'Death Row Defender,' By Ray Dix, Tops Publisher’s Best Seller List

Florida (PRWEB) November 29, 2005

Ray Dix’s legal thriller, 'Death Row Defender,' was Hard Shell Word Factory's number one seller in print books for the third quarter of 2005.

Attorney Dix’s two-time award winning novel, "Death Row Defender," opens reader’s eyes to what goes on behind the scenes in a murder trial and how easily an innocent man can be convicted and sentenced to death. Along the way, Dix delivers a great read with a taste of Florida and characters that come alive.

“Narayan of Rebeccasreads highly recommends ‘Death Row Defender’ as an impressive legal thriller & a must-read for the student of criminal law. . . right up there with the best lawyer/author writers. . .” (excerpted from Amazon.com)(full review found on http://www.rebeccasreads.com/).

As a capital crimes defense attorney for the State of Florida, author Ray Dix lived in the high-stakes world of providing the last line of defense for men and women sentenced to die. Ray Dix served in both the Army Security Agency and Coast Guard reserves. He later designed and built boats on the Chesapeake Bay. As an attorney Mr. Dix worked as an Assistant Public Defender, where he tried juvenile, misdemeanor and felony cases, and wrote several hundred appeals. As an Assistant Capital Collateral Representative in Tallahassee, he reinvestigated murder convictions and assisted in death row appeals. Mr. Dix lives in Florida, where he enjoys beaches, sunsets and sailing. He is currently writing the next Woody Thomas Novel.

”Death Row Defender’s” publisher, Hard Shell Word Factory, is a royalty paying publisher of works by established and new authors for sale in electronic and trade paperback format. Hard Shell Word Factory publishes book-length quality non-fiction and fiction--Romance (all categories), Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Western, Historical, Mainstream, Young Adult and Children's books.

Prior to publication, Death Row Defender received the following awards:

Maryland Writers Association, Novel Contest award winner

Authorlink, New Author Contest award winner (under the title Clearwater Run)

"Death Row Defender," is distributed in print through Ingram, and is available through on-line and brick-and-mortar booksellers. The novel is also available through the publisher in both e-book and trade paperback on line at: http://www.HardShell.com
e-book ISBN 0-7599-4259-5    

paperback ISBN 0-7599-4260-9

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