Hard Time: A Kellerman Novel

Kellerman Mysteries #3

by Al Lamanda

Kellerman is back, bigger, bolder, and tougher than ever. Former US Marine, sometimes private investigator, oftentimes hit man for hire, Kellerman is as hardcore as they come.In Hard Time, Kellerman faces the most dangerous challenge of his career. The love of his life and ex-cop Maria Lopez is serving short time in a country-club prison for white-collar crime. With just four months left on her sentence, Maria is falsely accused of murdering a male guard and whisked off to a maximum security prison where she faces ten or more years of hard time.Kellerman will go to any lengths to prove Maria’s innocence and win her freedom. Standing in the way is a greedy review board that’s wants one million in cash to exonerate Maria of the murder charge. Forced to turn to organized crime to raise the million, Kellerman accepts the assignment of murdering a state attorney general, an innocent, family man caught between the mob and the law.With time running short, Kellerman must choose between freedom for the woman he loves, or the death of an innocent man. As Hard Time races to it roller-coaster climax, it will leave you breathless and wanting more.

308 pages, Paperback

First published May 9, 2014

About the author

Al Lamanda was born and raised in The Bronx, New York. He worked for many years as a private investigator and crime prevention specialist. He has authored five published novels, two feature films with another under option and more than a dozen books for Kindle.

Reviews

[Walt Mccluskey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hard time

Rated lower because the author really stretched to get a lot more trash into the tale than needed to have made it good entertainment. Previous tales were more clearly thought out and didn't require graphic detail to convey a thought. A shame to have what seemed a good author drop his standards just to get one more book out.