Greed, Sex and Power Lead to Murder in Small Texas Town

Austin, TX (PRWEB) November 6, 2006 -- "The man's body lay in an unnatural position at the bottom of the stairs….." - Manuel "Manny" Muldoon has no clue what to enter next on the glaring computer screen. In spite of being a magna-cum-barely graduate of the Marshlake high school, the young half-Irish half-Mexican aspires to be a famous writer and leave his boring South Texas home. His favorite benefit as live in "go-fer" for Robert and Nancy Sturmwell and beautiful daughter Ms. Victoria, the town's pompous first family of banking, is having off-duty time to work on his novel.

With the family away on vacation, Manny agonizes over his first novel and revels in the peace - until the family returns and a contractor discovers an arm sticking out of the unfinished swimming pool wall. Fingers begin to point, and Manny is soon framed for one murder and implicated in another. He confides in the spoiled Vicky, and the two develop a "special closeness" all-the-while evading police and the real murderer on a fast-paced, dangerous trip to uncover the truth in Peary Perry's new novel "Manuel Muldoon" (ISBN 1413795145).

A sleepy Texas town is in for a shock when, drug money laundering, the Mexican Mafia, a jealous roommate, a crooked banker, and an even more crooked cop converge, and a web of lies and deceit unravel. The bumbling small town police force can hardly decipher a clue and Manuel sees his dream of being a big-time writer crumbling before his eyes. Follow the twists and turns as Manuel desperately tries to clear his name, and get back on track to getting out of this small town full of small minds.

Peary Perry lives in Austin, TX. Perry enlisted in the Army directly out of high school where he served for three years. Upon returning home, he entered law enforcement spending 7 years working undercover as a vice squad/ narcotics officer. For the past 20 years, Perry has been writing the weekly column "Letters from North America" which runs in about 75 papers throughout the country, and has three other novels in the works. "Manuel Muldoon" (ISBN 1413795145) can be purchased at online bookstores. For more information, visit www.pearyperry.com

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