THE WORLDS OF KEITH R AFFEL FACT AND FICTION Here’s a sampling of what readers can expect when entering the fictional worlds of Keith Raffel, where the settings have the ring of familiarity. Dot Dead (2006) A rising tech star at a Silicon Valley software company, Ian Michaels, comes home one day to find his young, beautiful maid, Gwendolyn, stabbed to death on his bed. Although he doesn’t recall ever meeting the victim in person – they had only communicated by phone – he suddenly finds himself a suspect in her murder. With the help of Gwendolyn’s sister, Rowena, who doesn’t think the evidence adds up, he sets off on a quest to clear his name and uncover the identity of the real murderer, who seems a little too close to Michaels’ for comfort. Smasher (2009) Ian Michaels is back, now fighting a ruthless billionaire who is threatening to steal his company. To make things worse, his new wife is hit by a car, and the incident doesn’t look like an accident. As she fights for her life, Michaels races against time to identify her assailant. He also takes on another mission: honoring what may be her last wish, to solve a mystery involving a female Stanford 68 South Bay Accent posed by Soviet missiles in Cuba and is asking for Michaels’ help. Against a backdrop of Washington politics, espionage, love and betrayal, Michaels takes action to help prevent what could be a nuclear holocaust. Temple Mount (2014) Woodside entrepreneur Alex Kalman has just sold his company, sent his daughter off to college and agreed to divorce his wife. At a crossroads in his life, he receives a call from a rabbi who tells him his grandfather, thought to be dead, is alive and wants to see him. When Kalman travels across the country to meet his grandfather, he is sent on a religious quest to Jerusalem. His mission: to recover the Ark of the Covenant, the ancient gold chest said to hold the tablets of the Ten Commandments. The only problem is its location: in a tunnel under Temple Mount, a site of religious importance to Jews, Muslims and Christians alike. He accepts the dangerous quest, even though it could set off an international incident causing further unrest in an already volatile Middle East. physicist who may have been cheated out of a Nobel prize. Drop By Drop: A Thriller (2011) Stanford professor Sam Rockman has just lost his wife in a bombing at a San Francisco Airport. Looking for revenge, he accepts a new job in Washington, working for the Senate Intelligence Committee. But the nation’s capital is full of danger and intrigue, ranging from secret documents that show up on Rockman’s doorstep to attempts by the Russians to poison him. Follow Sam as he makes his way through the corruption, terrorism and other mayhem in the nation’s capital. A Fine and Dangerous Season (2012) On October 24, Woodside businessman Nate Michaels gets a predawn call from Washington. One hour later, he’s on an Air Force jet en route to the nation’s capital to meet up with President Kennedy, whom he hasn’t seen since they both attended Stanford in the fall of 1940. JFK is faced with the threat
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