Richard Jackson has spent the past 20 years as a turnaround specialist–an executive who goes into underperforming businesses and guides them to peak performance. His job has taken him to 50+ countries around the world, giving him unique insights into international business, the price of power, and what makes people tick.

A small explosion traps thirteen men in a West Virginia coal mine. Struggling for air, they reach for a new shipment of self-contained breathing apparatuses. But the devices don’t work. When a second explosion rips through the mine, there are far more questions than answers.

Rick Henderson has just become president of the breathing apparatus company, and he’s determined to find out why his product failed. As Rick digs deeper, he uncovers an international web of greed and corruption that could bring down the giants of the industry-if he lives long enough to tell about it.

In the late 1970s, a serial killer began a reign of terror in Dallas, preying on prostitutes and petty criminals. Detective Jack O’Malley was hot on the killer’s trail-until he vanished, leaving O’Malley with a pile of unsolved cases and a broken marriage.

Almost 20 years later, the killer is back. But now the targets are the prominent politicians and celebrities of this cosmopolitan city. O’Malley vows that this time, the killer they call “The Nightingale” will not escape justice.

POWER AND DECEIT
(REVIEWED 10/27/2007)

Explosive

Richard Jackson's explosive, fast- paced, action- packed drama, Power and Deceit, captured my interest and held it from the first page... READ MORE