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A black metal drum washes up in the surf, a faceless body sealed inside. So begins a journey into the darker side of New Jersey life. With a backdrop of the Shore’s sights, sounds, and landmarks —while throngs of tourists enjoy a holiday weekend at the beach — Cold Rolled Dead brings together a cast of memorable characters, including:

• Matt Forge, a renowned detective cast to the lowly beach beat, now plagued by memories of his failures, who finds the “man in the can” is linked to a wide-ranging crime ring and a plot to defraud stock investors worldwide;

• Sister Maris Stella, whose religious vows do not exclude chain smoking, palm reading, or murder investigations;

• Dominick Tolck, a ruthless crime lord with a unique way of erasing victims, who dreams of creating his own twisted version of paradise deep in the protected Pinelands preserve, and who has enough politicians in his pocket to make his dream become reality.

Cold Rolled Dead has enough plot twists to keep the most astute mystery reader wondering until the end who can be trusted — and who will survive. No one is above suspicion, nothing is as it seems, and every discovery leads to another kink in the case.

The author, a national award-winning investigative reporter and editor who has covered more than 100 homicide cases, uses his experience in exposing crime and government corruption to deliver a fast-paced novel about murder, deception, and, ultimately, redemption at the Jersey Shore.

 Excerpts:

Prologue and Chapter One

Sister Maris at an interrogation

Tolck, the overlord