Review: Best $.99 cent buy this year
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2012
So, what can a buck buy you today?  The answer, a great short story.Silvio Mancini, the victim, is a member of the local crime family, he is part of the Mob.  He was found with three bullet holes in his chest and barely breathing.  Who gunned him down?  Who wants him dead?  Will he be able to pull through?  Those are questions you will ask.A crime reporter shows up to the hospital and wants to know what happened.  The young police officers there turn the reporter away, no comment, no answers, no leads today.  The officers are there to protect 'the victim' of a crime from further harm.Now the Crime Families Lawyer shows up and wants a word with his client.  The officers hold tough on their stand, no visitors, doctor's orders.  They assure the lawyer that his client is not under arrest, so he doesn't have the client/attorney privilege that someone has who is a suspect of a crime or under arrest for a crime.  The lawyer can't go in because the patient is in critical condition and well the doctor's said no visitors.  But the officers are happy to keep the lawyer at bay because they don't want Silvio Mancini to talk to his lawyer and tell him (and thus The Family) who it was that gunned him down.  They don't want retaliation.The lawyer leaves upset.  Good!But now comes the family priest.  Father Don Francesco Moretti has shown up to visit the patient and provide 'last rites' if needed.  But couldn't he also get information for The Family?  Well both police officers know the Priest.  They both attend his parish.  So, they know why he is there and the lead officer allows the Priest to attend to the patient and provide love and care and if needed the "last rites."So Father Moretti goes in to see Mancini and allow Mancini to give His Last Confession to his priest before dying.The Confession will stun you!  The Confession will alarm you!  The Confession will leave you asking lots of questions.  So, what is the confession?  Well, you will have to spend $.99 cents to find out and it will be well worth your time and money.Enjoy it.  Oh, and be sure and read Ethan's other short story "Carved in Memory" and then follow that up with his new book, Arctic Wargame.  Ethan is quickly becoming one of my favorite new authors.