Winner of Mayhaven Award for Fiction, "The Violin Player" - A Pulse Pounding Tour of the Midwest

The just-published in hardcover novel "The Violin Player" is the pulse-pounding story of a man confronting demons from his past as a shadowy figure stalks his family. The book won the 2003 Mayhaven Award for Fiction.

(PRWEB) January 12, 2005 -- "The Violin Player" won the Mayhaven Award for Fiction in 2003. It was released in hardcover, January, 2005, by Mayhaven Publishing, Mahomet, Illinois. The author is John Knoerle of Chicago, Illinois, author of the acclaimed cult novel "Crystal Meth Cowboys" (Blue Steel Press, June, 2003).

The following is a brief synopsis of "The Violin Player": Walter Sumner, 44-year-old owner of a Chicago commodities firm, reluctantly takes his place at the head of the family table after his mother dies suddenly of a heart attack. When he attempts to post her date of death on the family's GenealoG webpage he finds that her d.o.d. is already there. Walter does further research and discovers that his mother's date of death was posted before her death.

As the primary heir to his mother's estate the police consider Walter the prime suspect. Then another family member's future d.o.d. is posted and Walter Sumner sets out to find this phantom-like family stalker as the clock ticks down.

Mayhaven has been publishing fine quality fiction and non-fiction for over a dozen years.

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Contact Information:
John Knoerle
773-252-6480
Doris Wenzel
Mayhaven Publishing
866-586-4493
www.mayhavenpublishing.com

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