From the Editors' Choice Award Winning poet & Book Awards Finalist:
A "HYPNOTIC" POLITICAL THRILLER WITH AN EPIC COURTROOM SHOWDOWN.
A real "wow" factor! What's really scary about this story is that it's probably the kind of stuff that's happening right now and we don't know a thing about it. Fantastic read
- READERS' FAVORITE
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“This firecracker female lead--Rita Spencer--is a force of nature who drives her powerful enemies to their knees. She's smart, she's brave. She's sexy as hell.”
- Tracy Edingfield, author of The Law Firm of Psycho & Satan
- Tracy Edingfield, author of The Law Firm of Psycho & Satan
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“If you are looking for a good mystery/thriller, with an incredibly strong female character, this is definitely the book for you!”
- Teresa Kander - Freelance writer, poet, reviewer
- Teresa Kander - Freelance writer, poet, reviewer
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THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE
A depiction of the life-and-death struggle of a young female lawyer who goes to great lengths to outwit a diabolical trio in order to save her lover from a murder rap
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“The character of Rita Spencer is crafted with astute perfection. A woman with high self-respect, smartness, brilliance, style, compassion, impetuous and sincerity; she grabs the spotlight from numerous characters hovering around the storyline.”
- Rakhi Jayashankar, Outset Blog - http://ow.ly/TySDK
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CHARACTER PROFILE
Rita Spencer - An introverted young lawyer is thrust into the spotlight she's dreaded all her life by an unexpected murder for which her lover is accused...
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“I believe I’m more equipped than you to take the risk. You are a respected attorney and I’m an orphan, twice for that matter, I lost my biological father while still a kid and my stepdad just when I was getting to know him. Now, I’ve lost my home with everything in it, including an innocent life. Can you understand now? There’s only one thing left and that’s the man I love, who is being framed for a murder he did not commit—whatever else his shortcomings are—and for that, Marty, I’m willing to die.”
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“Rita is a surprise element and her character has been well shaped. She is the embodiment of a modern woman - beautiful, stylish, independent, career oriented, intelligent, intuitive, loving and thoughtful.”
- Sheryl - Book reviewer, Texas
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“What lengths would you go through to save the man you love? That's what Augustine Sam shows us in The Conspiracy of Silence. I like to read a good mystery novel every now and then, and this one did not disappoint.”
- T. L. Coulter - author
Book Description
The conscience of a town steeped in sexism, vanity and hypocrisy is pricked by the brutal murder of a mysterious woman in a park in Los Angeles. But the shock is transformed into a steamy, seductive scandal when the body turns out to be that of Susan Whitaker, the flamboyant wife of the governor of California.
Soon, a dazzlingly intricate shuffle of volatile links leads the police to the delicate theory of a secret lover/blackmailer, and to the indictment of Benjamin Carlton, Hollywood’s most influential black celebrity.
Then curious things begin to happen when Carlton’s ambitious girlfriend, Rita Spencer suddenly unearths the shocking secret that Susan Whitaker, in fact, did not exist. She little realizes that her discovery of this colossal fraud is a mere curtain raiser to a chilling world of ugly skeletons dating back to the assassination of a U.S. senator in a Washington hotel sauna, skeletons connected to riveting sex scandals in high places, skeletons the FBI and political kingmakers will kill for…
THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE
The conscience of a town steeped in sexism, vanity and hypocrisy is pricked by the brutal murder of a mysterious woman in a park in Los Angeles. But the shock is transformed into a steamy, seductive scandal when the body turns out to be that of Susan Whitaker, the flamboyant wife of the governor of California.
Soon, a dazzlingly intricate shuffle of volatile links leads the police to the delicate theory of a secret lover/blackmailer, and to the indictment of Benjamin Carlton, Hollywood’s most influential black celebrity.
Then curious things begin to happen when Carlton’s ambitious girlfriend, Rita Spencer suddenly unearths the shocking secret that Susan Whitaker, in fact, did not exist. She little realizes that her discovery of this colossal fraud is a mere curtain raiser to a chilling world of ugly skeletons dating back to the assassination of a U.S. senator in a Washington hotel sauna, skeletons connected to riveting sex scandals in high places, skeletons the FBI and political kingmakers will kill for…
Book Excerpt
A RenAfrique Feature
"An exposé on the murky world of high-stakes politics and its attendant scandals..."
A RenAfrique Feature"An exposé on the murky world of high-stakes politics and its attendant scandals..."
