We All Wish: The Original Kennedy-Meyer Crime Drama

Big or small, every crime has a price tag. And sooner or later, somebody has to pay-victim, author or innocent bystander.

There’s no shortage of crime in We All Wish. A corrupt cop, an amateur pornographer, a voracious black widow and a superstar athlete junkie all step over the moral line in this deliciously woven tale of ambition, passion and uncertain justice.

When it’s time to pay for the misdeeds, it’s not always easy to tell who should ante up. Crimes that go back years, even decades, leave a trail of consequences not easily untangled. And rely on a system of payment that may not be up to the task. Sometimes, old crimes spawn new. So who’s really at fault? And who should pay?

We All Wish is the original Kennedy-Meyer crime drama, featuring Detective Alexander Kennedy and survivor Louisa Meyer. If you enjoy the story, stay tuned for Flip, the second novel in the series, due summer 2026.

More from Vincent Gardner
In short stories and novels, Vincent Gardner explores the humor and horror of our human frailty. With an appraiser’s eye for detail he picks out the astonishing in the mundane and explores the fine line between togetherness and otherness. His works include:

You Say You Want a Revolution (a cunning cat plots the overthrow of humankind)
What Are You Reading, Marilyn Hamel? (short stories)
What Happened When I Became Invisible (pyschological fiction)
Clearly Now (post-apocalyptic novella)