A novelist and recovering academic. Inspirations: Connelly, Lehane, Leonard, and Sallis. Central City is my debut novel and begins the Kulpa and Bayonne series.
Explore Central City! Meet the characters, examine the history, and visit the neighborhoods. A world of mystery, suspense, violence, and compassion awaits.
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“When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, There's just something about you that pisses me off.”
― Stephen King
#Fate
Pretty cool:
A preliminary map I drew for my fantasy adventure trilogy, soon to be published. The Fifth Corner.
— Brady Longmore (
@Vvajk
) June 15, 2020
Experience the dark side of urban intrigue in
#Journeyman
. Where the city never sleeps, neither does danger. Ready to lose yourself in a world where every shadow could be an enemy?
#UrbanMystery
#DetectiveStory
#CentralCity
's alleys whisper with stories of the past—some true, some mere legends. Dare to discover the truth with Detective Bayonne and Kane Kulpa in this gripping thriller.
#UrbanMystery
Art’s influence grows from the fact that we all approach it differently. We bring with us our moods, attitudes, backgrounds, and biases. When we move beyond a work of art, returning to our lives or moving toward the next work, the next experience, the work of art left its mark.
“Why is it," he said, one time, at the subway entrance, "I feel I've known you so many years?"
"Because I like you," she said, "and I don't want anything from you.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
#friendship
“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”
― Lemony Snicket
“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”
― oscar wilde
#songs
#Sing
“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” ― Tom Bodett
#happiness
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
― Mark Twain
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald
#readers
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
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#music
#inspiration
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
― Charles Bukowski
#doubt
#confidence
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
― Mark Twain
🔍 In a city teeming with lost souls, **Kane Kulpa** and **Vincent Bayonne** must unravel a deadly mystery. **"Journeyman"** weaves suspense, betrayal, and redemption. Get ready for a pulse-pounding ride!
#ThrillerNovel
#HardBoiled
#IndyPerro
“Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.”
― Marie Lu
#NewDay
Darkness reveals the true face of Central City. Uncover the layers of mystery that Indy Perro masterfully creates in this standout crime novel.
#MysteryNovel
#NightReads
As much as I enjoyed the vistas that stretched for miles at the top of each pass, this run holds a special place in my heart because it was the most difficult, most exhilarating run at the height of my last, great season. Read More
#running
#writing
“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
― C.S. Lewis
#Read
Caught in a blizzard with a body in the snow and an angry mob? Discover how Patrol Officer Vincent Bayonne navigates this icy mystery in Indy Perro's thrilling short story "Welcome to the Party"!
#MysteryReads
#IndyPerro
#crimefiction
#mystery
#thriller
“People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes.” ― Neil Gaiman
#dream
“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.” ― Abigail Van Buren
#kindness
Experience the electrifying chase and gripping suspense in Indy Perro's "Angel Falling." When the stakes are life and death, every clue counts. Dive into the darkness tonight!
#CrimeNovel
#Thrilling
If you love Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and James Sallis, you'll love Angel Falling, a Vincent Bayonne Story by Indy Perro. A riveting crime novel set in a dangerous Midwestern city. Only $0.99 for a limited time!
#crimefiction
#mystery
#thriller
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
#improvement