An Absence of Conscience

T O R C H B R E N N A N was born to be a cop,and especially, a homicide detective. He had the instincts andthat gut feeling mentality that helps detectives sort out thegood from the bad. Minneapolis was a city that gave him a lotof challengesbut he was always up for it. Through it all, hetried to remain personally uninvolved with his cases and theirvictims, but that all changed one cold Christmas Eve.Mathew Halsworth Jr. was born with no moral compass.He was rich and intelligent and had every break in life onecould ever want or need. But he grew up to be a ruthless,cold and uncaring born killer. He felt he was too cunning toget caught, and for a long time he was. That is, until he metTorch.While most detectives would have given up and stuffedthis case in the cold case file, Torch could not and would notforget. He could forget a lot of victims, but not this one. Thisstory will challenge your imagination with its many twist andturns, but in the end; no, Im not going to go there. Read thebookyou will be surprised.

Mike Holst lives and writes in Northern Minnesota. This is his eighth published fiction novel and most of his stories take place in Minnesota. Mike has been writing actively as an author and columnist for the past twelve years. He has done many articles for magazines and periodicals. He also writes a weekly column for an area newspaper.