When you stare into the face of evil, don't flinch➱ Memoirs of a Death Row Inmate a Psychological Thriller by Daniel Donovan Book Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway
When you stare into the face of evil, don't flinch.
Memoirs of a Death Row Inmate
by Daniel Donovan
Genre: Psychological Thriller
James Bryant is a relatively unknown detective with an otherwise average career. But for one detail: he caught a notorious serial killer from the Midwest. A psychopath, dubbed the South Side Sadist, Richard Allen Fenton, is locked up in the El Dorado Correctional Facility, awaiting his execution on Christmas day. Though a relatively unknown serial killer, Fenton is a master of manipulation whose killing spree lasted over three decades, spanned five states, and claimed eleven victims...so far. Although the two have not been in the same room since the final appeal, Fenton has one more game to play. Striking a deal with the Department of Justice, Fenton agrees to reveal the identities and locations of his other victims. He asks for only one thing in return; to have the cop who put him away take down a series of confessions, find the bodies, and write all of Fenton's misdeeds into a three-volume set to be published for the world to see.
Bryant, a functioning alcoholic battling his own demons, is offered a choice; take the deal or hand in his badge. Against his will and at the detriment of his ever-degrading mental health, Bryant agrees. Backed by a task force with the FBI, Bryant is forced into weekly meetings at the Correctional Facility with Fenton, who torments Bryant at every turn. While Bryant thinks he is just "serving his time," Fenton has other ends in mind. In their regularly scheduled meetings in the prison, Fenton tortures Bryant with the horrifying details of his murderous career, while an unhinged disciple of Fenton's seeks to wreak havoc on the task force on the outside. In prison or out, Bryant fights to stay one step ahead of the killers as they seek to destroy his life and that of everyone around him.
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Can you, for those who
don’t know you already, tell something about yourself and how you became an
author?
I started writing short stories in the 4th grade
and discovered I loved reading them to people and getting their honest
reactions to relatable stories or characters. I wrote a short series of mystery
stories as an “ode to the Hardy Boys” which featured me and my brother as the
title characters and classmates as the victims or villains. I would do my best
to capture the personalities of my classmates in the writing in order to
illicit the most enthusiasm from each of them as I read the story to the class.
This joy of writing continued through middle school where I was encouraged to
submit one of my stories to a statewide competition. My story was selected and
featured as the first in the collection of stories and poems submitted by other
middle school students. From that point on I wanted to find a way to be a
published writer.
A few miserable weeks after dropping out of college and
moving back in with my parents, my cousin Steven encouraged me to start
writing. All I had at the time was an idea and a few pages detailing a single
scene scribbled into an old notebook some months prior. Steven had no idea if I
would be a good writer or not, but his encouragement got me started on my first
story.
That first story would not go on to be a best seller. While
the feedback from family and friends was mixed, the ultimate conclusion
identified it as “a good story, poorly told.” It took a while to bounce back
from that, but I still had new story ideas bouncing around in my head. Years
went by; I got married, lost my job of six years, and decided I wanted to pursue
a career in law enforcement. Seven months later I was sworn in as a police
officer and off to the police academy. That first year wading into my new
career, I became obsessed with the mind, motivations, mentalities, and patterns
of criminals. I wondered, “What would it be like to sit down and interview a
serial killer?” and “Do people still believe in the concept of ‘true evil’ or
are criminals just misunderstood victims of their own circumstances?”
I realized through those early months that it can be both.
Some people make bad decisions and some people are evil. That made my goal
easy, create an antagonist so twisted and evil, everyone could agree they were
evil. I had one other goal in my writing this time; write the unfiltered
version of whatever came out. I had obtained the nasty tendency to censor
myself in the interest of not offending anyone and ensuring no one would think
less of me as a result of my writing. What followed would be an honest, behind
the scenes look into the thought process and motivations of not only the law
enforcement officers involved, but the serial killer who was so evil he not
only committed atrocities, he wanted to ensure he received credit for each of
his misdeeds.
From that mentality sprang my first novel, Memoirs of a Death
Row Inmate. A brutal, gruesome, graphic and offensive story of true evil, and
the good people who have to stand up and fight back to ensure evil doesn’t
destroy the world around them.
Daniel Donovan was born in Missouri and raised in Kansas for most of his life. He always had a passion for creative writing, but it wasn’t until he spent four years in law enforcement that the spark for crime thrillers was really ignited. Donovan aims to bring his readers into the novel by incorporating real-life details into his works of fiction while giving readers the thrills and chills they seek.
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This sounds like a very interesting story.
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