Bob Zimmerman

Deadly Values Bob Zimmerman

If you are bored with formula suspense fiction, Deadly Values is just what you're looking for. Deadly Values is set in New Orleans' sumptuous Garden District and peerless French Quarter during the 2006 Mardi Gras-just after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroy much of the Gulf Coast and beyond. Protagonist, Trent Lord, orphaned at birth, earns two Silver Stars and then rises rapidly to become the unlikely president of Squire Oil. Then his charmed life turns nightmarish. Twenty years after the deaths of his wife and daughter Trent learns the true cause of their deaths and he is caught on the horns of a dilemma none of us ever wants to face. The means he adopts to resolve that dilemma will leave you trembling. Bob Zimmerman is the bestselling author of The American Challenge, Love Atlanta, The Strong Agenda, Metacapitalism, and Common Sense . He leaves it up to you serving as jurors to decide if Trent Lord evolved from orphanhood into a loving family man or a sadistic monster. Zimmerman tantalizes like a master storyteller should. Deadly Values is a mini-classic, the modern novel at its finest-haunting gripping, a triumph. When the last sentence is read, Deadly Values' ensemble of complex characters epitomize the irreverence of our age but are so real they tempt the reader into a second read. Deadly Values forces us to think the unthinkable and question our convictions of right and wrong. Following are a few of Deadly Values' quirky characters: Trent Lord: oilman and protagonist; Sister Angelica: the nun who heads the orphanage where Trent Lord grows up; Madison Edenborn: Trent Lord's loving wife; Glory Lord: Trent and Madison's and's vivacious daughter; Alvernia: the Lord family's caretaker and confidant; James Iverson: a pedophiliac federal judge; Gordy Iverson: the judge's younger brother's son; Random Rhodes: an immoral evangelical preacher; Royale Bonner, a New Orleans' stripper-addicted police captain; Justine Gyro: one of Royale Bonner's stripper friends with benefits; Constant Masterson: a violent crime profiler and Tulane University law professor; Mac Reasoner: an investigative reporter; Wiley, Mac Reasoner's irascible pup; Ray Nagin, the Mayor of New Orleans; Newt Breedlove: managing editor of the Times-Picayune; C-Note, bookie and owner of a news shop in the French Quarter; and Cooter Grimes, owner of a home security company.