Quiet Desperation
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Imagine for a moment, you’re Marcus Cooper.
A slick stranger meets you in a bar. You're drunk. You talk a lot. Without you realizing it, he’s learning about you. Your desire for money and women. By night’s end, he makes you a million-dollar proposition to cause a drunk-driving accident.
Sounds craz
Alfred C. Martino
Alfred C. Martino is the author of the award-winning novels: Perfected By Girls, Over The End Line, and Pinned; the stage play, Waiting For A Friend; and the short stories, "Quiet Desperation," "The Date," "A Day At The Beach," "Where Am I?" "Breathing In Rio," "A Cowboy's Way," "Mother, Interrupter," "The Boy And Girl: A Parable," "Grad School Daydreams," and "I Have Never Been Murdered." Alfred is also lyricist of the goth metal song, "Curse At The Sky."Alfred regularly makes presentations at public libraries and high/middle schools, in person or by Skype, to discuss his novels and short stories, as well as, his process for creating memorable characters and compelling storylines.A proud graduate of Duke University and The Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, Alfred is a native of Short Hills, NJ. He is a longtime resident of Jersey City, NJ, where he is doggie dad to a beautiful Shepherd rescue, Gracie.
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Quiet Desperation - Alfred C. Martino
QUIET DESPERATION
Alfred C. Martino
QUIET DESPERATION
Alfred C. Martino
Coles Street Publishing
Jersey City, New Jersey
Copyright 2019 Alfred C. Martino
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Martino, Alfred C.
Quiet Desperation / by Alfred C. Martino.
p. cm.
Summary: Marcus Cooper, a down-and-out former high school football star, is offered a million dollars to cause a drunk driving accident that will kill a famous comedian. [1. Thriller-Fiction. 2. Entertainment Industry-Fiction. 3. Assassination-Fiction. 4. New Jersey-Fiction.] I. Title. [Fic]- dc22 2011934850
ISBN 978-1-59316-639-7
Text and Cover Designed by Coles Street Publishing
This is a work of fiction. All the names, characters, places, organizations, and events portrayed in this book are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously to lend a sense of realism to the story. Any resemblance to any organization, event, or actual person, living or dead, is unintentional.
Alfred C. Martino