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Dead Awakening: The Complete Lenny Holcomb Mysteries
Dead Awakening: The Complete Lenny Holcomb Mysteries
Dead Awakening: The Complete Lenny Holcomb Mysteries
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Dead Awakening: The Complete Lenny Holcomb Mysteries

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TWO FULL-LENGTH MYSTERIES.
ONE BLOCKBUSTER SERIES.
A specially-priced, newly updated and expanded compilation of 'FATAL DEAD LINES' and 'SECRETS OF THE DEAD.'

When Lenny Holcomb is on the beat, death is only the beginning of the story... Reporter Lenny Holcomb speaks for the dead. He tells their final stories. He writes their obituaries. After decades on the obit desk, Lenny has learned to uncover something else - the dying secrets of the deceased. This sends him back into the streets with a shrewd mind and a recharged sense of purpose - namely, to take down the politically connected power brokers in Pennsylvania's crooked capital city.

With the help of ambitious reporter Jacquelyn "Jack" Towers, Lenny follows a trail of political spin and backroom corruption to the highest levels of Pennsylvania government - where the right influence can make any problem disappear. Unfortunately, some very powerful people think Lenny Holcomb has just become a problem. And the odds against Lenny ever finding the truth couldn't be higher.

Author John Luciew plumbs the depths of power, politics and the press in this updated and unabridged collection of the Complete Lenny Holcomb Mysteries. The result is a gripping, nail-biting race for the truth. Can Lenny put the politically-charged pieces together in time? Or will the last obituary he pens be his own? It's a rip-roaring political yarn with an authentic, torn-from-the-headlines feel. You won't be able to put it down.

Journalist John Luciew is the author of numerous ripped-from-the-headlines fictional thrillers that mix politics, corporate power and pulse-pounding suspense, including: KILL THE STORY, ZERO TOLERANCE, SECRETS OF THE DEAD, FATAL DEAD LINES, CORPORATE CUNNING, and most recently, LAST CASE. His non-fiction titles include the true-crime account, SUSPECT/VICTIM, and the real-life medical thriller, "CATASTROPHIC."

From the Author: Dear Reader, I lovingly present Lenny Holcomb, my first fictional character. Lenny spoke to me in much the same way the dead people of his obituaries speak to him. Unfortunately, his complete story became separated by the arbitrary nature of the publishing business. This special edition joins the long-separated Lenny Holcomb books into one seamless narrative. The two books always were intended as companion pieces. This edition unites them for the first time, finally presenting Lenny Holcomb's story in full -- and all in one place. I hope you enjoy it, discovering the many narrative arcs that bridge both books and come to a full and satisfying resolution by the final page.

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PublisherJohn Luciew
Release dateFeb 8, 2013
ISBN9781301051830
Dead Awakening: The Complete Lenny Holcomb Mysteries
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John Luciew

BREAKING NEWS!! All five of my full-length mystery/thrillers are coming soon in unabridged audio form. ZERO TOLERANCE and KILL THE STORY are already out for 2013 from Audible.com. SECRETS OF THE DEAD is up for full sound-recording treatment next, followed by FATAL DEAD LINES and my newest mystery, LAST CASE. I hope you will check them out. Some serious voice talent has been brought to bear to turn my best ripped-from-the-headlines page-turners into a can't-stop-listening, white-knuckle audio mystery experiences. Now, a little more about me and my books: Journalist John Luciew is the author of numerous ripped-from-the-headlines fictional thrillers that mix politics, corporate power and pulse-pounding suspense, including: KILL THE STORY, ZERO TOLERANCE, SECRETS OF THE DEAD, FATAL DEAD LINES, CORPORATE CUNNING, and now, LAST CASE. His non-fiction titles include the true-crime account, SUSPECT/VICTIM, and the real-life medical thriller, "CATASTROPHIC." FROM THE AUTHOR: If Hollywood was ever going to make a movie of one of my books, KILL THE STORY would be the one. It has everything -- a high concept, a deepening mystery rooted in actual events and more off-beat but convincingly real characters than you can count. This is journalism as I saw it -- both from the outside looking in and the inside out. It says nearly everything I have to say about the state of media today -- all without slowing the non-stop action one little bit. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it. Lenny Holcomb, my first literary character, spoke to me in much the same way the dead people of his obituaries speak to him. But after my first book, FATAL DEAD LINES, I found out Lenny and the dead people from his obits had more to say. Much more. SECRETS OF THE DEAD, a specially updated sequel, completes Lenny Holcomb's intriguing saga, finally presenting his incredible story in full. I hope you enjoy it, discovering the many narrative arcs that bridge both books and come to a full and satisfying resolution by the final page. ZERO TOLERANCE Is probably my most unique and unconventional book -- a thriller set in the cloaked, cloistered world of juvenile justice. Namely, a youth reform camp set in the outskirts of Pittsburgh, Pa. It also stands as my most researched novel to date. As a journalist, I spent years covering the Pennsylvania juvenile justice system at a time when the penalties and punishments for young offenders were being ratcheted up. All that authenticity is here -- along with a highly original plot that will have you guessing until the very last page. LAST CASE, my newest thriller, is set in 1978, just as acclaimed horror director George A. Romero is gearing up to shoot his zombie cult classic "Dawn of the Dead" in the Monroeville Mall, just outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I was a bit too young back in 1978 to offer my able body as one of Romero's delightfully desiccated corpses in "Dawn of the Dead." But I will never, ever forget watching the Monroeville Mall - a place where I shopped for school clothes and cruised for girls - turned into a splatter-filled shopping fest for the undead. I guess you could say it's haunted me all these years. --jcl, Feb./2013

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