{"id":866,"date":"2013-09-02T20:16:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T20:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaeltuckerauthor.com\/aquarius_falling\/?p=866"},"modified":"2013-09-02T20:16:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T20:16:20","slug":"vendetta-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/2013\/09\/02\/vendetta-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Vendetta Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Vendetta-Stone-Cover1.png\" class=\"gallery_colorbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-868\" title=\"Vendetta Stone Cover\" src=\"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Vendetta-Stone-Cover1-194x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Vendetta-Stone-Cover1-194x300.png 194w, http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Vendetta-Stone-Cover1.png 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Vendetta Stone<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>by Tom Wood<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official disclaimer: For the past 12 months the author and I have participated in a critique group where I had the opportunity to read portions of this novel while it was a work in progress. This is my first reading of his edited finished product.<\/p>\n<p>The novel is uniquely written as a fictional true crime novel. Think of Truman Capote\u2019s <em>In Cold Blood<\/em>, but with the major difference being Mr. Capote\u2019s work is based on an actual crime and interviews with real people. <em>Vendetta Stone<\/em> has the same style and tone but is fiction.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The novel takes place over a 6-day period from August 13, 2010 to August 19, 2010, in the city of Nashville, TN, and is told through the eyes of fictional newspaper reporter, Gerry Hilliard. Readers familiar with Nashville will delight at the references to various city spots, from Rotier\u2019s restaurant to seedy Dickerson Pike, from Percy Priest Lake to Percy Warner Park, gated Brentwood communities to East Nashville, the Tennessee Titans to the Parthenon.<\/p>\n<p>This is a well-written novel with a minimum of very mild profanity, and one where several murders are committed without gory descriptions. While I referred to this as a fictional true crime novel it is more appropriately in the thriller genre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Principle Characters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gerry Hilliard \u2013 newspaper reporter and story narrator<\/p>\n<p>Angela Stone \u2013 the victim<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Stone \u2013 Angela\u2019s husband<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Stone \u2013 Jackson brother<\/p>\n<p>Sheila Stone \u2013 Patrick\u2019s wife<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Fletcher \u2013 Angela\u2019s guilt ridden best friend<\/p>\n<p>Herb Fletcher \u2013 Sarah\u2019s husband<\/p>\n<p>Delmore Remus Wolfe \u2013 psychopathic serial killer<\/p>\n<p>Chief Wilson King \u2013 Nashville\u2019s Chief of Police<\/p>\n<p>Sargent Mike Whitfield \u2013 lead investigator<\/p>\n<p>Dan Clarkston \u2013 television news reporter<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Robert Armstrong \u2013 Jackson Stone\u2019s minister<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Erica Karnoff \u2013 psychologist<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fictional Author\u2019s Note provides background information on the beautiful and talented Angela Stone. From there the reader jumps into a news conference that takes place after her battered body is discovered. A distraught, zombie-like, Jackson Stone takes the podium and public announces his intentions to personally find his wife\u2019s killer, no matter the consequences. The city, and soon the nation, is quickly divided between those who want to see vigilante justice and those seeking the order of law.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Wood weaves us through a tapestry of mania where careers can be made or broken on the outcome of Jackson\u2019s personal tragedy. It seems everyone connected to the investigation has an opportunity for personal gain. The reader also sees the dynamic behind the scenes interplay of today\u2019s media (print, talk-radio, television, and social media) as it chases a headline-making story.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Stone\u2019s only method of finding Angela\u2019s killer rests with making himself bait for a trap. The novel\u2019s climax ultimately comes to the only intersection possible, a showdown between Jackson Stone and Angela\u2019s psychopathic killer, Delmore Remus Wolfe.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy thrillers, you will enjoy this novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vendetta Stone\u00a0 by Tom Wood &nbsp; Official disclaimer: For the past 12 months the author and I have participated in a critique group where I had the opportunity to read portions of this novel while it was a work in progress. This is my first reading of his edited finished&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/2013\/09\/02\/vendetta-stone\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaeltuckerauthor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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