Lies and Perceptions

by John Hayden

SEX, MONEY & POWER...just ways to keep score in the Garbage Game, a Bloodsport where LIES are expected, cheating is routine, and violence is a matter of PERCEPTION. Gordon Palmer operates a huge landfill. Illegal is Cash only. Jim Stevens, environmental inspector, discovers lethal waste, and stumbles between right and wrong. Southern States Garbage is minting money. A teenage girl is only one of their victims. Governor Clifford Elias needs to maintain his environmentalist image. Bobby Kuchefski is County Leader of Holt County. He wants to be Governor. Daniel Snyder builds incinerators. Alliances with the devil do not concern him. Monsignor Robert Szathmary thinks he knows the risks that accompany his environmental terrorism. Monika Frantangelis is heir apparent to a paper recycling empire. Beautiful and wealthy is not enough. Attorney Phillip Spazutta is Guru of Garbage. Spazutta has unwritten rules...not found in law books. Curtis 'Weasel' Weiss wants to win a Pulitzer...a little too much.

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Philip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sex, money and power. Government corruption in all the wrong places. Fascinating and all too timely!