New Mexico State Guard until his retirement from teaching. Father of seven children and grandfather to sixteen children, he lives with his wife in rural Western New York. George is a story teller who believes if one knows the past they will understand the future.