The Last Spin: A Noir Short Story

By Jacques Oscar Lufuluabo

The life is a round of roulette, where the choice is only up to a fickle ball. A silly game in which one bets and then sees how it will turn out.


Giorgio's life is a broken one. Unemployed for years, now devoid of any self-esteem, he lives in the shadow of his wife, his last connection with the world. Blaming her for escaping regrets is the only way to cope with an insignificant existence. But grief cannot be ignored forever. Pushed to extremes, Giorgio will soon have to look in the mirror and face tragic events from which he cannot turn back.


ALSO BY JACQUES OSCAR LUFULUABO

THE INSPECTOR NARDI MYSTERY THRILLER SERIES
- Book 1: SHADOW OF PUNISHMENT
- Book 2: ENIGMA OF THE MISSIONARY

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Jacques Oscar Lufuluabo
• Release date: Nov 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9791222474922

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JACQUES OSCAR LUFULUABO

THE LAST SPIN

TRANSLATED FROM ITALIAN

Edited by

Diane Lynch

Copyright © 2022 by Jacques Oscar Lufuluabo

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book

or portions thereof in any form whatsoever,

without the prior permission of the author.

Original title: L’ultimo giro

Copyright © 2016 by Jacques Oscar Lufuluabo

Author’s website www.joloscar.com

Jacques Oscar Lufuluabo

By the same author:

The Inspector Nardi Mystery Thriller Series

SHADOW OF PUNISHMENT

ENIGMA OF THE MISSIONARY

THE LAST SPIN

It was a more boring and pointless day than usual. As he has for years now, Giorgio feels as if another piece of life has slipped through his fingers. As soon as he returns home, he goes to the bathroom. He needs to rinse his face to scrape away the bitterness of a mundane existence. He is sweating, and with each drop of sweat that falls back into the sink, as the icy water slices through his parched skin, the bad thoughts seem to give him a moment's respite. Yet when he lifts his face, the mirror’s glass returns an image of himself that he struggles to recognize.

Giorgio’s dark eyes stare back at him inscrutably. Contracted eyebrows, in the form of menace, dig two deep furrows on his forehead. Stress, in addition, has recently hollowed his cheeks, highlighting his high cheekbones and giving his mouth a strange crease. It seems to cut the face diagonally, with one end hinting at a half-smile and the other pointing downwards, frowning,