Action packed and full of suspense, a gripping crime thriller.
Tired of her aggressive boyfriend, Sylvie becomes fascinated by a strange man who lives alone in the woods. It is rumored he has piles of hidden money and a whole load of secrets.
Sylvie gets close to him but soon discovers that he is in real danger too. With his enemies closing in and as she learns of his dark past she asks herself, “Have I come too far to turn back?”
This is an intense thriller by Diane Dickson, bestselling author of Leaving George, Layers of Lies and Who Follows, also available on Kindle.
“Very gripping, and intense. I highly recommend this suspense thriller.” Christine Abbotts
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Gold Medal: Best Non-fiction True Crime Award (eLit) 2018!
On Christmas Eve 2007, Judy and Wayne Anderson’s daughter, Michele, and her boyfriend, Joseph McEnroe, arrived at their home for a family meal.
Unbeknownst to them, their daughter was armed with a loaded 9 mm pistol and McEnroe was carrying a .357 Magnum. Both parents were callously shot dead by the pair and their bodies hidden from view.
Two and a half hours later, Michele’s brother Scott, his wife Erica and their two children, Olivia (5) and Nathan (3), arrived at the house. Within the hour, they too had been pitilessly slain, in an act of violence that was breath-taking in its scope and cruelty.
With his highly-anticipated third book, Paul Sanders takes the reader inside every day of the trial of Michele Anderson, with his customary attention to detail, from December 2015 until March 2016.
And in a unique digression from his other works, Sanders includes something he has never done before: An interview with one of the killers, Joseph McEnroe, at Walla Walla Penitentiary.
Banquet of Consequences is the first of two books on what came to be known as the Carnation murders. Were the killings a premeditated act, or had the defendants acted in self defense? And what of the deaths of Olivia and Nathan? Who shot them and why? It would not be an easy task for a jury to decide.
Paul’s book, Banquet of Consequences: A Juror’s Plight (Book 3 A Juror’s Perspective) has received many honors in the General Non-Fiction category: 2018 Winner Florida Book Festival, 2017 Winner Los Angeles – Halloween Book Festival, 2017 Runner-Up Southern California Book Festival Honors, 2017 Runner-Up London Book Festival Top Honors.
Look for Book Two: The Carnation Murders, “Beyond the Pale: Rogue Juror – The Joseph McEnroe Death Penalty Trial.”
Available 2020.
Reader reviews for Paul Sanders:
“Move over Ann Rule and Shanna Hogan and make way for America’s newest crime writer!”
“Paul Sanders is now among my favourite authors. Both of his books had me right there!”
“The reader is taken into a world few of us who have ever received a jury summons will ever experience.”
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On June 4, 2008, at approximately 5:30 PM in a quiet suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, Jodi Arias stabbed Travis Alexander twenty-nine times, cut his throat and then shot him in the head. The killer then went to great lengths to cover up the crime, including sending his grandmother flowers, going to the memorial service, driving by the victim’s house and calling the lead investigator, Detective Esteban Flores.
It would take five years before the case would be put in front of a second jury and leave them to decide whether Arias was a cold, calculating killer or the victim of extreme domestic violence at the hands of an abusive boyfriend.
Paul Sanders sat in the public gallery for each and every one of the 47 days of the trial, and took extensive notes, transposing every twist and turn of it to social media every night. With allegations of pornography, racial slurs and a search for the answer to the question of domestic violence and alleged child abuse, the journey is both painful and meticulous.
Humbling, intimidating and powerful at the same time, this trial would test the jurors in ways they could never have foreseen, in their ultimate search for truth and justice.
Amazon Reviews:
“Having sat on this very jury, I can attest to the accuracy and attention to detail of “Why Not Kill Her.” Two thumbs up!” Haaken-Liknes, Jury Foreman of the Jodi Arias Death Penalty Retrial.
“Why Not Kill Her” is a gripping true crime story from the eyes of a former death penalty juror with a heart and soul that seeks truth and justice.”
“Move over Ann Rule and Shanna Hogan and make way for America’s newest true crime writer!”
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On January 14, 2009, Marissa DeVault killed her husband, Dale Harrell, by striking him multiple times on the head with a hammer. It seemed like a simple case of murder, but questions remained. Was Dale Harrell a hapless, innocent victim of a brutal killing, or was this the final act of a desperate woman who had suffered through years of domestic violence?
The fact that the incident took place in a middle class suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, with the couple’s three children within the property at the time, meant nothing.
The questions for the jury were simple. Was the killing premeditated or was it an act of self defense? Was it done for financial gain? Should the defendant pay for her crime with her life, should she be incarcerated for twenty-five years to life, or should she receive a life sentence with no chance of parole?
Author Paul Sanders was Juror #13 in a trial packed with twists and turns. He sat every day in court, in a trial which got deep inside the day-to-day lives of a family and eventually delivered justice to a victim.
Read this remarkable true story now and make up your own mind as to the truth behind the Hammer Killing Trial.
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On January 23, 2014, the author reported for jury duty without taking notice to the media vehicles lined in front of the courthouse. He checked in unaware that 1200 others were also being counted as potential jurors. He did not know when he walked into the courtroom that the case of premeditated murder would change his life. It would seem that the most important question of the day, as asked to every potential juror, was whether he could, if the circumstances were correct and the law dictated as such, apply the death penalty to the defendant?
The most critical question, however, came during the written questioning process of voir dire, a tool for the court to determine whether a potential juror would be a final decision maker. The question was simple: had he ever experienced domestic violence as an adult or juvenile?
The answer would force the juror to face a past painted with child abuse and a future framed by shame. He had to confront the demons that would eventually impact his decision of whether the defendant should live or die.
Award winning author and former death penalty juror, Paul Sanders, does it again in his juror’s perspective series that began with the best-seller, ‘Brain Damage: A Juror’s Tale’, continued with ‘Why Not Kill Her: A Juror’s Perspective’ and riveted readers with ‘Banquet of Consequences: A Juror’s Plight’. ‘Secret Life of a Juror: Voir Dire’ is not as much about an infamous killer but about the sacrifices and truths a juror must confront before deciding the fate of another.
Amazon reviews of prior works:
“A treat to be inside the jury room…!”
“If the sign of a great writer is seen when you can’t put the story down…then Paul Sanders is a great writer!”
“Brain Damage is one of the best books ever written…kept me engaged!”
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