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A Run to Hell: Third Edition
A fact-based history-mystery thriller is told through the eyes of a woman and a man who have no options. Criminal trial lawyer Lee Gunther knows who and what was behind the murder of Best Actress Oscar winner turned Princess Grace Kelly Grimaldi of Monaco. Now he has no choice but to join Calero.
One-time immigrant Jaime Calero has grown to become an FBI special agent, Perhaps she was born for this back-channel the joint FBI and CIA mission to take down brutal Panamanian dictator and drug kingpin Manuel Noriega. "Maybe this is God's way," she mutters in her departed mother's words, more so than her own.
Fact and fiction marvelously merge. Where did author Frederick Schofield find hidden truths? His father grew up next door to Grace Kelly. His dad knew what happened to the little girl, who became a princess, and to her family. Following Grace's murder, her brother Kell, a prominent Philadelphia City Councilperson and President of the U.S. Olympic Committee, was murdered just six hours and a dozen city blocks apart from where their brother-in-law Gene Conlan was slain.
As a lawyer, Schofield represented clients associated with Philadelphia's Mafia, The crime family was vicious even by Mafia standards. Nervous lips whispered stories. And Schofield's mentor in the law, Raymond J. Takiff, was one of three lawyers defending Panamanian general, president, dictator, and drug kingpin Manuel Noriega on U.S drug trafficking charges. Later Ray served as an undercover government witness in a sting operation that resulted in a record number of federal and state judges being indicted.
Travel in this one from Philadelphia to Monaco, the Baja Peninsula of Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama in a story that came to Schofield many ways. Lee and Jaime don't care how he learned. All that matters is staying alive until tomorrow . . . when you take A Run to Hell.
CRITICS
“Packed with secrets, intrigue, and adventure . . . something for everyone.” —Book Dealers World
“Tom Clancy and John Grisham fans will REALLY love this one! Fiction and fact are mixed so well that I cannot tell where the truth ends and lies begin. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING.” —Huntress Book Reviews
“A great mix of fact and fiction, thriller and history.” —Naples Daily News
"A Run to Hell is a fictional tale about the deaths of [Philadelphia] native Princess Grace of Monaco and her brother Philadelphia Councilman Jack Kelly, which suggests they were murdered by the Philadelphia Mafia. Now there's a novel idea!" —Philadelphia Daily News
“It’s the way the mob stuff really ran.” —Fat “Joey “A” Altimare, longtime alleged and prison-pedigreed Philly mob member
“A Run to Hell superbly mixes a Grisham-style law story with the intrigue of organized crime, with a romantic subplot.” —Ambience Magazine
“Devilish adventure with room for romance.” —Philadelphia Out on the Town News
“Frederick was motivated by his personal history to write A Run to Hell, a thriller that highlights the murders of . . .” —Writers Life Magazine
“Thoroughly enjoyed.
One-time immigrant Jaime Calero has grown to become an FBI special agent, Perhaps she was born for this back-channel the joint FBI and CIA mission to take down brutal Panamanian dictator and drug kingpin Manuel Noriega. "Maybe this is God's way," she mutters in her departed mother's words, more so than her own.
Fact and fiction marvelously merge. Where did author Frederick Schofield find hidden truths? His father grew up next door to Grace Kelly. His dad knew what happened to the little girl, who became a princess, and to her family. Following Grace's murder, her brother Kell, a prominent Philadelphia City Councilperson and President of the U.S. Olympic Committee, was murdered just six hours and a dozen city blocks apart from where their brother-in-law Gene Conlan was slain.
As a lawyer, Schofield represented clients associated with Philadelphia's Mafia, The crime family was vicious even by Mafia standards. Nervous lips whispered stories. And Schofield's mentor in the law, Raymond J. Takiff, was one of three lawyers defending Panamanian general, president, dictator, and drug kingpin Manuel Noriega on U.S drug trafficking charges. Later Ray served as an undercover government witness in a sting operation that resulted in a record number of federal and state judges being indicted.
Travel in this one from Philadelphia to Monaco, the Baja Peninsula of Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama in a story that came to Schofield many ways. Lee and Jaime don't care how he learned. All that matters is staying alive until tomorrow . . . when you take A Run to Hell.
CRITICS
“Packed with secrets, intrigue, and adventure . . . something for everyone.” —Book Dealers World
“Tom Clancy and John Grisham fans will REALLY love this one! Fiction and fact are mixed so well that I cannot tell where the truth ends and lies begin. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING.” —Huntress Book Reviews
“A great mix of fact and fiction, thriller and history.” —Naples Daily News
"A Run to Hell is a fictional tale about the deaths of [Philadelphia] native Princess Grace of Monaco and her brother Philadelphia Councilman Jack Kelly, which suggests they were murdered by the Philadelphia Mafia. Now there's a novel idea!" —Philadelphia Daily News
“It’s the way the mob stuff really ran.” —Fat “Joey “A” Altimare, longtime alleged and prison-pedigreed Philly mob member
“A Run to Hell superbly mixes a Grisham-style law story with the intrigue of organized crime, with a romantic subplot.” —Ambience Magazine
“Devilish adventure with room for romance.” —Philadelphia Out on the Town News
“Frederick was motivated by his personal history to write A Run to Hell, a thriller that highlights the murders of . . .” —Writers Life Magazine
“Thoroughly enjoyed.
414 pages, Paperback
Published September 4, 2024
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