The Cop Who Wouldn't Die: A Clockwork Genie Story

By Kevin Paul Shaw Broden

Police Detective Whitney Manning escaped from the horrors of the crimes she witnessed nearly every day into the fantasy worlds of her books. Then one day, fantasy became all too real when she met a girl with a powerful genie and her life would never be the same, as told in the pages of CLOCKWORK GENIE.

In this follow-up paranormal murder mystery short story, Manning finds that the genie's influence didn't end with that first adventure. She wasn't even supposed to be there when the bullet struck her chest. Detective Whitney Manning should be dead. This continues the CLOCKWORK GENIE MYSTERIES.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kevin Paul Shaw Broden
• Release date: Apr 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311108876

Kevin Paul Shaw Broden

Seeking a career in comic books, Kevin Paul Shaw Broden took art courses throughout his education - only to eventually discover that no matter what the media, he was a storyteller at heart. Kevin has been telling stories ever since. His first published story was a science fiction tale that appeared in his college newspaper. Since then he has written for television animation, including the Japanese series MIDNIGHT HORROR SCHOOL. Kevin is a member of the Animation Writers Caucus of the Writers Guild of America, west, and a supporter of Women in Animation. He also wrote a well-received chapter story online called REVENGE OF THE MASKED GHOST, which has since been collected online with accompanying illustrations as REVENGE OF THE MASKED GHOST: 5TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, along with a follow-up short story called "A Tale of The Scarlet Spirit: In The Clutches of Convicts". He hopes to do even more with these characters in the future. CLOCKWORK GENIE is Kevin’s first full-length novel, a paranormal romantic mystery originally debuting in late 2011 and re-released in a new edition in 2018, including new cover art. The CLOCKWORK GENIE MYSTERIES also includes a follow up short story called, "The Cop That Wouldn't Die: A Clockwork Genie Story". Additionally, Kevin's released short stories include the individually available titles "Murder on the Cosplay Express" and "No Easy Way to Die". For over the last fifteen years, Kevin has been illustrating and co-writing the online comic book FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY which can be found at http://www.flying-glory.com The premise is: the granddaughter of the World War Two super heroine Flying Glory, Debra Clay discovers she has inherited super powers and convince her high school friends to become heroes to help promote their rock band.

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COPYRIGHT

THE COP WHO WOULDN'T DIE: A Clockwork Genie Story

By Kevin Paul Shaw Broden

Copyright 2014 Kevin Paul Shaw Broden

Smashwords Edition – First published April 2014

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Cover artwork by Kevin Paul Shaw Broden

All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER

COPYRIGHT

THE COP WHO WOULDN'T DIE: A Clockwork Genie Story

AUTHOR'S NOTES – MAGIC WORDS FROM THE WATCH

SEE HOW IT BEGAN – SAMPLE CLOCKWORK GENIE

REVENGE OF THE MASKED GHOST – ALSO BY KEVIN PAUL SHAW BRODEN

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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THE COP WHO WOULDN'T DIE: A Clockwork Genie Story

Her partner was on his honeymoon and she was about to die.

Homicide Detective Whitney Manning, out of the West Los Angeles Division of the LAPD, was driving her red 1969 Mustang Mach 1 - a classic that never needed a wash or wax and its tank was always full - East along the 10 Freeway for home and her handsome mature live-in boyfriend. One of these days he was going to put a ring on her finger; she knew it. It was just a matter of time, or she'd make him do it.

She was laughing at that thought when her police radio squawked into action.

All units! Shots fired. 300 block South Robertson.

There would be plenty of officers to handle the situation; they didn't need her. In under an hour she would be home enjoying dinner with her lover, and she had to admit he was a whole lot better to snuggle up to at night instead of a paperback novel. All the same, the radio call had awoken her adrenalin which hadn't been used all day, so Whitney flipped on her siren and flasher, cut across two lanes of traffic and was down an off ramp in seconds.

Honey, came a wonderful voice into her ear-bud, I was just leaving for home.

Albert Kramer, her wonderful man, was still at his office in Century City when she called him.

I should be home in an hour. Do you want me to put dinner on?

You're sweet, as always, Whitney replied with a loving smile as she pulled her Mustang to the curb, but I may be a bit late. Go treat yourself to something special; I'll hit a drive-thru on the way home. Sorry.

Well, I want you next to me in bed tonight, so please be careful.

Aren't I always, she said getting out of the car. Lov'ya.

Whitney pocketed the earbud as she saw more than a dozen black-and-whites up ahead. She flashed her badge to the uniformed officer who guarded this side of the crime scene. Nodding to her, he raised the yellow tape so she could duck and enter.

What do we got? Whitney approached the Incident Command, Harold Burk.

What are you doing here, Manning? He hardly glanced her way; his eyes and those

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