S1E10 Oh, Hell No

Welcome to Mysteries to Die For.I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you at the heart of mystery, murder, and mayhem. Some episodes will be my own stories, others will be classics that helped shape the mystery genre we know today. These are arrangements, which means instead of word-for-word readings, you get a performance meant to be heard. Jack and I perform these live, front to back, no breaks, no fakes, no retakes (unless it's really bad)This is Season 1. The first half of the season comes from my book Widow’s Run, which was published in 2019 by Down & Out Books. If you love clever, sharp-edged mysteries and thrillers, check out Down & Out on the web. www.downandoutbooks.comToday’s episode builds from the previous. Really, you have to listen in order for the story to make sense. Start with the episode called “What a Lovely Corpse you Have” and catch up to us from there. We’ll be here for you. We’ve listed a cast of characters in the show notes to help keep track of the players.To recap, our hero, Diamond, has faked her death, burying the mainstream, suburban professional she was to resurrect her CIA cover. Why? She needs to do what the police won’t, investigate her husband’s death. In the last episode, Diamond and her Italian guide Carlo Giancarlo raid the killer’s safe deposit box, only to be caught in the middle of a bank robbery. They make their escape on scooter with more hype than horsepower. We pick up this week as Diamond and Carlo race to a dead end.Today’s story is about creating justice, making a home, and watching your back. This is Episode 10: Oh, Hell No. *******Characters with episode of introductionDiamond, our hero. Recently widowed. Recently (fake) killed herself. On a mission. (E1)Gavriil Rubchinsky. Russian-born, nerd scientist specializing in quinoa. Diamond’s husband. Died May 14, 2018. The reason for Diamond. (E1)Ian Black. Average, ordinary, white man. Extraordinary purveyor of anything, anywhere, anytime. (E1)Sam Irish. British agent. Formerly worked with Diamond. Pissed she died without him. (E1)Andrew Dixon. Seventeen-year-old genius delinquent currently surfing Diamond’s couch (E4) Enrique Torres. CIA agent who trained and worked with Diamond. Can’t believe a candle took her out. (E1)Alexei Rubchinsky. Russian-born, nerd scientist specializing in the body. Diamond’s brother-in-law. (E2)Dr. Quili Liu. Gavriil Rubchinsky’s successor, a Chinese-born, nerd-scientist who also loves quinoa. (E2)Buford Winston. Blow hard leader of the super-lobby Ag Now! who is funding the quinoa research. (E2)Montgomery Rand. Minor league con man. Reported genius who doesn’t have the brains to use what God gave him. (E3)Celina Matta. Insurance investor. Diamond’s alias in Italy (E5)Carlo Giancarlo. Diamond’s Italian translator and partner in crime. (E5)Francisco Thelan. Another nerd-scientist specializing in food. Also dead. Died same night as Gavriil. (E5)Ilsa Duma-whatever. Russian-born Italian bookseller. Totally did not seduce Gavriil. (E6)Mama Franzetti. A good woman with a piece of shit for a grandson. (E7)Hugo Franzetti. The piece of shit that ran Gavriil over, but he’s dead, too, so there’s that. (E7)Valentina Rossifiori. A single mother and friend of Hugo Franzetti who is keeping him “alive” to stop all the judging. (E8)Jessica Fielding. Magazine reporter. Another Diamond alias (E9)*******Mysteries to Die For is sponsored by Down & Out Books. The featured new release this week is Down & Out imprint All Due Respect. The Akerman Motel / Apartments per Week by Pablo D’Stair.Laying low in a cold water flat, petty crook Trevor English inadvertently discovers the truth behind a violent crime. Taking no action against the perpetrator, he is nevertheless accused of holding the information over their head.And despite his claims of non-involvement, Trevor soon finds he must either play fall-guy to the crime or else pay out someone else’s blackmail to keep his own past from being raked up.The Akerman Motel / Apartments per Week by Pablo D’Stair is now available through All Due Respect’s website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, indiebound, and all your favorite independent booksellers. https://allduerespectbooks.com/******That’s it for this episode of Mysteries To Die For. In two weeks, we’ll pick up the story with the next chapter : Buford Winston Loves His Ass.If you enjoyed our twist on storytelling, help spread the word by telling a friend or leaving a review. For less than the cost of Quili’s gourmet salad, you can join our body bag brigade to help support our show. You’ll receive bonus content as our thanks. https://www.patreon.com/mysteriestodiefor?fan_landing=trueMysteries to Die For was written by TG Wolff. Music and production are by Jack Wolff. Episode art is by Shannon Leahy. Widow’s Run was written by TG Wolff, published by Down & Out Books. www.tgwolff.comwww.Facebook.com/tina.wolff.125https://twitter.com/@tg_wolff