The hunt for a blackmailer sends private investigator Benson Keirstad on a trip up the California coast. Neither attack dogs nor violent brawls in seedy dives can stop him in the pursuit of his mission. When he finally arrives in Berkeley, an unexpected and deadly showdown awaits him. Could this be Keirstad's last case? A short story.A short story from the author of Confidence Tricks.

Private investigator Benson Keirstad agrees to check out Cybil, Mrs. Drummond's long-lost daughter. Tailing the young woman through Anaheim's Downtown Disney district, he discovers an unsavory confidence scheme. When Keirstad finally realizes that his confidence, too, has been betrayed, he fears it's too late for some of those involved.A short story from our Fingerprints mystery/crime line.About the AuthorHamilton Waymire was born in New Jersey but raised and educated in Europe. He currently resides in Southern California, where he earns his living teaching philosophy. His story "And Here's to You, Mrs. Edwardson" won the Short Mystery Fiction Society's 2010 Derringer Award in the "Best Flash Story" category. Another Benson Keirstad tale, titled "A Private Eye", can be found in the winter 2010-11 issue of the webzine Mysterical-E.