Posts Tagged ‘thriller’

Pump Up Your Book Presents Shadows in the Fog Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Win $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Greg Messel’s SHADOWS IN THE FOG virtual book tour December 1 – February 13! Title: Shadows in the Fog Author: Greg Messel Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 353 Genre: Mystery Thriller Format: Paperback/Kindle The story begins on a stormy morning in February of 1959. The front page of the morning paper is dominated by news of the plane crash which killed rock ’n roll stars Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens. Private Eye Sam Slater is hired to perform what he thinks is a routine two-day job as a favor for a friend. However, it all goes terribly wrong
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Blood of the Fifth Knight Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you E.M. Powell’s THE BLOOD OF THE FIFTH KNIGHT virtual book tour January 5 – February 13! Title: The Blood of the Fifth Knight Author: E.M. Powell Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Pages: 355 Genre: Historical Mystery/Thriller Format: Paperback/Kindle/Audiobook England, 1176. King Henry II has imprisoned his rebellious Queen for her failed attempt to overthrow him. But with her conspirators still at large and a failed assassination attempt on his beautiful mistress, Rosamund Clifford, the King must take action to preserve his reign. Desperate, Henry turns to the only man he trusts: a man whose skills have saved him once before. Sir
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{Historical Mystery/Thriller} The Blood of the Fifth Knight Blog Tour Sign Up

E.M. Powell will be touring January 5 – February 13 with her historical mystery/thriller, THE BLOOD OF THE FIFTH KNIGHT! We are looking for: Reviews (ebook/paperback) (Sorry paperbacks for review are gone) Interviews Author Guest Posts Character Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you!   England, 1176. King Henry II has imprisoned his rebellious Queen for her failed attempt to overthrow him. But with her conspirators still at large and a failed assassination attempt on his beautiful mistress, Rosamund Clifford, the King must take action to preserve his reign. Desperate,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Too Late to Run Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you John Perich’s TOO LATE TO RUN virtual book tour December 1 – 16! Title: Too Late to Run Author: John Perich Publisher: John Perich Pages: 402 Genre: Mystery/Thriller Format: Kindle Too Late to Run is the third book in a series of gritty mystery novels starring Boston photojournalist Mara Cunningham. This time, Mara reluctantly aids a crooked real estate developer from her past who’s been detained on trumped-up charges. But each clue she uncovers turns up more enemies – backwoods militias, corrupt bankers, and a mysterious pyromaniac – and raises doubts as to her friend’s innocence. For More Information Too
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{Mystery/Thriller} Shadows in the Fog Blog Tour Sign Up

Greg Messel will be touring December 1 – February 13 with his mystery/thriller, SHADOWS IN THE FOG! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews Author Guest Posts Character Guest Posts Book Trailer Reveals Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you!   Title: Shadows in the Fog Author: Greg Messel Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 353 Genre: Mystery Thriller Format: Paperback/Kindle The story begins on a stormy morning in February of 1959. The front page of the morning paper is dominated by news of the plane crash which killed rock ’n roll
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{Mystery/Thriller} Too Late to Run Blog Tour Sign Up

John Perich will be touring December 1 – 19 with his mystery/thriller, TOO LATE TO RUN! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews Author Guest Posts Character Guest Posts Book Spotlights (Please note: While Too Late to Run is the third book in the Mara Cunningham series, it stands alone as a story, not requiring familiarity with the other two (Too Close to Miss, published in 2011; Too Hard to Handle, published in 2012). The author is willing to send one or both previous books to reviewers who sign up to review Too Late to Run.  Please mention this on the form if you need the first two
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First Chapter: Miracle Man by William R. Leibowitz

Title: Miracle Man Author: William R. Leibowitz Publisher: Manifesto Media Group Pages: 428 Genre: Cross-genre Thriller Format: Paper/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON REVERED   REVILED    REMARKABLE The victim of an unspeakable crime, an infant rises to become a new type of superhero. Unlike any that have come before him, he is not a fanciful creation of animators, he is real. So begins the saga of Robert James Austin, the greatest genius in human history.  But where did his extraordinary intelligence come from? As agents of corporate greed vie with rabid anti-Western radicals to destroy him, an obsessive government leader launches a bizarre covert mission to exploit his intellect.  Yet Austin’s greatest
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First Chapter: Night Terror by Jeff Gunhus

Title: Night Terror Author: Jeff Gunhus Publisher: Seven Guns Press Pages: 400 Genre: Supernatural Thriller/Horror Format: Purchase at AMAZON Ten years after her abduction and near-sacrifice to the Source, Sarah Tremont struggles to be a normal teenager. As much as she’s tried to suppress the power inside of her, it’s grown dangerously strong and has drawn the attention of those who want to possess her power for themselves. The nightmare that she thought was long over starts again as powerful forces descend upon Prescott City to seek her out. With her parents and Joseph Lonetree’s help, Sarah must stand up to an evil much more powerful than the one
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  • September 16, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Deadly Dozen Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the DEADLY DOZEN Virtual Book Tour October 6 – 31! Title: Deadly Dozen: 12 Mystery/Thriller Novels by Bestselling Imajin Books Authors Authors: Cheryl Kaye Tardif, Catherine Astolfo, Alison Bruce, Melodie Campbell/Cynthia St-Pierre, Gloria Ferris, Donna Galanti, Kat Flannery, Jesse Giles Christiansen, Rosemary McCracken, Susan J. McLeod, C. S. Lakin and Linda Merlino Publisher: Imajin Books Genre: Mystery/Thriller Format: Kindle The DEADLY DOZEN Book Bundle contains 12 complete mystery/thriller novels by award-winning and international bestselling authors: Cheryl Kaye Tardif, Catherine Astolfo, Alison Bruce, Melodie Campbell/Cynthia St-Pierre, Gloria Ferris, Donna Galanti, Kat Flannery, Jesse Giles Christiansen, Rosemary McCracken, Susan J. McLeod, C.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Miracle Man Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you William R. Leibowitz’s Miracle Man virtual book tour October 6 – December 19!   Title: Miracle Man Author: William Leibowitz Publisher: Manifesto Media Group Pages: 428 Genre: Cross-genre Thriller Format: Paper/Kindle REVERED   REVILED    REMARKABLE The victim of an unspeakable crime, an infant rises to become a new type of superhero. Unlike any that have come before him, he is not a fanciful creation of animators, he is real. So begins the saga of Robert James Austin, the greatest genius in human history.  But where did his extraordinary intelligence come from? As agents of corporate greed vie with rabid anti-Western radicals
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{Multi Genre Thriller} Miracle Man Blog Tour Sign Up

William R. Leibowitz will be touring October 6 – December 19 with his multi-genre thriller, Miracle Man! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews Guest posts Character Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! REVERED   REVILED    REMARKABLE The victim of an unspeakable crime, an infant rises to become a new type of superhero. Unlike any that have come before him, he is not a fanciful creation of animators, he is real. So begins the saga of Robert James Austin, the greatest genius in human history.  But where did
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Divine Sanctuary Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Cheryl Kay Tardiff’s Divine Sanctuary (Book 3 in the Divine Trilogy) virtual book tour August 4-29! Title: Divine Sanctuary Author: Cheryl Kaye Tardif Publisher: Imagin Books Pages: 210 Genre: Paranormal Mystery/Crime/Thriller/Romance Format: Kindle Purchase at AMAZON There’s no place like home… In the Divine trilogy finale, the heat is tripled when CFBI Agent Jasi McLellan must rescue Emily, the ghost girl that haunts her dreams; expose her own mother’s killer; and uncover a murderer that preys on the weak at Sanctuary, a controversial cult nestled in the woods near Mission, BC. Something insidious lurks behind the safe haven of Sanctuary’s
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{Paranormal Mystery} Divine Sanctuary Blog Tour Sign Up

Cheryl Kaye Tardif will be touring August 4-29 with her paranormal mystery/crime/thriller/romance, Divine Sanctuary! We are looking for: Reviews (ebook only) Interviews Author Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! There’s no place like home… In the Divine trilogy finale, the heat is tripled when CFBI Agent Jasi McLellan must rescue Emily, the ghost girl that haunts her dreams; expose her own mother’s killer; and uncover a murderer that preys on the weak at Sanctuary, a controversial cult nestled in the woods near Mission, BC. Something insidious lurks behind the
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First Chapter: The Last Ancient by Eliot Baker

Title: The Last Ancient Author: Eliot Baker Publisher: Burst Books, imprint of Champagne Books Pages: 316 Genre: Supernatural Thriller, Historical Mystery Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Around Nantucket Island, brutal crime scenes are peppered with ancient coins, found by the one man who can unlock their meaning. But what do the coins have to do with the crimes? Or the sudden disease epidemic? Even the creature? And who–or what–left them? The answer leads reporter Simon Stephenson on a journey through ancient mythology, numismatics, and the occult. Not to mention his own past, which turns out to be even darker than he’d realized; his murdered father was a feared arms
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First Chapter: Chain Reaction by Richard Hacker

Title: Chain Reaction Author: Richard Hacker Publisher: Champagne Books Pages: 232 Genre: Thriller Format: Kindle Purchase at AMAZON When Nick and his partner in love and business, Theresa, take a client caught in a grudge between competitive bass fisherman, they soon discover he has unknowingly entangled himself in a plot by healthcare magnate, Bruce Reynolds, to take over Texas and secede from the Union. Hoping to pass the case to the Texas Rangers, Nick is instead recruited to head the Governor’s special task force. He learns Governor Fran Adamson’s major campaign contributor and secret lover, Reynolds, has a plan to resurrect the Republic of Texas.  Faced with Reynolds’ hit
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Contempt of Court Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ken Malovos’ Contempt of Court virtual book tour May 5-27! Title:  Contempt of Court Author: Ken Malovos Genre: Legal thriller/mystery Paperback: 232 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 23, 2013) ISBN-10: 1484159454 ISBN-13: 978-1484159453 Kindle: B00GJXAY4Y Sacramento trial lawyer, Mike Zorich, is finally coming to grips with the death of his wife from cancer five years ago. There is a new woman in his life.  His son is making his way in the business world. His law practice is going well. And he has a new case that promises to be very demanding.  Members of the Darnoff wine family are
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Chain Reaction Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Richard Hacker’s Chain Reaction virtual book tour May 5-30! Title: Chain Reaction Author: Richard Hacker Publisher: Champagne Books Pages: 232 Genre: Thriller Format: Kindle When Nick and his partner in love and business, Theresa, take a client caught in a grudge between competitive bass fisherman, they soon discover he has unknowingly entangled himself in a plot by healthcare magnate, Bruce Reynolds, to take over Texas and secede from the Union. Hoping to pass the case to the Texas Rangers, Nick is instead recruited to head the Governor’s special task force. He learns Governor Fran Adamson’s major campaign contributor and secret
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{Legal Thriller} Contempt of Court Blog Tour Sign Up

  Ken Malovos is touring May 5 – 30 with his legal thriller, Contempt of Court.  We are looking for: Reviews (softcover) Interviews Author Guest Posts Book Spotlights with giveaway Book Spotlights First Chapter Reveals   Sacramento trial lawyer, Mike Zorich, is finally coming to grips with the death of his wife from cancer five years ago. There is a new woman in his life. His son is making his way in the business world. His law practice is going well. And he has a new case that promises to be very demanding. Members of the Darnoff wine family are at odds with each other, amidst a divorce and partnership dissolution.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Startup Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Glenn Ogura’s Startup virtual book tour April 7-18! Title: Startup Author: Glenn Ogura Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 486 Genre: Mytery/Thriller Format: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Set in California’s Silicon Valley, STARTUP follows a young idealist/entrepreneur, Zack Penny, as he strives to achieve his dream of creating a new company that will launch an international revolution in technology through the creation of wallpaper-thin displays that will completely surround a viewer. Zack works for a highly successful company called Display Technik, run by CEO Allen Henley, whose vision is based on a success-at-all-costs philosophy.  Zack sees Henley as a mentor, but Zack’s philosophy favors
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  • February 23, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Immortality Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kevin Bohacz’s Immortality virtual book tour March 3 – May 30! Title: Immortality Genre: Techno-Thriller Author: Kevin Bohacz Publisher: CPrompt Pages: 389 Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Without warning, something has gone terribly awry. In the remote and unnoticed places of the world, small pockets of death begin occurring. As the initially isolated extinctions spread, the world’s eyes focus on this unimaginable horror and chaos. Out of the ecological imbalance, something new and extraordinary is evolving and surviving to fill the voids left by these extinctions. Evolution is operating in ways no one could have expected and environmental damage may
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  • February 18, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Southern Heat Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you David Burnsworth’s Southern Heat virtual book tour March 3 – April 30! ABOUT SOUTHERN HEAT   Title: Southern Heat Author: David Burnsworth Publisher: Five Star/Gale Pages: 304 Language: English Genre: Southern Noir/Mystery Format: Paperback & eBook Gunshots echo down an antebellum Charleston alley. Brack Pelton, an ex-racecar driver and Afghanistan War veteran, witnesses the murder of his uncle, Reggie Sails. Darcy Wells, the pretty Palmetto Pulse reporter, investigates Reggie’s murder and targets Brack. The sole heir of his uncle’s estate, Brack receives a rundown bar called the Pirate’s Cove, a rotting beach house, and one hundred acres of preserved and
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{Mystery/Thriller} Startup Blog Tour Sign Up

Glenn Ogura will be on tour April 7 – 30 with his mystery/thriller, Startup. We are looking for reviews (paperback), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is March 28. Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! Set in California’s Silicon Valley, STARTUP follows a young idealist/entrepreneur, Zack Penny, as he strives to achieve his dream of creating a new company that will launch an international revolution in technology through the creation of wallpaper-thin displays that will completely surround a viewer. Zack works for a highly successful company called Display Technik,
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  • February 6, 2014
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents They Call Me Superman Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michael Goffinet’s They Call Me Superman virtual book tour March 3 – 28! ABOUT THEY CALL ME SUPERMAN Title: They Call Me Superman Author: Michael Goffinet Publisher: Barringer Publishing Pages: 334 Language: English Genre: Action/Thriller Format: Paperback & eBook Marcus Evans is a new kind of super hero.  Born with superhuman strength, he is compelled to join the Army Rangers, where his abilities create an unique assassin against the war on terror.  After his stent with the Rangers, he joins forces with reclusive billionaire, Robert Sinclair, who has been his mentor and father-figure since the age of sixteen.  A whirlwind
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Dreamer Virtual Book Publicity Tour

    Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Phillip L. Davidson’s Dreamer virtual book tour January 13 – 24! ABOUT DREAMER Title: Dreamer Genre: Faith-based military thriller Author: Phillip L. Davidson Publisher: Phillip L. Davidson; 2 edition (September 4, 2013) Pages: 383 Language: English Format: Paperback and eBook   Is the Dreamer good or evil? As war looms between Britain and Argentina over the barren Falkland Islands, Major David Elliott is having nightmares. Long ago, in a dark jungle near Cambodia, he failed to do his duty. That duty was to execute a member of his team. David’s weakness eventually led to his team’s capture. Tortured by the
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  • December 2, 2013
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First Chapter: The Black Song Inside by Carlyle Clark

Title: The Black Song Inside Author: Carlyle Clark Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Pages: 435 Language: English Genre: Mystery/Thriller Format: Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook Purchase at AMAZON Atticus Wynn and Rosemary Sanchez, newly engaged private investigators, have seen the dark and violent side of life. Nothing, though, has prepared them for an explosive murder investigation that threatens to tear their relationship apart as they struggle to solve a case that could leave them in prison or dead. Atticus’s manipulative ex-girlfriend bursts back into their lives wielding a secret about Rosemary’s family that she exploits to force the couple into investigating the execution-style slaying of her lover. The case thrusts Atticus and
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{Who’s on Blog Tour Today?} WHITE ROGUE VISITS THE BOOK CONNECTION

Who’s on tour today? Dr. David R. Fett, Stephen Langford & Connie Malcolm, authors of the spy fiction, WHITE ROGUE, will be stopping off at The Book Connection for Day 9 of their virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. ABOUT WHITE ROGUE Cold War era biological experiments are resurrected and after Boston experiences a seemingly inexplicable bio-terrorist attack, the Center for Disease Control’s Dr. Davie Richards and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Paula Mushari once again join forces to uncover who is behind it. An obscure reference to a Dresden project found amid crash site evidence marks them both for execution. Paula and Dave are forced
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{First Chapter} Moon River by J.R. Rain

Title: Moon River Genre: Contemporary Fantasy/Mystery Author: J.R. Rain Publisher: Lulu Pages: 216 Language: English ISBN-10: 1304328198 ISBN-13: 978-1304328199 Purchase at AMAZON Seven years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire. Now in MOON RIVER, private investigator, Samantha Moon, is asked to look into a string of bizarre murders, murders that are looking more and more like the handiwork of a bloodthirsty vampire. But when her sister, Mary Lou, goes missing, Samantha, Allison and
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  • September 17, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Luthecker Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Keith Domingue’s Luthecker virtual book tour October 7 – 31! ABOUT LUTHECKER Title: Luthecker Genre: Thriller Author: Keith Domingue Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 374 Language: English ISBN-10:  1478361638 ISBN-13: 978-1478361633 ALEX LUTHECKER lives off of the grid. He prefers the comfort of the night. He avoids the crowded and chaotic daylight hours, because the relentless anxieties of the multitudes overwhelm him. This is because Alex has a rare gift. He is a pattern reader. Patterns in nature, patterns in social groups, patterns in individual behavior, he can recognize them all. With one conversation, he knows all of your secrets. He can
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Wrage Virtual Book Publicity Tour + Win $25 Starbucks Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Joseph Spencer, author of the occult crime thriller, Wrage, as he tours the blogosphere September 2 – October 31! ABOUT WRAGE Title: Wrage Author: Joseph Spencer Publisher: Damnation Books LLC (June 1, 2013) Genre: Occult Crime Thriller Pages: 214 Language: English ISBN-10: 161572978X ISBN-13: 978-1615729784 Sometimes the toughest fight lies within yourself. As more dark secrets come to light, the battle for souls pushes Prairieville to the brink of war in the living and supernatural realms. Jeff Wrage swears a blood oath to Abaddon, the supernatural avenger of murder victims, to hunt the crooked cop who butchered his wife. Jeff
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Guilty Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Vincent Zandri, author of the thriller novel, The Guilty, as he tours the blogosphere September 2 – 27 on his sixth virtual book tour! ABOUT THE GUILTY Jack Marconi is back. In The Guilty, Jack finds himself investigating a local restaurateur who’s not only obsessed with the sexy, dark romance novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, he’s accused of attempting to murder his school teacher girlfriend. As the now brain-damaged young woman begins recalling events of that fateful winter night when she was allegedly pushed down the front exterior stairs of a West Albany mansion, she becomes the target of the
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