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Excerpts & Samples
A REAL PIECE OF WORK — A Novel

Dakota Stevens, PI, and his brilliant & sexy sidekick, Svetlana Krüsh, are hired to find a million-dollar painting, but after several brushes with death, they discover something far more sinister.

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THE RICH ARE DIFFERENT — A Novel

An insanely wealthy woman hires Dakota & Svetlana to investigate the death of her eccentric brother, who owns an Old West resort. But murder is only the beginning; with this case, they've hit the mother lode.

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OTHER WRITINGS

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SHORT STORIES & ARTICLES

The following are selected PDFs of previously published short stories & articles by Chris Orcutt. (Adobe Reader is required.) Please allow for loading time.

"Faith and the iMac" – Orcutt's trials and travails as a loyal Mac user with the original iMac.

"Descent" – What would happen if a rock climber stumbled upon an escaped child killer?

"Whose Van is that on Fire Out There?" – One young man's plight with automobiles, based on real events.

"The Phantom Menace" – Orcutt's rekindled obsession with everything Star Wars at the time of Episode I.

"Sonata for Knife and Violin in F Major; 'Revenge'" – Meet Vikolai Vernikov, concert violinist, a man barely alive—that is, until he finds new life, and talent, by killing people.