June is National Crime Reading Month

Hello All, 


Sorry it's been a while, but I can explain... we have a puppy. Enzo Ferrari Hogenkamp has entered our lives, which are never to be the same again. But the show must go on, and June is National Crime Reading Month. So, I wrote a short piece about my new book, The Woman From Death Row (Tirgearr Publishing, June 2023.) And please don't forget to preorder the book, Link to Pre-Order the book, which is only 1.49$ during the pre-order period, and sails to 5.99$ once the book is released. (It's also good for the book when pre-orders are strong, as it makes the book more visible on Amazon.) Anyway, can't wait for you to meet Jade and Mark, the main characters. Here's a little preview:


People make mistakes. They fail, often epically. But they can also pick themselves by their bootstraps, get going again and redeem themselves, if they have the desire and the mettle to do so. By my way of thinking, there is nothing more dramatic than redemption, and no better way for the reader to connect emotionally with characters. I think this is why we are all so drawn to flawed characters, because we want to see them get the chance to redeem themselves for the mistakes of their past. And we want them to take that chance.

It was with this main theme in mind that I started writing The Woman from Death Row. Jade Collins is on death row for premeditated murder. Her life has been a maelstrom of violence, deceit and bloodshed, but she is a good woman despite this. Mark Brand’s life has been a roller coaster of success and failure. He graduated from medical school and practiced as a cardiologist before the tragic death of his wife sent him spiralling into the depths of depression, from which the CIA rescued him to use him as a pawn in a deadly game. He now finds himself in a job he doesn’t covet, with a boss he doesn’t trust, and in a life he doesn’t want to live.

Jade and Mark come together in the death house at the infamous San Quentin State Penitentiary, the day before she is scheduled to be executed. Mark’s formerly smooth career with the CIA has hit some turbulence, and he is looking to get back on track as he meets with Jade to make her an offer he believes she can’t refuse. Jade wants no part of his offer but thinks it might be an opportunity of another sort, the sort she has been seeking for a long time. She accepts, thrusting the two of them together in a contest for their ambitions, their lives and their chances to make things right.



 Cheers, Peter

Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author of medical fiction and thrillers living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include The Intern (TouchPoint Press, April 2020); The Vatican Conspiracy book and audiobook (Bookouture/HachetteUK, October 2020), The Vatican Secret (Bookouture/HachetteUK, April 2021), The Vatican Secret audiobook (Saga Egmont, March 2022) and Conspirazione Vaticano (Newton Compton Editori 7/2021.) The Woman from Death Row, book one of the new Jade Stryker thriller series, (Tirgearr Publishing, June 2023.) He can be found on his Author Website, as well as his personal blog, Peter Hogenkamp Writes, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the creator, producer and host of Your Health Matters, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize. He tweets—against the wishes of his wife, four children and feisty Cairn Terrier, Hermione—on Twitter. He can be reached at his FaceBook Page and at peterhogenkampbooks@gmail.com.

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