Galveston Bookshop will host a double book signing on Saturday, October 5th, 2013, with local attorney and judge Susan P. Baker and veteran journalist Bob Stewart, both of whom will present their newly published mystery thrillers.

Saturday, October 5th, 2013 2:00-4:00 pm

suggestion-of-death240Suggestion of Death by Susan P. Baker

Jim Dorman is a laid off newspaperman in the Texas hill country who can’t pay his child support. He is summoned to court for nonsupport and the first thing the judge does is read a Suggestion of Death into the record for a man who was supposed to appear that day. She tells the next man that his children would be better off if he were dead, and when Jim steps up for his turn, the judge tells him to get a job or go to jail.

At his next court appearance the judge reads another Suggestion of Death into the record, sparking Jim’s curiosity.

He begins researching and discovers a number of men who have been cited for nonsupport have died accidental deaths. When an informant winds up murdered and stuffed in a trunk and strange mishaps befall Jim, he figures he’d better find out who’s behind the deaths before he ends up as the next dead dad.

Susan P. Baker is the author of four novels, two nonfiction books, and many short stories. She currently serves as a judge sitting by assignment; she served as a district court judge in Galveston, Texas from 1991 to the end of 2002.

Her current projects include a mainstream novel about a mother fighting the state for guardianship of her autistic son; a novel about a female judge with high ambitions whose mentor plans to corrupt her; and the sequel to Death of a Prince, entitled Death of a Rancher’s Daughter.

first-born-240x360Firstborn by Bob Stewart

A village idiot with a taste for murder. A juror fresh out of law school. An ignored trial error.

When neophyte attorney G.W. Chism receives a jury duty summons too late to excuse himself from jury selection, he lands the role of foreman on a disturbing murder trial. Despite the knowledge of a trial error, the jury finds No Mercy Percy guilty and sentences him to death. Fifteen years later, Percy Kilbourne is no longer considered a village idiot. In prison, Kilbourne’s genius intellect is uncovered and he transforms into a cultivated and reformed convict. When a tape is discovered that could overturn his death sentence Chism is called upon by the judge to represent him.

Chism must follow the letter of the law, and Kilbourne walks free, setting into motion a demonic killer’s revenge.

Bob Stewart is the author of four nonfiction books and three novels. He has reported news events for popular magazines People, Time, Life, and Latina.

As staff reporter for People Magazine he has covered national stories including the Oklahoma City bombing, the Branch Davidian standoff, the murder of Tejano singer Selena, the murder of students at schools in Pearl , Mississippi, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Columbine in Denver, Colorado.