Fool Me Twice: A Mike Stoneman Short Story (Mike Stoneman Thriller)

This short story is the first appearance of NYPD homicide detective Mike Stoneman. The story won first prize in a 2012 contest, and was later adapted into the award-winning Mike Stoneman Thriller series. In this story, a wealthy but demanding father is found dead in his swimming pool. Mike is called in to investigate and gets the story from the man's spoiled teenage socialite daughter. She says the accident happened when he was trying to beat her. The guy had a history, and there were a variety of drugs in his system along with alcohol. Years later, when the same woman's abusive boyfriend bloodies up the same pool, Mike is called in again, and this time has to decide whether the woman is extremely unlucky -- or a killer.