mistaken identity
SUMMARY:
The story is about an author of mystery stories that is mistaken for an underworld drug dealer. During the arrest procedure, the author and one of the police officers are wounded. The officers fabricate a story to protect themselves, which results in the author being sent to prison. While in prison, information about his mistaken identity surfaces. After many twists, he is finally exonerated.
MANUSCRIPT DETAILS:
The manuscript is completed. There are approximately 55,000 + words.
LIST OF CHAPTER TITLES:
1. A QUIRK OF FATE
2. THE CHASE
3. THE HOSPITAL
4. THE INVESTIGATION
5. THE CITATION
6. PREPARING FOR THE ARRAIGNMENT
7. LOOSE ENDS
8. THE VACATION
9. THE ARRAIGNMENT
10. THE INCARCERATION
11. THE FIRST DAY
12. THE FIRST NIGHT
13. THE ROUTINE
14. THE FIGHT
15. THE DARK SIDE
16. MEETING WITH MARVIN
17. CONFRONTATION IN THE YARD
18. THE LAST CONFRONTATION
19. CONJUGAL VISITS
20. THE PAROLE
21. THE PLAN
22. THE BULLET
23. THE TAPE
24. ODDS AND ENDS, PART 1
25. ODDS AND ENDS, PART 2
26. THE PUBLICITY TRIPS
27. THE ZIMMER REPORT
28. THE PHOTOGRAPH
29. THE ARREST
30. THE JUDGE, PART 1
31. THE PROOF
32. THE JUDGE, PART 2
33. MAGGIE AND THE JUDGE
34. THE JUDGE AND FRANK
35. THE JUDGE'S RULING
THE MARKET:
The story capitalizes on the stolen identities that prevalent in today's society. The victims of these thefts suffer economic losses as well as anguish in getting their good names restored. In some cases, the process can take years before the records are cleared. This story is a twist on the identity theft, where the identity of a criminal is "stolen" and given to an innocent person. Anguish and time are also experienced; however, freedom is also lost. This is an intriguing tale that will find wide reader audiences.
COMPARISON WITH THE KEY COMPETITION:
. I know of no other work that treats this subject in this manner.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tom Schwartz was born in December 1930, in Brooklyn, NY where he attended Public Schools including the Manhattan H S of Aviation Trades. In 1951 he enlisted in the Navy and won a “Fleet” appointment to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Upon graduation, he served in the US Air Force where he spent most of his 27 years in the Research and Development area. After retiring from the Air Force as a Lt. Col., he worked for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) as a Program Manager. He now resides in Melbourne, Florida, where he began writing nature stories for his grandchildren, and soon after started visiting the elementary schools in his area to speak to the children about the importance of the environment.
Tom's book, "How mother Nature Flowered the Fields of Earth and Mars" was published by Battiston Press, Canada, and it is included in the Renaissance Learning Accelerated Reader Program. Follett Library Resources and Baker & Taylor are the distributors for elementary school libraries to order.
