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A professional killer haunting the divorce courts offers the
spouse with the weakest morals and the most to lose a simple
proposition: hire me to fake an accidental death for your mate
and your troubles will be over. It’s a perfect profitable business
plan, with just one little problem.
The killer doesn’t realize that the New York City Department of
Health keeps death statistics. And Doctor Nicholas Andreas,
who likes to read the obituaries, becomes curious when he
notes several accidental deaths among people in high profile
divorces.
Dr. Andreas investigates with the help of a police detective on
medical disability for World Trade Center lung disease. Their
search leads them into a dangerous cat and mouse game with
the killer, who is not about to let a nosey physician wreck his
business. Will the good doctor become yet another death
statistic? Find out in the exciting new crime novel from
acclaimed author Tim Sheard.
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“LOVE DIES by Timothy Sheard is a compelling and devious
crime novel. Fast-paced and disturbingly plausible. Highly
recommended." --Jonathan Maberry, New York Times
bestselling author of THE KING OF PLAGUES
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"With his usual clear plot and quick pacing, Tim Sheard enlivens
the book early on with engaging, intimate portraits of real
people facing the greatest challenges of their lives: their
survival as a family, a community and a moral way of life."
Jane LaTour, author of Sisters in the Brotherhood.
spouse with the weakest morals and the most to lose a simple
proposition: hire me to fake an accidental death for your mate
and your troubles will be over. It’s a perfect profitable business
plan, with just one little problem.
The killer doesn’t realize that the New York City Department of
Health keeps death statistics. And Doctor Nicholas Andreas,
who likes to read the obituaries, becomes curious when he
notes several accidental deaths among people in high profile
divorces.
Dr. Andreas investigates with the help of a police detective on
medical disability for World Trade Center lung disease. Their
search leads them into a dangerous cat and mouse game with
the killer, who is not about to let a nosey physician wreck his
business. Will the good doctor become yet another death
statistic? Find out in the exciting new crime novel from
acclaimed author Tim Sheard.
______________________________________
“LOVE DIES by Timothy Sheard is a compelling and devious
crime novel. Fast-paced and disturbingly plausible. Highly
recommended." --Jonathan Maberry, New York Times
bestselling author of THE KING OF PLAGUES
_______________________________________
"With his usual clear plot and quick pacing, Tim Sheard enlivens
the book early on with engaging, intimate portraits of real
people facing the greatest challenges of their lives: their
survival as a family, a community and a moral way of life."
Jane LaTour, author of Sisters in the Brotherhood.
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THE MYSTERY GAZETTE
Rejected wannabe author Alex Germaine is an ambulance chaser of sorts. Alex hangs around divorce courts seeking special
angry amoral clients; of which he seems to have plenty of choices. He offers those he deems wealthy and worthy of his
services a chance to eliminate their odious mate via an “accident” for a fee of cash “collected” at slot machines in Atlantic City
casinos so there will be no money trail to follow.
Since 9/11, Doctor Nicholas Andreas has studied death. Obsessed he diligently reads the obituary column every day; a
section ne never looked at before the collapse of the Towers. However, Nicholas begins noticing an odd trend of accidental
deaths to many wealthy people obtaining a divorce. Nicholas discusses it with his friend Stanley, a former Brooklyn cop on
disability retirement with respiratory problems since he volunteered to work the residue of the Twin Towers collapse.
This is an exciting thriller starring an intriguing doctor, an ailing first responder and a for hire mercenary killer. Each in his way
is different but all are obsessed over something. Action-packed as the streets of New York serve as the backdrop, fans will
enjoy this entertaining mystery with an amusing lampooning of the book publishing industry to lighten the dark story line of
what happens when literally Love Dies.
Harriet Klausner June, 2011
Rejected wannabe author Alex Germaine is an ambulance chaser of sorts. Alex hangs around divorce courts seeking special
angry amoral clients; of which he seems to have plenty of choices. He offers those he deems wealthy and worthy of his
services a chance to eliminate their odious mate via an “accident” for a fee of cash “collected” at slot machines in Atlantic City
casinos so there will be no money trail to follow.
Since 9/11, Doctor Nicholas Andreas has studied death. Obsessed he diligently reads the obituary column every day; a
section ne never looked at before the collapse of the Towers. However, Nicholas begins noticing an odd trend of accidental
deaths to many wealthy people obtaining a divorce. Nicholas discusses it with his friend Stanley, a former Brooklyn cop on
disability retirement with respiratory problems since he volunteered to work the residue of the Twin Towers collapse.
This is an exciting thriller starring an intriguing doctor, an ailing first responder and a for hire mercenary killer. Each in his way
is different but all are obsessed over something. Action-packed as the streets of New York serve as the backdrop, fans will
enjoy this entertaining mystery with an amusing lampooning of the book publishing industry to lighten the dark story line of
what happens when literally Love Dies.
Harriet Klausner June, 2011
Brooklyn Examiner
Sheard tells a good, fast-moving, and engaging story. By turns
creepy and compassionate, this well-plotted summer release is
entertaining, eerie, and unsettling. Eleanor Bader
Sheard tells a good, fast-moving, and engaging story. By turns
creepy and compassionate, this well-plotted summer release is
entertaining, eerie, and unsettling. Eleanor Bader
Sheard…has created a compelling tale with flawed, realistic
characters, an unusual plot and lots of fast-paced action. Ray
Walsh, Lansing State Journal.
characters, an unusual plot and lots of fast-paced action. Ray
Walsh, Lansing State Journal.