John Standard is a discredited newspaper reporter living in a seedy Portland, Oregon apartment house run by a former circus midget, turned Web site designer. A freak accident cost him his job, wife and home, leaving him to scratch out a hardscrabble living as a freelance writer. On a hot summer night Standard receives a tip that could bring him a few bucks from a tabloid newspaper. But what starts out as the murder of a seemingly harmless security guard eventually leads to a political conspiracy involving a reclusive billionaire with unusual sexual tastes, a unprincipled lobbyist, a pair of ineffectual politicians, and a beautiful party girl. Along the way, Standard tracks down an incriminating manuscript, plays cat-and-mouse with an inept homicide detective and becomes a suspect in three murders, one of which sends him on a reckless search for revenge and redemption that ends in a fatal confrontation with the … Prince of Snakes.

Prince of Snakes

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Towslee, Tom

Mystery

Publishamerica Inc

Is Allison Shafer dead or alive? Finding the answer is the only thing that will save John Standard’s life. Standard is scratching out a meager living as a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon, when the young and beautiful Shafer shows up at the door of his seedy downtown apartment. She tells him she is dying of cancer, is going to kill herself using a physician-assisted suicide law, and that she wants Standard to tell her story … after she’s dead. But did she really die? Shafer’s gangster boyfriend wants her back and tells Standard it his job to find her. The search takes him half way around the world. “A riveting tale of suspense and intrigue. I couldn't put it down.” Lori Tobias, author of “Wander,” winner of the 2017 Nancy Pearl Literary Award

Chasing the Dead

Literature & Fiction

Action & Adventure

Taylor and Seale Publishing

John Standard is the only person who knows how billionaire industrialist Proctor Scofield really died. He's kept the secret for four years until a lawyer tracks him down in the coastal town of Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Standard reluctantly agrees to tell him the story, but only if he listens to the entire tale. Over several days, Standard reveals a story of murder, betrayal and a two-decade-old conspiracy involving the death of a young girl.

RICH MAN DEAD MAN

Chasing The Dead (John Standard)

United States

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