Sneak Peek! Cover of Darkness by Gregory Delaurentis
Title: Cover of Darkness
Author: Gregory Delaurentis
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Book Description:
A
high profile murder of a Wall Street executive in Westchester pits
three people against the criminal underbelly of Manhattan nightlife.
The key players are two ex-cops turned private investigators—Kevin
Whitehouse, whose sharpest tool is his keen analytical mind, and
David Allerton, a former Special Forces operative—and Margaret
Alexander, Kevin’s lover. In their search for a killer, they are
forced to travel to the edge of sanity and morality, while stumbling
onto their own confusing secrets as well. The
Cover of Darkness is
a gritty noir saga that untangles a web of deceit in the course of
tracking down a brutal murderer.
About the Author
Gregory
Delaurentis spent his adult life roaming from job to job, working for
Lockheed in California, various law firms in New York, and financial
firms on Wall Street. Throughout this period of time, he was
writing—unceasingly—finally producing a large body of work,
albeit unrecognized and unpublished . . . until now. Cover
of Darkness is
the first in a series of upcoming books that include Edge
of Darkness,
Pale
of Darkness and
Cries
of Darkness. These
novels follow the lives of three individuals who do battle bringing
criminals to justice, while they struggle to understand the complex
relationships that exist among themselves. This intriguing trio has
absorbed the attention of Mr. Delaurentis for the past year and a
half, so much so he decided to self-publish their stories to bring
them to a wider audience. [AUTHOR’S
DISCLAIMER:
These are works of fiction. Name, characters, places, and incidents
either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used
fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,
events, or locales is entirely coincidental.]
Book Excerpt:
David
stopped pacing, and then started working on a rock embedded in the
dirt with the toe of his shoe. “I wonder why MacDonald didn’t say
anything in the interview about the cops being present. He should
have told us that there were cops in the Midnight for
protection—making sure the dealers were selling and not using.”
“Maybe,”
Kevin ventured, “he didn’t want to drop a dime on his cop
friends. Maybe he was frightened.”
“Maybe.
That would have helped us a lot,” David said, his eye caught by a
shapely girl on a bike riding nearby.
Margaret sat up. “That would also explain how the killer got past the gate and simply walked into the house. He could have been flashing a badge.”
“That
makes some sense,” Kevin said. “And certainly cops can kill.”
“They
make the best assassins, don’t they?” David quipped.
“So
now this is a cop hunt?” Kevin asked.
“I
would rather it end here, guys,” Margaret said.
David
approached the two and stood over them. “The question is now how to
hunt the most dangerous thing in New York. Crossing the thin blue
line is not going to be fun or easy.”
“Fun?”
Margaret said. “It’s downright dangerous.”
“We
can’t go to Ferryman and Reynolds,” Kevin said, nervously running
his fingers through his hair, and retrieving his arm from around
Margaret as he sat up. “They’ll only go on the defensive. And if
the case starts turning in that direction, they’ll only deflect
it.”
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ReplyDeleteI'm loving the cover for this book. It seems to fit the excerpts I have read too.
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