(review of free book)

From Ash, by M. Chris Benner:Table of Contents1. SixTwelveSilvia2. Carolinas3. The Journal of Dr. Elsa Morgan Monroe4. The Cove Inn5. The Misters J6. Seven Signs of a Psychopath7. PersephoneI can't say it was flawless, as left-out aka missing words spoiled some of the prose, but the issues were minor.And I enjoyed the humor: Each time a suspect tells the Detective that there are neither corpses, nor victims, in the basement (cellar, dungeon), they soon thereafter attack him in the dark (Agent Starling movie scene), and there are always corpses and survivors.Technically not all stories were of equal quality. I liked some though, and i had sympathy with country bumpkins, who tried to avenge themselves unto the masterminds of a fraud scheme, which had driven their entire little town into bankruptcy.Good start, weaker in the middle stories, but then the aged Detective is back. The ideas were great, but not all of it was already in splendid writing style. Still, I think the author is more noteworthy, then all I only reviewed due to the "review reminder" (I don't believe in coerced reviews, and neither in paid-for reviews).