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Book of the Year Award winner, YouWriteOn.com
“An original premise and a well-told crime novel with strong, compelling themes. Clearly
there is quite a bit of talent here.” — John Schoenfelder, Senior Editor, Mulholland Books
Will Pruett is a young magazine journalist with a father who sits on death row, claiming innocence. While his father’s execution date looms, capital punishment is under consideration for abolishment by the state government of New York. Will seeks to influence the debate and to speed the abolishment along by framing himself for a murder he had nothing to do with—demonstrating how a simple coincidence or two can cost an innocent man his neck. With assistance from his publisher and a defense attorney, Will succeeds in getting himself arrested for the murder before realizing the actual murderer has arranged for him to take the fall for real …
NYPD Homicide detective Samantha “Sam” Ortiz conducts an investigation complicated by a city on edge due to racial tensions inflamed by the murder, by a district attorney anxious to capitalize on the case in time for his reelection, by a thirst for revenge within her own police department, and by the man she’d put behind bars who belatedly insists he’d incriminated himself on purpose.

Sam must not only determine whether Will is telling the truth but also follow unexpected investigative leads involving Nazi-stolen artwork missing since WW II and illicit high-tech genetic engineering. Will she crack the case? Or will there be a family reunion on death row?

The coauthors are: Eric Christopherson, a former police officer and federal government consultant, and Brad Schoenfeld, a nationally renowned fitness expert with over 500,000 copies of his fitness books in print.

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This ebook contains bonus excerpts:

Chapter 1 of CRACK-UP by Eric Christopherson Best Mystery Novel, Red Adept Annual Indie Awards, 2010
Chapter 1 of THE PROPHET MOTIVE by Eric ChristophersonRed Adept Reviews Indie Award for Thrillers/Suspense, 2011