Deadly Orchid

ISBN: 059542984X

Author: Gardner, Ned

Condition: New

About the Author NED GARDNER has been writing persuasive, entertaining ideas for over forty years. Following a writing stint at Swift-Chaplins Hollywood studios, he began an 18-year career with J. Walter Thompson, one of the worlds largest, most prestigious advertising agencies. In 1990, Ned began writing fiction. Completing his first three novels, KODAK MOMENT (a not entirely fictionalized tale finally resolving who actually shot JFK and why), ONE-EYED PAPERBOY (an oddball odyssey intertwining an infamous war criminals daughter, her lovely niece, and perhaps the stupidest, most botched and humorously pathetic kidnapping in history) and DEADLY ORCHID. He is now finalizing a compendium of short stories under the title, DEEP WATERfive quick-paced yarns mostly chilling and tantalizing in nature, which will be published later this year. Ned lives in Florida with his two cats, Rex the Wonder Kitten and Rewrite. Product Description Remember Chappaquiddick? Laura Farans does. Vividly! And she can't stop dreaming about it over and over many years later, because she was one of the "Boiler Room Girls" who attended the infamous party on that fateful July weekend in 1969 when a young woman's life was mysteriously snuffed out-along with a prominent senator's anticipated bid for the highest office in the land! But that dreadful incident was chicken feed when compared to other, even more horrific events that continued to feed Laura's troubling and odious behavior. And that was just fine with her, by the way, because this strange and beautiful woman-impossibly infectious and seductive on the surface-was as totally noxious inside as the magnificent but treacherous flower that spawned her sinister nickname! Chances are you won't like Laura Farans very much. Few did after getting to know her. But you won't easily forget the lady, either. Unless you were one of the unfortunate lovers who couldn't resist the deadly orchid's perilous allure, and you're not around to think about her any longer! "Brilliant! Haunting! Delivers! Double-DOUBLE dare you to put it down!" ~Tim Pelfry-National Police Ledger "Scary as hell! Every guy's worst nightmare! Where can I meet this astonishing creature?"~Erik Simpson-Chicago Loyola Review