The Bookkeeper

About the Book

Her name is Kalli and she has recently arrived in the heat-baked desert of Phoenix, Arizona. Her arrival is eerily punctuated by the fierce high-powered winds of the infamous Monsoon season. Kalli has a duty to perform and she takes her work seriously. Unknown to most of us we walk among evil beings who have lived before and through some strange quirk of the God’s have been reborn without paying for their former sins. It is Kalli’s job to even the score and balance the books. It is not for her to question the brutality of her methods; for she is THE BOOKKEEPER and her preternaturally chosen victims are neither her doing nor her choice. It is hard to envision a woman as beautiful as Kalli; a blonde goddess in her own right, wreaking murderous havoc on those she has been sent to destroy. But destroy she does and in ways that most of us mere mortals couldn’t conceive of in our wildest nightmares. As the winds blow and the heat stakes it’s claim on all those who reside unknowingly in the Phoenix metropolis a phenomenon is taking place that was preordained long before most of us were born. As Kalli imposes her will on those unsuspecting victims of past evil deeds she calmly makes an entry in a ledger like book that resembles what bookkeepers have used for years to record business records and household expenses. Only this book is special and sacred. It holds the key to those who are due for retribution. Of course no one, not even Kalli can simply kill and maim without the notice of the local gendarmes. That brings us to two of the main characters of my story. Men sworn to uphold the law are not prepared to uphold the laws of the supernatural. They have a killer on their hands and they are determined to catch him/her using the usual methods. That is not to be.

About the Author

Richard Ulrich resides in Sun City, Arizona with his wife Merilyn. He has six children and eight grandchildren. After serving as a pilot during World War II, he became an actor and appeared in theatrical productions, films, television and commercials. The Bookkeeper is his first novel.