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It's been a rough five years for Lucy Hendricks.She hasn't had an easy time of it since her husband, Jack -- a devoted and upstanding Bayonne, New Jersey, cop -- was murdered while on an investigation. There were suspicions that he'd been involved with the local Mafia, and the media wouldn't let it go, making life unbearable, so Lucy moved to Florida to raise her son, Kevin, who was born without ever knowing his father.The distance was healing, but now Lucy is back in New Jersey to pick up the pieces in the same house she and Jack once shared, trying to move on. But the past won't loosen its grip on the young widow, and it seems to have taken hold of Kevin as well. At first his behavior becomes increasingly erratic; then he begins making statements wise beyond his years, offering specific details about Jack's murder he couldn't possibly know. Lucy decides to delve into the mystery surrounding her husband's death, for her own sanity and for Kevin's. She can't trust the cops, it seems, and now the local Don has reached out to her, offering help in clearing Jack's name. As Hurricane Sandy bears down on Bayonne, Lucy must trust her instincts to save herself and her son from much more than a deadly storm. Douglas Schofield's Storm Rising is not to be missed.
About the Author
Douglas Schofield was raised and educated in British Columbia, where he earned degrees in History and Law. Over the past three decades, he has worked as a trial lawyer in Canada, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. During those years, he prosecuted and defended hundreds of cases of serious crime. In 2013, after nine years as Assistant Solicitor General in the Cayman Islands Government, Douglas returned to private practice.Douglas and his wife Melody live on Grand Cayman, along with their most excellent and amazing talking cat, Juno, who kindly permits them to share his home.Although Douglas dabbled in creative writing for many years, "Flight Risks" was his first completed novel-length manuscript. Completed in 2002, the original 752-page manuscript went through several revisions and several years of sitting untouched in a drawer before it was finally picked up by a small publishing house in England. Enthusiastic reader feedback fully justified the publisher's initial reaction. A January 2011 review in the Victoria Times-Colonist, a leading daily newspaper in Western Canada, described Flight Risks as:"...a fast-paced snappy thriller ... utterly believable ... Theresolution, while something of a surprise, is absolutely satisfying"Douglas has also written a number of screenplays. In 2004, he enrolled in an intensive screenwriting seminar in Los Angeles. He spent the entire course sitting next to an engaging young actress named Drew Barrymore. Not surprisingly, this encounter was a bit distracting, but somehow Douglas managed to pick up the essentials. A year later, his script for "Time Out Of Mind," a murder mystery / love story, took first prize in its category in the Fade In Magazine/Writer's Network Screenwriting Competition. His next screenplay, "Succession"--a thriller set in New Jersey and England during the traumatic days following Princess Diana's death in that Paris tunnel--has attracted serious attention in Hollywood.In 2012, "Flight Risks" was re-issued in the UK by MIWK Publishing. That event was followed immediately by release of his second novel, "Succession," based on the screenplay. The new novel was enthusiastically described by Oscar-nominated actor Graham Greene in vivid terms:"Better than ice cream--the way the story unfolds is excellent, thecharacters are wonderful, the story is like a basket of delicategourmet treats!"In 2014, Douglas accepted an offer for his third novel from St. Martin's Press, a division of Macmillan Publishing. "Time of Departure" is based on his prize-winning screenplay, "Time Out Of Mind." It is due for North American release on December 1, 2015.Douglas has now commenced work on "Sorrow's Heir," also for St. Martin's Press. It is due for release in late 2016.
