An Evening with Peter Hogenkamp

Phoenix Books Rutland is excited to present an evening with Vermont author Peter Hogenkamp to discuss his Jade Stryker thrillers, The Woman from Death Row and A Hill to Die On.

About : Jade Collins grew up on the seedy side of Los Angeles, but her tenacious nature pushes her to strive for a better life. After attending college and earning her medical degree, she feels good about where her life is going. But, bad things happen to good people, and Jade finds herself on death row after killing a man who had been abusing one of her patients.

Just three years after his marriage, Dr. Mark Brand’s wife passes away and his life is sent into a downward spiral. Depression steals everything from him—his medical license, his livelihood and his will to go on. Only a reunion with a powerful man he once knew gives Mark the strength to pick himself up again. He has a new job and a new life, but he is paying a steep price for his second chance. Nothing in life is free and this powerful man has plans for Mark.

Mark is sent to San Quentin to meet Jade and offers to get her off death row if she agrees to team up with him in a dangerous assignment. With no other choice, Jade agrees but aims to get out of the game at the first opportunity. Mark wants out too, but he's sold his soul to the man who rescued him, and his only option is to follow orders and get the job done.

As danger mounts, Mark is pitted against the man who saved him and he's forced to rely on Jade, a woman he hardly knows and doesn't fully trust. The situation is made worse by the feelings he's developing for her. Will the opportunist destroy Mark’s life once more? Will this game put Jade back on death row?

About : Jade Stryker has never really known happiness, but she knows it when she finds it living in the Mexican highlands with the man she loves and their baby daughter. A phone call from a ghost from her past changes everything, and she is forced to leave her loved ones behind to rescue Kataryna, a beautiful and mysterious woman who once saved her life, and who is now ensnared in the clutches of a sex slavery ring in Manhattan.

Jade feels honor bound to save Kataryna, but she knows that it will be a difficult and dangerous task, one that may well force her to choose which hill she wants to die on.

Peter Hogenkamp is a practicing physician, public speaker and author of medical fiction and thrillers living in Rutland, Vermont. Peter’s writing credits include The Intern, The Vatican Conspiracy, The Vatican Secret, The Woman From Death Row, and A Hill To Die On. He can be found on his author website, Peter Hogenkamp Books, as well as his personal blog, PeterHogenkampWrites, where he writes about most anything. Peter is the creator, producer and host of Your Health Matters, a health information program, which airs on cable television, streams on YouTube and sounds off on podcast. Peter was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Killer Nashville Claymore Award as well as a top finalist for the 2020 Vermont Writer’s Prize.

DATE: Tuesday, May 13th, 6:30PM

LOCATION: Phoenix Books, 2 Center Street, Rutland, VT

ADMISSION: This event is free and open to all. Advance registration is not required, but it is helpful.

BOOKS: Copies of Peter Hogenkamp's books will be available at the event. A book signing will follow the discussion. If you can't make it to the event but would still like signed, personalized copies of Peter's books, please call our Rutland store at 802-855-8078 to place your order.

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