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Murder, Mayhem and
Redemption in L.A. by Jerry Schneiderman and Chip Jacobs Murder, Mayhem and Redemption in L.A. is the true saga of how a naïve, young businessman named Jerry Schneiderman outfoxed two men he once trusted. L.A. has given birth to other damaged heroes, but few who eluded what Jerry did in their zigzags to courage and success. A promising business venture between Jerry and smooth talking Beverly Hills space designer Richard Romanov runs afoul after they hire Howard Garrett, a shifty, steely-eyed contractor from California’s notorious Badlands region with a thirst for the blood of well-to-do white collar types. Howard decides to exact his revenge against people who underestimated him, starting with Richard, whose murder sets off a chain reaction of grief, chaos and panic for those frightened they would be next. Jerry, realizing the dangers possibly looming for him, hides his family in another state and, after nervously returning to L.A. to save his business, discovers he is next on the treacherous contractor’s hit list unless he pays him off with Richard’s life insurance proceeds. What transpires thereafter is a series of events that transforms Jerry from a meek, innocent bystander into a heroic figure who chooses to face this life-or-death challenge head-on instead of running away from it, no matter what the cost. Murder, Mayhem and Redemption in L.A. is a harrowing thrill ride across Los Angeles through the eyes of a brainy nobody whose encounter with a killer reshapes him from his damaged past as a bullied fat kid in a peculiar family to his audacious present as a billionaire real estate developer and self-styled charitable Robin Hood. Jerry Schneiderman is the Chairman of the Board of Creative Environments of Hollywood and of Colony Bancorp of Malibu. A graduate of the Art Center College of Design, Jerry has been featured in Forbes Magazine, LA Magazine, New Times Magazine, City Beat, Los Angeles Times and The Los Angeles Business Journal. He resides with his wife in Encino, California. Chip Jacobs
is an award-winning writer and freelance journalist.He is the
co-author of Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in
Los Angeles and Wheeling the Deal: The Outrageous Legend of
Gordon Zahler. His reporting has appeared in the Los
Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily News, LA Weekly, CNN, New York
Times online, among other publications. Jacobs completed his
undergraduate studies at the University of Southern California and
earned his Master's Degree from American University in Washington,
D.C. He and his family reside near Los Angeles, California. His
website is www.chipjacobs.com. Nonfiction, 6 x 9, 320 pages 8 page photo insert LC #2010925088, world rights ISBN13: 978-0-88282-347-8 (hc) $24.95 |
