Randall Grey was fifty-two years old; he would not see fifty-three. He had spent the last sixteen years in this ten by ten foot cell, seeing the light of day, feeling the warm sun or the cool rain, for one hour of every twenty-four. Tomorrow, he would pay for the brutal murder of his cheating wife.
Frank Bianco was a good ol' boy, a rural North Carolina hard-working family man. He drove a pickup truck, took his family to church more Sundays than not, and kept his grass cut nice and neat. He loved softball, coached little league football, and most of all, loved to fish.
Grey had been highly successful. An independent manufacturers' rep, he made millions for his clients, and millions of his own.
Randall Grey and Frank Bianco. The ruthless murderer and the family man, as different as two men could be, until their lives suddenly and violently converged. Now, Randall had a second chance at life, and was driven by one thing: revenge.
David Robertson Miller is the author of Thou Shalt Not Scoff, and The Rogue and Other Stories, and several volumes of poetry and music. Dave and Ann live with their dog, Buddy, in the North Carolina Barrier Islands in a little house called "Island Time." The Pipes Are Calling is his debut novel.
