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DEADLY GAMES
BARTLETT AND WEST THRILLER SERIES = BOOK 1 By: Bobby Nash ISBN: 978-0615553436 Publisher: BEN Books
Publication Date: October 10, 2011 Pages: 316 Kindle, paperback
MARTHA A. CHEVES— RESIDENT REVIEWER
MARTHA CHEVES AUTHOR / REVIEWER
John Bartlett- An Atlanta Police Officer Benjamin West- A photojournalist Vivian Morehouse- Ex-Wife of Darrin Morehouse Laura Sellars- Criminal Attorney Nathan Hughes- Judge Michael Coombes- District Attorney Francis Chalmers- Prison Warden Philip Jason Hall- Probate Attorney
" Lock this place down," he ordered the guards. No calls in or out without my written permission. I want this cell searched top to bottom then sanitized. Cover all the basis, but do it with as few people as possible. The less who know about this the better we ' ll be able to contain the fallout."
This was Warden Chalmers ' reaction after the body of Darrin Morehouse was found hanging in his cell. It appeared to be suicide, all the way down his note and 8 letters he left behind. So what do the 8 people above have in common? Well, 7 of them are listed in the dead man ' s will. Each one had a hand in his conviction with the exception of Philip Hall who would be the one to carry out his will.
Why would a criminal like Morehouse want to list those who put him away in his will. Will he ' award ' them with money gained by his criminal activities? Or has he found a way to punish them after his death, maybe with some dirt he dug up on them. John Bartlett and Benjamin West seemed to know him best and they didn ' t believe he was up to anything good. They knew he LOVED to play games and this could only be one he dreamed up to torture all of them.
BOBBY NASH, AUTHOR
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