In the 23rd Century Moon Detective Mystery
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Published 5/30/2023In an out-of-the-world setting, private detective Kenneth Nolan must confront an intense crime in order to save a set of protective siblings charged with the (ironically) prohibited act of incest — all while avoiding Trump, Russia, Putin, and the Ukraine war.
"Are you shitting me?" I asked, surprised at the accusation.
"I'm afraid not," he said. "The results are in."
I looked to my lawyer and back to the woman accusing me of incest with my sister.
"You've got to be fucking joking."
She pulled out a file and read from it, "Kenneth Nolan, aka 'Ken' on the Moon, is charged with Incest with his sister, Jennifer Nolan, aka 'Jenny' or 'Jennie'." She looked up at me and said, "You have the right to remain silent."
"I know that," I said. "This is ridiculous."
She put down the papers and stared at me through her dark sunglasses. She was sure about this. I could tell by her voice and demeanor as well as her body language: she knew something was going on between us.
"Have you been involved sexually with your sister?" she asked.
I looked over at my lawyer, who shrugged his shoulders to say, "do you want me to answer for you?" He knew I'd go off if he didn't give me a chance to speak for myself.
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My lawyer was named James Covington III. He was also my friend and best man at my wedding three years ago before we moved to the Moon when things started getting bad on Earth. My wife had died of cancer, having succumbed to it during our first year here. James had sent his daughter Lelia up here with us and we all lived together ever since then in an apartment complex village near the Euro-American Lunar Research Center - known as EALR - where we both worked. We met Laurie there too - James's secretary - and she quickly became one of us three. It was like family living there among other workers of EALR, but it was always just us four and nothing more romantic ever happened until Lelia left for college on Earth eight months ago...and now I'm accused of being into her old man? Jesus Christ! What type of fucking game were they playing?
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