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Breaking Out

Breaking Out

A reformed gangster battles to leave the Mob while helping a group of embittered juvenile delinquents embrace music and dance as a way of escaping their dead-end lives.

Filed Under: Screenplays Tagged With: Breaking Out, dance, delinquents, mob, music

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Grand Slam

Grand Slam

A best-selling author finds himself hunted by an assassin. He must discover which one of his former subjects is trying to kill him. His investigation is hampered by a promise of confidentiality — a factor that prevents him from giving the police vital information that could save his life.

Filed Under: Mysteries Tagged With: Grand Slam, The Chandler Chronicles

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A Message to Jared

A Message to Jared

Author Devin Chandler, the President’s biographer, investigates the epic story of a beautiful Spanish orphan who rose to become a business tycoon — and the secret lover of a troubled rock and roll legend. Devin’s assignment is to produce a manuscript that will be read by one person — the woman’s estranged son.

Filed Under: Mysteries Tagged With: Jared, The Chandler Chronicles

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Saw

Saw

A mysterious sea creature terrorizes South Florida, throws the Presidential election in doubt, and leads to a trail of political and industrial espionage.

Filed Under: Mysteries Tagged With: saw, The Chandler Chronicles

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Are You Lonesome Tonight

Are You Lonesome Tonight

A woman’s epic tale of her secret love affair with Elvis Presley and the daughter she never revealed. This expansive account offers an intimate portrayal of Elvis dating from before he was famous to the day he died. The book was extremely controversial when it was released in 1987. Some questioned its authenticity. However, it has stood the test of time and has been subsequently verified by famed handwriting expert Charles Hamilton, among others. The story itself makes it clear how such a deeply personal relationship could have been hidden from Elvis’ closest associates.

Filed Under: Non-Fiction

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The Grand Escape

The Grand Escape

A Hollywood studio executive is wrongly convicted of murdering his flaky mistress. He escapes from prison and leads the police on a thrilling chase through the Grand Canyon. Summary: Devin Chandler, the President’s biographer, is temporarily pulled off the White House beat and dispatched to Kaibab National Forest in northern Arizona. His assignment is to […]

Filed Under: Mysteries Tagged With: Grand Canyon, Grand Escape, murder, The Chandler Chronicles

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The Island of Passion and Rage

The Island of Passion and Rage

A torrid, tropical romance between an American author and a hot-headed native leads to violence, murder and adventure on a strategically critical Pacific island torn over an offer to become America’s 51st state.

Filed Under: Mysteries Tagged With: Island of Passion and Rage, murder, Pacific, state, The Chandler Chronicles

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Get Me Ellis Rubin

Get Me Ellis Rubin

A dramatic ride through the American legal system with flamboyant Florida defense attorney Ellis Rubin of “television intoxication” fame. Rubin, a champion of the underdog, is a real life Perry Mason whose most famous cases are covered here. Traveling with Rubin during the writing of the book, I helped solve a murder mystery in Delaware, enabling Rubin to free a wrongly accused man.

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: attorney, Ellis Rubin

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Quitting The Mob

Quitting The Mob

Former Colombo Mafia family “Yuppie Don” Michael Franzese — the highest ranking mobster to turn his back on the much feared criminal organization — details how he made his historic escape. Franzese gave up his billion-dollar empire to win the love of a beautiful Mexican-American dancer from Los Angeles. Franzese, who has resisted the witness protection program, remains alive and well today.

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Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: mafia, Michael Franzese, yuppie

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What’s In It For Me?

What’s In It For Me?

Wild times in Arizona as a colorful, fast-talking mob associate, Joe Stedino, goes undercover and bribes a passel of local politicians in a hugely successful political sting. The book is as hilarious as it is shocking, and provides one of the most penetrating inside looks at American politics that you’ll ever experience.

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Arizona, Joe Stedino, mob, politics

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