Words Kill

David Myles Robinson

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Perfect bound, 284 pages , 5.5" x 8.5" 
ISBN 978-1-948749-80-0
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About the Book

Famed reporter Russell Blaze is dead. It appears to be an accident, but after Russ’s funeral, his son, Cody, finds a letter in which his father explains that the death may have been murder. It directs Cody to Russ’s unfinished memoir for clues as to what may have happened. The opening words are: On the night of October 16, 1968, I uttered a sentence that would haunt me for the rest of my life. The sentence was, “Someone should kill that motherfucker.”

As Cody delves into the memoir, a window opens into a tragic past and thrusts the still-burning embers of another time’s radical violence into the political reality of the present. History that once seemed far away becomes a deeply personal immersion for Cody into the storied heyday of the Haight: drugs, sex, war protesters, right-wing militias, ground-breaking journalism—and the mysterious Gloria, who wanders into his father’s pad one day to just “crash here for a while until things calm down.”

Cody discovers aspects of his father’s life he never knew, and slowly begins to understand the significance of those words his father spoke in 1968. 
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Words Kill is a story of loss, violence, and racism; love, hate, and discovery. It is a story of then . . . and now.

About the Author

David Myles Robinson is a retired trial attorney, having spent thirty-eight years in Honolulu where he specialized in personal injury and workers’ compensation law. His wife, Marcia Waldorf, is a retired Honolulu Circuit Court Judge. The two now live in Taos, New Mexico, where Robinson can indulge his passions for skiing, golfing, hiking, traveling, and writing, not necessarily in that order.

Praise for
Words Kill

Online Book Review
“I lack words to describe how fantastic this story is. David Myles Robinson has a way with words that keeps the reader captivated with the book from its beginning 
    “I give Words Kill a perfect rating of 4 out of 4 stars. If mystery is your thing, I highly recommend the book to you. There's enough thrill to get your blood to pump twice as fast.”
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Kevin G. Chapman, author of The Mike Stoneman Thriller Series.
A hauntingly riveting tale in a uniquely engaging style. Highly recommended!”
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Book Excellence Awards
In the taut crime thriller Words Kill, a man’s sudden death leads to the unraveling of all his secrets, with his son, Cody, left to pick up the pieces and put them back together again. Cody’s father, Russell Blaze, has just died in a tragic car accident, assumed to have fallen asleep at the wheel. However, Cody soon discovers that this couldn’t be further from the truth when he finds a letter and manuscript from his father. As he learns about the secret past and struggles his father endured, Cody strives to obtain justice for his father.
    The prose alternates between the perspectives of Cody and Russell, slowly intertwining the past and present as the son begins to face the ghosts of his father’s past. Powerful observations about domestic violence, racial inequality, and addiction fill in the book’s world without slowing down the plot. Although the book mostly focuses on investigations and suspenseful reveals, it also includes several dramatic action sequences that hold significant consequences and will keep readers interested and wanting more. Overall, David Myles Robinson’s Words Kill is a gritty, suspenseful novel with an unsettling ending that will leave readers shocked and entertained.