Back in the late 1990's, I read a novel from one of my favorite international espionage author's, Robert Ludlum. It was one of the last novels he wrote and in it, from my interpretation, he was telling the author how to write a novel. At the same time that I finished the novel I was hired as the Director of Graduate Admissions for DePaul University's graduate school of business. In that position I traveled to over 20 countries on four continents giving me a lot of down time to follow Mr. Ludlum's steps on writing a novel.
Fast forward about fifteen years. During this time, I fell head over heals in love with my then-girlfriend, now wife, had three kids and moved to Ohio to accept a college teaching position in history. Needless to say, my writing took a back seat until 2015 when I was preparing to submit my portfolio for tenure when the fire was lit again to bring my first novel to completion, which I did that September.
Chain of Deception is not a 'who done it?" mystery thriller. I clearly give away the "who done it?" right in chapter one. When someone commits a serious crime and thinks they got away with it, the criminal always wonders if their past will come back to haunt them. And the criminal in my book is no different. But what about when the criminal is now the president of the United States?! Hence, beware the sins of your past.
The plot of Chain of Deception is very plausible. In all of American history, there have been three American presidents impeached because of crimes they committed. But those presidents were never removed from office because their crimes were not considered serious enough. But what if the crime was murder?
Read Chain of Deception to see how the president of the United States desperately tries to conceal his past while preventing a nuclear bomb from detonating in Washington, DC.
Read Chain of Deception to see how the president of the United States desperately tries to conceal his past while preventing a nuclear bomb from detonating in Washington, DC.