Murder Respects Neither Wealth Nor Comfort in Deadly Portfolio, Published by Outskirts Press
Southport, NC, October 27, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Deadly Portfolio: A Killing in Hedge Funds by John J. Hohn. The author's most recent book to date is a 6 x 9 paperback in the mystery and detective fiction category and is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Deadly Portfolio is also available in a 6 x 9 hardback edition with jacket. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/deadlyportfolio was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.
July, 2008: four families are riding high on the heady market returns of the summer -- until the body of Rene McAllister, wife of multi-millionaire Alan “Mac” McAllister, washes up on the beach after a day long bash at the lakeside home of stockbroker Mathew Wirth.
Eager to avoid publicity, authorities dismiss her death as a tragic accident. Days later, the body of college drop out Jamie Sherman, a neighbor to Wirth, is discovered adrift in his fishing skiff, and while investigators suspect foul play, they decide that the youth died of a drug overdose.
Only Detective James Raker, upon hearing McAlliste’s complaints of unauthorized trading in his deceased wife’s account, suspects the two deaths are related homicides. Bucking his superiors, Raker plunges into an investigation that quickly reveals at least four members of the affluent lakeside community have motive and opportunity in either one or both of the deaths.
When his pursuit slams headlong against an investigation being conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) into Jamie Sherman’s drug dealings in the affluent community, Raker is ordered to close his case. Convinced that at least one more life is at risk, Raker refuses to back off and races to prevent the killer from striking again. The dramatic climax to his quest shows once again that murder is no respecter of wealth or comfort.
The story is set in a fictitious bedroom community on Heron Lake, NC, a short commute from Charles City, a metropolitan area of more than 1,000,000 and the financial center of the state.
328 pages in length, Deadly Portfolio: A Killing in Hedge Funds is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the mystery and detective category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, Deadly Portfolio meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $18.95 and $33.95 for the paperback and hardback editgions, respectively.
Additionally, Deadly Portfolio can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore.
ISBN: 9781432758752
Format: 6 x 9 paperback cream
SRP: $18.95
ISBN: 9781432759728
Format: 6 x 9 hardback w/ jacket
SRP: $33.95
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/deadlyportfolio.
About the author;
John J. Hohn, a South Dakotan by birth, worked over 40 years in the financial services industry and retired in 2007 after seventeen years with Merrill Lynch in Winston-Salem, NC. He holds an English degree from St. John’s University (MN), 1961. Father of five children, he inherited a stepson in his 1986 marriage to Melinda Folger McLeod.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.
Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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July, 2008: four families are riding high on the heady market returns of the summer -- until the body of Rene McAllister, wife of multi-millionaire Alan “Mac” McAllister, washes up on the beach after a day long bash at the lakeside home of stockbroker Mathew Wirth.
Eager to avoid publicity, authorities dismiss her death as a tragic accident. Days later, the body of college drop out Jamie Sherman, a neighbor to Wirth, is discovered adrift in his fishing skiff, and while investigators suspect foul play, they decide that the youth died of a drug overdose.
Only Detective James Raker, upon hearing McAlliste’s complaints of unauthorized trading in his deceased wife’s account, suspects the two deaths are related homicides. Bucking his superiors, Raker plunges into an investigation that quickly reveals at least four members of the affluent lakeside community have motive and opportunity in either one or both of the deaths.
When his pursuit slams headlong against an investigation being conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) into Jamie Sherman’s drug dealings in the affluent community, Raker is ordered to close his case. Convinced that at least one more life is at risk, Raker refuses to back off and races to prevent the killer from striking again. The dramatic climax to his quest shows once again that murder is no respecter of wealth or comfort.
The story is set in a fictitious bedroom community on Heron Lake, NC, a short commute from Charles City, a metropolitan area of more than 1,000,000 and the financial center of the state.
328 pages in length, Deadly Portfolio: A Killing in Hedge Funds is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the mystery and detective category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, Deadly Portfolio meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $18.95 and $33.95 for the paperback and hardback editgions, respectively.
Additionally, Deadly Portfolio can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore.
ISBN: 9781432758752
Format: 6 x 9 paperback cream
SRP: $18.95
ISBN: 9781432759728
Format: 6 x 9 hardback w/ jacket
SRP: $33.95
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/deadlyportfolio.
About the author;
John J. Hohn, a South Dakotan by birth, worked over 40 years in the financial services industry and retired in 2007 after seventeen years with Merrill Lynch in Winston-Salem, NC. He holds an English degree from St. John’s University (MN), 1961. Father of five children, he inherited a stepson in his 1986 marriage to Melinda Folger McLeod.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.
Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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Outskirts Press, Inc., 10940 S. Parker Rd - 515, Parker, Colorado 80134
http://outskirtspress.com 1-888-OP-BOOKS
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