First Mistake

By J.T. Lewis

Being crazy is all fun and games...until someone dies!

A young woman is dead...

Found lying in the middle of a country road...

An innocent young girl...

No one knows who she is...

A relatively simple investigation for Nick Behr, even considering the mental condition that fills his head with personalities he doesn’t want to hear from.

And then someone throws a sniper into the mix...a sniper gunning for HIM!

• Language: English
• Publisher: J.T. Lewis
• Release date: Nov 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370965281

J.T. Lewis

Mystery abounds in the books of Amazon Best Selling Author J.T. Lewis.Living in Southeast Indiana with his wife, J.T. has always loved a mystery. Striving to bring readers a story packed full of action, adventure, and suspense has led to his current selection of titles.His first full length novel, Murder! Too Close To Home, was the beginning of the acclaimed Adventures of Gabriel Celtic series, and was voted #1 on Goodreads Best Debut Mystery Series list. The thriller/adventure series continued with Gabriel's Revenge,followed closely by In Case of Death as well as The Book of Gabriel in 2014. The Adventures of Gabriel Celtic is as series about the life of Gabriel Celtic...an ordinary man caught up in extraordinary adventures!Another new series, The Nick Behr Mysteries, starts with the story Kidnap Inc., where we get to meet Nick Behr...as well as all of the people that have crowded into his head! Fighting against the craziness of his life while trying to solve the murders of the current case sometimes leads the story to veer off-kilter a little. This unexpected result has caused the story to be labeled, "One of the funnest mysteries I've read in quite some time!"Also added to J.T. Lewis' series list this year...The Artifact Hunter! Jesse Flanagan is just a guy who enjoys making a profit from the antiquities he buys and sells. When one of his discoveries suddenly puts him in the cross-hairs of assassins, he must change his whole life as he goes underground to try and reclaim his life!An electrician by trade, at night JT Lewis morphs into a fictional detective with a keyboard, a transition that suits his need for creating exciting stories for his ever-growing audience.Find and follow JT Lewis @:http://jt-lewis.blogspot.com/https://www.facebook.com/JTLewis.Authorhttps://twitter.com/JTLewis_Bookshttp://www.wattpad.com/user/JTLewisAuthorhttp://pinterest.com/jtlewisbooks/https://www.facebook.com/Murdr.Too.Close.To.Homehttps://www.facebook.com/gabriels.revengehttps://www.facebook.com/ThePepperAndLongstreetMysterySeries

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First Mistake

A Nick Behr Mystery

By

JT Lewis

Copyright 2018 and Beyond by JT Lewis

Cover Design by JT Lewis

Published by Medlevian Press

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This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer's imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.

Chapter 1

About the Author

First Mistake

Nick

Tuesday Morning

Another bullet chunks into the tree I am hiding behind…a tree that is much too small to be used for such purposes. My heart is in my throat as I longingly eye my truck halfway down the block.

My first mistake was coming to see Harry Modine while leaving my weapon in the glove box. Scratch that, my first mistake was coming to see Crazy Harry Modine without another person as backup!

What the hell am I…chopped liver? a voice behind me asks.

I glance over at Trucker, who glares back at me from under the brim of his dirty, wide-brimmed cowboy hat. He isn’t hiding behind a tree, and he doesn’t seem to notice the bullets flying through the air.

You could call him my backup…or you could call him a hallucination.

Shit!

A year ago a drug dealer we were arresting whacked me upside the head with a baseball bat. Since then, my mind has been expanded exponentially…if you can call having several competing personalities showing up whenever they want an expanding mind.

"I don’t know what to call you, I admit, But why don’t you head on up to that porch and disable that crazy jerk for me?"

His eyes show the necessary determination, but he doesn’t move.

I would if I had a weapon, he finally replies.

So would I! I scream back at him, frustration ebbing out of my pores at the thought of leaving my gun in the truck.

Suddenly I’m forced to duck again when a section of bark beside me explodes in my face.

Shit!

It’s hard to explain how I got in this situation…

No it ain’t, Trucker interjects, You jumped the gun is all! That was your first mistake.

As much as I hate being interrupted by a hallucination…I have to admit that this time he is right…mostly…

Last night, a girl was found murdered, lying in the center of York Road in the middle of the county.

Why is this any of my concern, you may ask?

Because I am currently a detective on the Cambridge County Sheriff’s Department…and murder is my specialty!

Trucker snickers…

"What? It is my specialty!"

Whatever, Nick, Trucker replies with a yawn. Sliding down a nearby electric pole to a sitting position, Trucker pulls his hat down low over his eyes.

Wake me when we get some help.

I shake my head, closing my eyes to the sudden pain in my skull. My Psychiatrist tells me that the pain should go away eventually…as well as the hallucinations.

"Whatever," I mumble while glancing around the base of the tree and seeing Crazy Harry release his magazine onto the ground. Before it even hits the grass however, he has a new one shoved up the handle and has released the slide.

Chunk!

Shit!

He is already firing again!

Harry! I call out in desperation, Harry…it’s me…Nick Behr!

I know who the hell you are, you crazy bastard! Harry calls back right before a bullet plows up the earth beside me.

Kinda like the pot calling the kettle black ain’t it? Trucker observes dryly from where he sits.

You’re also a cop! Harry continues, tapping the tree with three rapid shots as he speaks.

I just came to talk! I continue quickly, ignoring Trucker’s comment.

That was your first mistake! Crazy Harry calls back angrily.

Monday Night

It’s Monday night, and my wife and I have just finished supper. I am, of course helping with the dishes…

Ok, scratch that…She is doing dishes while I am behind her…doing my best to entice her into a little dessert…if you know what I mean.

Now my wife, Amanda, really likes me, so I’m thinking I’m getting the job done handily when my cell trills.

Shit!

Behr! I say into the phone, seething with frustration.

Nick, it’s Sam, says my newly elected Sheriff in his usual, casual style. Sam and I have been working together for years in his former capacity as Chief Deputy, and I really can’t imagine having a better boss.

Yeah, Sam, I reply, What’s up?

Patrol just found a woman lying in the middle of York Road…looks like she’s been shot.

Shit!

I sigh as my passion withers on the vine.

Be right there, Sam, I reply, glancing up at Amanda sadly before disconnecting.

Sorry, kid, I whisper as I pull her into a hug, Someone went and got themselves shot.

Awww…That’s a shame.

She then pulls me closer and whispers into my ear.

"I’ll try and keep dessert warm for you…"

Yesssss! I hear behind me, not having to look to know who’s there.

Alix…with an i.

Alix is my sex-craved, purple-haired punker hallucination that can’t ever seem to get enough.

Of course…she never actually gets to have sex, much to her dismay.

I can’t wait, I grin at Amanda.

Me neither! Alix yells excitedly from behind me, "How about a