He was paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair.Ī man named Kimani Washington claimed that my client and another man were the killers. A fifth man, Marcus Hurd, was shot as he tried to escape by climbing a fence. Levaughn Washum-Garrison lay dead, shot through the heart and lungs. Her baby boy Amanihotep Smith lay under her, shot twice. Eyanna Flonory lay dead on the sidewalk in blood-spattered pajamas. The naked, bullet-riddled body of Simba Martin, clad only in a pair of bloody white socks, was splayed in the street. On September 28, 2010, at 1:11 AM, four people were shot to death on the corner of Woolson and Wildwood streets in the Mattapan neighborhood, just blocks away from a Boston Police station. That outrage would come to light as the trial proceeded. That the most likely suspect was not charged with murder had not yet come into focus. Four people were dead, one of them a child. That he was only accused seemed immaterial. One of the killers, according to police, was my client. The mothers of the dead sat next to the mothers of the killers. Keep informed of special deals, giveaways, new releases, and exclusive updates from Creston: /contactįor Creston's eBooks, audio books, and paperbacks: amazon.1st place: Private investigator and crime novelist John Nardizzi tells a twisted tale of murder and conflicting stories, diligent investigation and justice unserved. He enjoys reading, fishing, thrifting, painting, time with his family, and dates with his wife. Creston loves his part-time job as an usher at local venues were he gets to see all the latest-greatest concerts and sporting events. He's ghost-written more than ten non-fiction books.Īlong the way, Creston has written 12 contemporary thrillers, achieved Amazon Bestseller status multiple times, and had one of his novels (Nobody) optioned as a major motion picture.Ĭreston married his fourth grade sweetheart, Patty, and they have four amazing kids who range from 22 to 32 years old. He went out on his own as a freelance writer in 1991 and, over the next 30 years, did work for Chick-fil-A, Coca-Cola, The Weather Channel, Oracle, ABC-TV, TNT Sports, colleges and universities, ad agencies and more. Creston was a newspaper reporter and photographer in Ohio and Florida, then moved to Atlanta, Georgia, for a job as a creative copywriter.Ĭreston served for a stint as a creative director, but quickly learned he was not cut out for management. He set type by hand and cranked out his own neighborhood newspaper as a kid, then went on to graduate with a degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University. Creston was not a good student, but the one natural talent he possessed was writing. Dark Star is one of the wildest rides ever encountered in modern inspirational fiction.Ĭreston Mapes grew up in northeast Ohio, where he has fond memories of living with his family of five in the upstairs' portion of his dad's early American furniture store - The Weathervane Shop. The eyes of the world fall on courtroom B-3 in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Through it all, he receives uplifting notes from a young lady in Kansas who claims she’s not a fan, but a friend - someone who sees his desperation and depravity - and is praying for him. for guidance and solace, he gradually finds a sinister form of evil seeping into his fractured life that threatens to end his career - and possibly his life. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Everett begins to rely on the services of a personal psychic from L.A. He could find no privacy, genuine friends, joy, or contentment - even though, in the world’s eyes, he had it all. Then a record label discovered them and the band experienced a thunderous and meteoric rise to the top of the record charts - and super-stardom.ĭespite Everett’s unfathomable popularity and riches, he was spiraling out of control into a dark existence where everyone wanted a piece of him. He was determined to prove to his parents and the people who looked down on him that he would rise above, make it in this world - and make it big.Įverett’s garage band, DeathStroke, played bars, pool halls, schools, Bar mitzvahs, and anyplace they could get a paycheck. Ever since he was a kid from a troubled home growing up on the gritty backstreets of Cleveland, Ohio, Everett Lester longed to be somebody, to make a name for himself.
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