Book #1 of a Noir Horror Thriller Short Story Series. This story series has been written in an effort to find Alfred Hitchcock...Gary "Birdy" Vance is a truck driver in warm, humid Southern Tennessee. He is on his last few days before retirement when his lifelong pal, Randall Ferguson, mysteriously vanishes from an oil rig ship in the Atlantic Ocean. His family is distraught, especially his wife, Betty (short for Bettina, named after her grandmother). They have four kids, two side-by-side RVs in a rundown trailer park, and despite how things appear, Gary and Betty are the parents of at least a couple of the children. They are sure that Randall never knew before his disappearance. Did he know? And what instructions did he leave his sister Norma Wildes (who, by the way hasn't been seen in decades either). Watch as the plot unfolds. Can this writer find Alfred Hitchcock's storytelling and words to spin a truly remarkable series of suspense, intrigue, horror, and noir thrill? Read for yourself.