Aaron T. Knight
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At the height of the Great Depression in 1937 a young man's life is permanently changed by the careless actions of a truck driver at a busy intersection in Manhattan. Struck by the massive vehicle he is badly crippled for life. Bribery and lies take away his hope of money to pay hismonumental medical bills. Revenge becomes the dominationg force in his life as he turns to con games to steal from insurance companies by creating fraudulent claims.He...
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Money laundering and murder are a bad combination for a bank in the New Jersey suburbs. Fingered for all of the criminal activities going on in the bank is the president Baxter Bindle. He is the son of the owner an internationally known construction magnate.
Taken away from the aunt and uncle who raised him and placed in the isolated world of private schools he becomes a neurotic mess. All of the efforts of his hard driving father to mold him into...
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Imagine a world no longer dependent on fossil fuels as an energy source. No more noise no more pollution of the planet. An altruistic scientist imagined it. His research uncovers an inexhaustible energy source to completely eradicate the need for fossil fuels. Special interest groups learn of the threat to their survival and the scientist is murdered. He has hidden the formula in four parts around the world. Only one person he trusted completely will...
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Plastic. That manmade stuff which won't go away. You can't burn it, all you get is a big lump. Burying won't make it disintegrate like natural substances etc. It just piles up into a big mess. Dr O spends twenty years creating a creature whose only sustenance is the petro carbons that is the main ingredient of the stuff. He is wildly successful creating a world wide demand. He partners with a company that insists on increased production to meet the...
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Frank Fowler has been slaving away in a lower middle management at a giant conglomerate and going no where. His wife on the other hand is a partner in a fast growing IT management firm which naturally causes a growing separation in their marriage. Heading back home from an exhausting trip for his boss, a giant hurricane slams the jet he is travelling on into the ocean. He regains consciousness on a South Carolina beach where he meets a man who claims...
6) Fred
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A humorous tale about a quirky robot. Fred is the latest American status symbol. It will do all of your household chores by itself. New intelligence science has created the perfect servant for your home. However in Fred's case the inventor of the intelligence has a resentment against the owner of the robot company for stealing his ideas. For revenge he programs Fred to be anti social. A robot with a chip on it's shoulder will ruin the company as word...
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Agatha Christie's famous detective, Miss Marple has amazed everyone with her super ability to solve murders. Why hasn't any killer tried to knock her off when they learn she is on the case? In this satire a Miss Marble, quite different from Miss Marple, is to be murdered by a group of people out for revenge. A perfect settiing is a 500 year anniversary celebration of a castle located in Northern England. Bumbles, fumbles and outright stupidity foil...
8) Strike Five
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Be careful what you wish for you might get it. Chad Smith got it. His dream was to play baseball in the major league. But he was missing one talent needed to qualify for the majors. A freak accident in a strange way gives him the skill missing in his game. However the talent added to his playing is an unorthodox approach. It is bizarre. Baseball players, team managers and owners vehemently protest allowing him to play in the game. A beehive of controversey...
9) Gore Galore
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Four murdered victims are discovered in a Virginia town. Such an event in a residential community of its size was unthinkable. There hadn't been a crime there since a "breaking and entering felony" several years ago. Media dubbed it "Forest Avenue Massacre"which was an error since a massacre requires five or more corpses. Lurid as the event was media interest faded rather quickly. There wasn't anything to write about, no suspects, no forensic evidence...
10) Madonna Dilemma
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A famous painting of Madonna is stolen in Rome by an American mob boss. Somewhere in the fencing of the masterpiece the painting disappears. An LA art dealer who was to fence the art work is found murdered. A mob boss, a widow, an associate and an enemy of the dead man are in a panic to find the money or the painting. An LA detective who is only interested in coasting along until early retirement is assigned to the murder case. He finds it impossible...
