There is a darkness far worse than the night.
Bumper City
Detective Alton Cold Mystery Series Book 1
by Alan McGill
Genre:
Futuristic Mystery Thriller
In the future, Las Vegas is nearly
destroyed. Rebuilt under a dark cloud that blocks all sunlight, Sin
City takes on a whole new meaning.
Beneath the neon, The Pagliacci Serial Killers are on the loose and a new drug called
“Colors”, infused with nanotechnology, is killing thousands.
Violence erupts as the mutant population take to the streets to
protest working conditions and the disappearance of their loved
ones.
Big Tech, the wealthy elite, and corrupt politicians
attempt to cover it up. They can’t allow anything to interfere with
the elections, profits, or their plans.
Can hard-nosed detective
Alton Cold and his A.I. car Bessimer catch the killers, stop the
cabal, and expose the truth? Or will the appearance of a mysterious
woman cloud his judgement as the unnatural cloud darkens the sky?
To
save the people he cares about, he’ll put everything on the line to
confront a darkness far worse than the night.
Alan McGill is an American author who lives in Northwestern
Pennsylvania with a clowder of cats. Alan was close to his
grandparents who grew up in the Great Depression. They were married
young and remained together until his grandmother’s passing. His
grandfather served in the Navy during WWII and was a gifted
storyteller who weaved humorous tales about tough events. Alan grew
up with these stories of right and wrong along with watching
fictional heroes such as The Lone Ranger, Adam West’s Batman and
Captain America. Heroes who stood up to bullies and protected those
who could not protect themselves. This made an impression on the
author to always do what was right in his own life and shaped his
love for storytelling. He is a multi-genre author with his debut
novel being A Cry in the Moon’s Light which is a horror romance and
mystery series. As with all his books, one of the primary themes
involves characters who strive to do the right thing regardless of
the adversity they face. The second theme present in all his books is
love. A pure and deep love that defeats all evil.
Interview With Alan
How many audiobooks do you currently have and are there any more on thhe horizon?
I have four. A Cry in the Moon’s Light, Red Door, Father Daniel’s Compendium of the Undead, and Bumper City.
I will be recording The Undead Wars soon. I’ve decided to produce an audiobook for all of my novels, and I will probably narrate any that I write. I’m working on book three in the CRY saga and book two of Bumper City, those will both be audiobooks. And I have a short story collection similar to the Twilight Zone or Outer Limits, I plan to narrate that as well.
Do you have a favorite scene from the audiobook? What makes it special?
That is a tough question. As I said earlier, I really love voicing Bessimer. The banter between him and Detective Cold was really fun, but I’ll say Chapter 7 where Cold and Nevaeh go to her aunt’s apartment to search for clues. The creepiness, the darkness, and the attack. Plus, I got to voice the killer clown for the first time. The music and fx really put you in the moment.
How did you come up with the title of your first novel?
Well, Bumper City is technically the first book I wrote. A Cry in the Moon’s Light is the first book I published. Let’s go with that one. It’s a play on the overall theme. Is it the Werewolf Cry you hear in the moon’s light. Is it Alessandra’s sorrow? Or is it the cries of the wolves across the land. I let the reader decide what it means to them.
Who designed your book covers?
Emily of Emily’s World of Design. She’s done all of my books. I am grateful to her because I drive her crazy and she has the patience of Solomon. I can be picky and she puts up with my wanting small changes until I think it fits my vision for the story. The only exception to this was book one, A Cry in the Moon’s Light. Emily did the cover, but Patrick Boyer did the artwork. Emily has a website and can be found on Twitter and Instagram. Show her some love and tell her you saw my covers and love them as much as I do.
If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in your latest book?
Maybe. I might start chapter one differently. I was always torn about the opening. I wanted to grab the reader’s attention with the first line. Then I thought it was important to show his deep love for Mara, which is a foreshadowing of what’s to come. I hope it works for the book, but as I said in an earlier question, my script version starts differently. I think without the visual, the way I have the novel works better.
If your book was made into a film, who would you like to play the lead?
An unknown. But it needs to be someone of age. Alton is supposed to be retired. Not much as I think it could be a series and you’d want the lead actor to be able to hang in there for a few years.
Anything specific you want to tell your readers?
Thank you for reading this. I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you enjoyed it enough to want another. Please give me a star rating and/or a review. Amazon, Audible, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, BooksAMillion. Those all matter.
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