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Left Hooked: A Samantha Malone Mystery
Bones LaRue is dead.
The fan-favorite heavyweight with the troubled past went down early in his highly publicized comeback fight and never got up again. But something in the boxer's autopsy has the NYPD asking questions which require the assistance of private detective Samantha Malone and her brother, amateur boxer Winston "Stone" Malone.
Using Stone's contacts in the boxing world, he and Sam uncover a string of dead boxers all across the city with only one thing tying them together–a new designer drug called "Golden Gloves."
It's up to Sam to find the source of the drug before it claims any more lives, but in order to do that, she'll have to wade through an onslaught of lies and corruption.
The fan-favorite heavyweight with the troubled past went down early in his highly publicized comeback fight and never got up again. But something in the boxer's autopsy has the NYPD asking questions which require the assistance of private detective Samantha Malone and her brother, amateur boxer Winston "Stone" Malone.
Using Stone's contacts in the boxing world, he and Sam uncover a string of dead boxers all across the city with only one thing tying them together–a new designer drug called "Golden Gloves."
It's up to Sam to find the source of the drug before it claims any more lives, but in order to do that, she'll have to wade through an onslaught of lies and corruption.
208 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 25, 2023
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About the author
Michael Gary Wirth
7 books4 followersHailing from central New Jersey, Michael Wirth has always had a penchant for the film industry. From a young age, he devoured any movie he could, from “Ghostbusters” to “Citizen Kane” and “Romancing the Stone.” When the time came to decide on his future (known during high school years as ‘choosing a major’) Michael settled on Electronic Filmmaking at New Jersey’s Fairleigh Dickinson University.
However, two semesters into the program, Michael left FDU to pursue what he felt was a more “stable” career as a graphic designer. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Communications but soon realized that his passion didn’t lie in graphic arts but in writing instead, so he set out to write his first full length novel, "The Non-Linear Flow of the Universal Tides," and its sequel, "The Relentless Pursuit of the Cosmic Awareness." He followed up this series with a techno-detective-noir mystery, “Imperfect Recall.”
With three full-length novels under his belt, he looked to recapture his original passion: movies and filmmaking. Michael collaborated with director Louie Cortes on his upcoming short video “Eve” which screened at the 2021 Halloween Horror Picture Show.
When he isn’t navigating bowling alley dimensions, battling mechanical vampires or quipping with a sentient pile of radioactive goop, Michael enjoys travelling with his beautiful wife, Lauren. He’s visited several countries and greatly enjoys experiencing new and exciting things that help to expand his understanding of the world and enrich his writing.
However, two semesters into the program, Michael left FDU to pursue what he felt was a more “stable” career as a graphic designer. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Communications but soon realized that his passion didn’t lie in graphic arts but in writing instead, so he set out to write his first full length novel, "The Non-Linear Flow of the Universal Tides," and its sequel, "The Relentless Pursuit of the Cosmic Awareness." He followed up this series with a techno-detective-noir mystery, “Imperfect Recall.”
With three full-length novels under his belt, he looked to recapture his original passion: movies and filmmaking. Michael collaborated with director Louie Cortes on his upcoming short video “Eve” which screened at the 2021 Halloween Horror Picture Show.
When he isn’t navigating bowling alley dimensions, battling mechanical vampires or quipping with a sentient pile of radioactive goop, Michael enjoys travelling with his beautiful wife, Lauren. He’s visited several countries and greatly enjoys experiencing new and exciting things that help to expand his understanding of the world and enrich his writing.
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October 3, 2023
A fast paced, vivid mystery. It's a sequel but it very much stands on its own. I think it's the author's best work yet.
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