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As is always the case with writing a novel, there are countless individuals without whose help the book might never have been written.
My thanks for technical assistance to: Bill Bauer, attorney; Chris Freitag, retired police captain; and Tom Koestner, retired FBI agent.
For their graphics design assistance, my appreciation to: Gary Kabasakalian, graphics designer and Linda Hawley, fellow author and “techno freak.”
For general support and inspiration, I thank all the members of the various internet writing groups to which I belong, including (but not limited to): Author Central on Facebook, Book Blogs, The Read On WNC, Mystery & Thriller Writers Group on Facebook, Good Reads, and Book Town.
For permitting me to use and “abuse” their good names as characters, I am eternally grateful to the “real” Bill Bauer, Nancy Cooper, Rick Dawley, Tom Eisenhauer MD, Chris Freitag, James Radford MD, Pete Richards DDS, and my good friend and “error detector,” Don Brann.
Last, but by no means least, my eternal gratitude and love to my wife, Becky, for her unending support, and her countless hours spent scanning, reading, critiquing, and editing. She is my muse.
Other Books by Joe Perrone Jr.
As The Twig Is Bent: A Matt Davis Mystery—Someone is raping and strangling women in the Chelsea district of Manhattan—but who? The only clues: a signature heart carved into each victim’s breast (inside, the initials “J.C” and those of the deceased); copies of the New Testament with underlined passages referring to infidelity; and fingerprints of a juvenile arrested in the ‘60s. As The Twig Is Bent is an explosive thriller that rips the lid off the sordid underbelly of Internet sex chat rooms, and propels the reader on a no-holds-barred journey toward its bone-chilling conclusion. CAUTION: Contains graphic sexual material that may be inappropriate for some readers.
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Opening Day: A Matt Davis Mystery—Young girls are coming through a pastoral Upstate New York fishing village—but, they aren’t all coming out—alive! The remains of a female corpse are found in the waters of Matt’s secret fishing hole, with no identification whatsoever. Complicating matters is the fact that several other young females have gone missing during the same time period. Are they alive, or have they, too, been murdered? Opening Day is a spellbinding tale of murder in the Catskills that picks up where As The Twig Is Bent left off.
Broken Promises: A Matt Davis Mystery—When the body of Maggie McFarland, an 86-year old widow, is found among the rubble of the once-famous, landmark Artemis Hotel, leveled by fire nearly seventy years ago, residents of Roscoe are shocked. However, it is not the location where Maggie is found, but rather the manner of her demise that has everyone puzzled. For it isn't a heart attack that has felled her; nor has she suffered a stroke, or taken a fatal fall from a porch. Her life has not ended so uneventfully. Maggie has been killed by a bullet to the heart, fired from a pistol at close range. Who would possibly want to kill this kind, gentle woman, known throughout the area as one of the best trout fly tiers within a hundred miles of the famed Beaverkill River? That is the mystery that confronts Matt Davis in Broken Promises, one of the most baffling cases of his career.
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Escaping Innocence: A Story of Awakening—David Justin is an Italian-Catholic, height-challenged youth, who is desperate to escape the bonds of sexual repression and adolescent innocence that hold him captive in the Age of Aquarius. Determined to cross that invisible line that separates childhood from manhood, he and his friends approach every encounter with a member of the opposite sex as a potential “first time.” Their efforts are heroic yet laughable at the same time. But, this is “The Sixties,” the era of “Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘N’ Roll,” and David will not be deterred—or will he? Escaping Innocence: A Story of Awakening is a classic coming-of-age novel for all ages.
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A “Real” Man’s Guide to Divorce (First, you bend over and...) is just what it seems: a hilarious look at the serious subject of divorce—from a pointedly, one-sided, male perspective. This is the perfect book to keep in that “special” reading room. Filled with lots of sage advice, and highlighted by a glossary with actual definitions of legal divorce terminology, along with some less-than-actual, humorous definitions. If you thought divorce wasn’t a laughing matter, think again!
NOTE: All of Joe’s books are available in paperback and e-book. Autographed copies of Joe’s books can be purchased on his website at: http://www.joeperronejr.com.