The Empty Mummy Murders: A Poker Boy Story

By Dean Wesley Smith

For the second time in his life, Poker Boy finds himself trying to help a woman stalked by the alien-looking Silicon Suckers. He failed the first time and they killed an old girlfriend of his. This time the Silicon Suckers have killed three other women. Can he save her and more importantly help her save herself?

Bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith is the author of over one hundred novels and hundreds of short stories. Not only has he written for Pocket Book in the Star Trek universe, but he did the only two original Men in Black novels for Bantam Books. He has been an editor and a publisher and is currently writing thrillers under another name.

If you liked “The Empty Mummy Murders,” you might also like these other Poker Boy stories:

The Old Girlfriend of Doom
Sighed the Snake
Luck Be A Lady
Dead Even
Pink Shoes
Daddy is an Undertaker
Fighting the Fuzzy-Wuzzy
Not Salable for Sale
Living Time

There are also two Poker Boy short story collections available in both electronic and trade paperback editions.
Five from the Felt
The Women of the Felt

And coming soon: Poker Boy vs The Silicon Suckers: A Five Story Collection

• Language: English
• Publisher: WMG Publishing
• Release date: Jul 4, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466057289

Dean Wesley Smith

Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.

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The Empty Mummy Murders

A Poker Boy Story

Dean Wesley Smith

The Empty Mummy Murders

Copyright © 2012 by Dean Wesley Smith

Published by WMG Publishing

Cover Design copyright © 2012 WMG Publishing

Cover art copyright © Renier Janse Van Vuuren/Dreamstime

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Chapter One

It was a good ten minutes into the conversation over vanilla milkshakes and a side of fries with Scary Mary, as her friends called her and she called herself, before she got to the point.

Scary Mary deserved the name. She had bright red hair tied up so tight on the top of her head that it pulled the skin of her face and scalp upward. She wore more make-up than a bad rodeo clown, and had breasts that must have arrived at the restaurant a good minute ahead of her.

Her tight red dress, if you could call the small piece of cloth covering her largest assets a dress, I’m sure didn’t cover her butt when she slid into the leather booth at The Diner. But I didn’t look. In Vegas you saw all types, and a long time ago I had learned to not judge a person by their look or a woman by the expanded size of her chest.

Some friend-of-a-friend had given Scary Mary one of my real-world names and told her I might be able to help with her problems.