Deferred Prejudice

by Doug Booth

Fifteen-year-old Hidalgo is brave for his mother as they cross the border into California to toil alongside his father in the vineyards of the Napa Valley; yet inside he's terrified, his mind filled with dreams and nightmares.He cannot imagine in the wildest of those dreams that one day he will achieve true greatness, or survive an unspeakable tragedy that will rip his family apart. Or that he will shake hands with the devil to find justice. He is preordained to become a leader of men, kind and benevolent, gracious and caring, whose single ambition is murder.Not once throughout his two terms in office has he shown clemency to the hopeful residents of death row at the eleventh hour, filling his days and years to forget, his vital spirit broken by the faded dream of one day finding and killing the man who stole his life.

566 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Soon after completing Split Verdict, his premiere novel written in countless hotel suites across the Southeast, Doug Booth abandoned the world of industry.
He began writing The Madam, leaving behind an enviable career to those who don’t mind dragging themselves from warm beds into the chilly and stark ambiance of airports every Monday at 3:00 AM.
To-date he has penned one creative non-fiction and eighteen novels, the common theme being retribution, storylines based on the simple and incontrovertible premise that each of us will sooner or later commit the illegal, the morally wrong, the bad or indifferent. Because that is the inescapable human condition.
What makes his writing different is the realism of his characters and the believability of their predicaments. They are people you would want to know, or do know, unexpectedly confronted by the tragedy and dread of unthinkable events.
Most of them are sexy and charming. After all, novels are about escapism and who wants to escape into the unattractive world we already dwell in? Each with a distinct personality and a vivid personal story to share as they struggle to survive through to their own unique closure.
His genres are Mystery, Suspense and Thriller for an adult market, with requisite elements of Murder, Deception, Intrigue, and, of course, the quintessence of Romance. Some might say racy.