Category: Manatee County 911

• GOODREADS BOOK GIVEAWAY

  Goodreads has a contest running on my book Do You Know How To Fly which is a true crime novel. It is the first of two books about a career criminal who came to the Tampa Bay area after being placed on parole for bank robbery and sentenced to 15 1/2 years in Federal prison.…

  Gordon

  February 6, 2017

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• KIRKUS REVIEW OF DO YOU KNOW HOW TO FLY?

  KIRKUS REVIEW Kuhn’s debut true-crime story shows how a violent man’s life led him to death row. The author uses interviews and other sources to piece together the life of Delmer Smith, a seasoned career criminal awaiting execution in Florida. Smith was born in Detroit in 1971, on the cusp of the city’s economic decline.…

  Gordon

  January 13, 2017

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• PREDATOR: FOUND:ONE

  CAUTIONARY NOTE: The following is about a violent and horrific murder. It is a real story about real people. Parts of this are very graphic. Please have respect for the victims, their families, and their friends. ——————————————————— PART ONE—Face Down CHAPTER 1—911 Operator # 143 She lay face down. At least, that is how they…

  Gordon

  December 17, 2015

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