The Incident
by Michael Bronte
Genre: Thriller
When Tom Slater and his eight-year-old son walk to their car after seeing
a New Jersey Devils hockey game, they are accosted by two loudmouths who
were sitting near them during the game. They try to rob Slater, but he
fights back, inadvertently killing one of the attackers. Slater is
subsequently arrested and charged with manslaughter. Enter Sidney Diamond,
the flashy female attorney who maintains that the only way for Slater to
save himself from being convicted is for young Nolan to testify, he being
the only eyewitness as to what really happened. Slater and his wife will
have nothing of it. See what happens as Slater tries to protect his son
from reliving this traumatic experience, while also trying to avoid a
multi-year prison sentence.
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REVIEW EXCERPTS:
"... it is a riveting read. The ending came fast and furious and was
entirely unexpected."
"It all begins with a father and son going to a hockey game. Tom Slater is
protecting his son, but things go awry. The author does a great job with
this story in a what-if situation anyone could find themselves in. I
thoroughly enjoyed it."
"I recently read The Innocent by Michael Bronte. This is an excellent
novella which is a great way to find out about an author's writing style.
Michael has created a splendid story which will have you flipping the
pages."
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Shock-jock extraordinaire, he'd been one of the biggest. Now, he’s doing
the graveyard shift in Nowhere, USA. Gulliver still has fans, however,
which some call a radio freak parade. At 3:16 a.m., he takes the tenth
call, and the caller is into murder. The caller calls again, and again.
He’s always the tenth call, and the murders go way back. Who is he, and
how is he always the tenth call?
Michael Bronte is a graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York,
and George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and lives with his
wife in New Jersey. "All of the heroes in my novels are everyday people,"
says Bronte. "Any of them could by your next door neighbor. None of us
really know what we're capable of until the time comes for us to reach
beyond the boundaries of our everyday lives. Remarkable feats of courage
are performed all around us. It's amazing."
As a young teenager I remember reading paperback mysteries under a huge
oak tree outside my parents’ neighborhood grocery store in Dalton,
Massachusetts, a small town located in the heart of the Berkshires. I can
recall pulling a book from the rack and getting locked in to those novels
as the fragrant summer breeze of Berkshire County tried to turn the page
before I was done reading it. I don’t know why, but I was greatly affected
by a book titled The Fan Club, by Irving Wallace. When I was done reading
it, I can still recall thinking that someday I’d be able to write a book
like that on my own; I knew I could do it.
Well, the idea stayed dormant for over thirty years while I did what I
thought I should have been doing for a living (looking back, it all seems
so trivial sometimes) until I rekindled by infatuation with writing
novels. Now, may years later, and many mistakes and failures later, there
are nine Michael Bronte novels available. They are: The Dealership,
Presidential Risk, Porchball, Call Me Crash, The Tenth Caller, Lost
Friday, The Brothers, The Handyman, and the newest Michael Bronte novel,
Homicide: Party of Twelve
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Good cover for the genre. I love thriller reads and am looking forward to picking up this one.
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ReplyDeleteWow. Loved the blurb. My type of story. Thanks for the chance. Nice cover.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an intriguing book! I love courtroom dramas!
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