Rubric may be Glenn A. Bruce's darkest novel yet. A pitch black thriller about detective and family man Mark Young who seems to be losing his mind - as the bodies pile up around him. He stalks young women, unloads his duty weapon at shadows in the night, and children end up dead in his neighborhood. His family has certainly abandoned him and his Captain wants his badge. Everyone seems to be against him - but everyone has their own secrets. The deepest secret of all is hidden inside Mark Young; but will he find it in time? Or will everyone end up dead. With his trademark gallows humor, Glenn A. Bruce has created a world of dark obsessions and multiple murders, laced with jokes only a homicide dick could make. When he's in a good mood, Mark Young is caustic, dark and funny. When he's not, he's dangerous.