David R. Branon Releases New Thriller

The assassination of four Supreme Court justices thanks to wine spiked with poison sets off a chain reaction of events that sparks the investigative curiosity of FBI Special Agent Ridge Walker Trueheart, an Oglala Sioux Indian who has never forgotten what happened to his ancestors. Murder, conspiracies and unforgettably colorful characters come together in this new, tongue-in-cheek thriller by a former CEO. The closer Trueheart gets to the truth, the more those around him work to throw him off the scent.

"The Spider's Web" raises the eyebrows right from the start when the book opens with a daring hit. Trueheart eventually runs across an unlikely suspect, Annabelle "Happy" Holiday, who is country mouse clever but eventually falls victim to avaricious city rats and a judicial system that supports eminent domain. Every character in the book has a secret to keep, from the president and vice president of the United States to the directors of the CIA and the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, as well as a vicious Mafia don. Enter the lovely - and ruthless - Dakota Kilgore, whose true purpose is a mystery.

Ultra-rich "patriots" dedicated to keeping the country safe and power in their pockets - even if it means violating the very principles upon which the nation was founded - add to the twists and turns of the book as it spins on to its surprising conclusion.

This is the second novel for author David Branon, who also wrote the well-received "The Curmudgeon's Tree." Branon served as chief executive officer of a business that was folded into a worldwide sporting goods conglomerate, becoming chairman of the multimillion-dollar Americas operation before deciding to retire to pursue the passion of words rather than the sterility of bottom-line numbers. The magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University lives with his wife in Greenville, S.C.

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The Spider's Web
David R. Branon
Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-4575-2573-5 | 320 pages | $18.95 US

Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and fine bookstores everywhere.

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