Psychic Reprieve: Deception and Reality

R.C. is a rising star in baseball, until his world comes crashing down. Raised by his grandparents, Raunold Choquet has one dream in life, to play ball. When a hazing incident goes astray, he finds out that justice is not always blind. Reality sets in when he is attacked in prison. Awakening from a coma with piercing headaches and vivid dreams, he is left to sort out what is real, and what is not. Psychic Reprieve: Deception & Reality introduces us to a group of unlikely friends: a well-liked college baseball player, a disgraced Chicago police sergeant, and a folksy identify thief, as they seek to cash in on one of the trio's clairvoyant abilities. As their plan unfolds, the lines between deception and reality blur as the motivation for financial gain clashes with conscience, patriotism, and personal responsibility. Purported psychics use their talents - real or perceived - to provide a service and earn an income. In this particular line of work, scammers and snake oil salesmen sometimes move about like thieves in the night. Realists see psychic readings as a pricy form of entertainment. To those in search of inner peace, however, the hopes of bringing a loved one's killer to justice or communicating with a relative on 'the other side' can make them an easy mark for brazen charlatans. Mitchell Nevin's latest novel searches the shadowy expanses occupied by serial killers, cold-blooded terrorists, challenged detectives, troubled loved ones, and a gifted young man on a quest to mend his tattered reputation.

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Having served in a law enforcement capacity for parts of three decades, Mitchell Nevin's knowledge of organized crime, police interrogation techniques, surveillance, and forensics, shines a light on the inner workings of law enforcement.  As a member of the Milwaukee Police Department, the author was part of a small group of officers that studied, monitored, and documented crimes committed by members of groups, including those associated with the occult Purported psychics use their talents -- real or perceived -- to provide a service and earn an income. In this particular line of work, scammers and snake oil salesmen sometimes move about like thieves in the night.  Realists tend to see psychic readings as a pricy form of entertainment. To those in search of inner peace, however, the hopes of bringing a loved one's killer to justice or communicating with a relative on 'the other side' can make them an easy mark for brazen charlatans. . In his book, Best of the Spingola Files, Volumes I & II, retired homicide detective Steve Spingola spotlights the talents of Arthur Price Roberts, a Depression era "man with strange talents," who led detectives to victims of foul play and, later, forecasted a series of bombings that shook Milwaukee to its core.  Psychic Reprieve: Deception & Reality navigates this gray area -- the shadowy expanse occupied by serial killers, cold-blooded terrorists, challenged detectives, troubled loved ones, and a gifted young man on a quest to mend his tattered reputation. Mitchell Nevin's first novel, The Cozen Protocol, an Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel of the Year Award nominee, spotlighted a Milwaukee-based gang war and laPrevieww enforcement's subsequent response. In his latest work, Nevin's story of the paranormal takes place from perspective of those on the outside looking in; whereby, those operating on the fringes of the law offer their services to the men and women enforcing the law.

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