Murderer of the Year [Kindle Edition]

Bill Bowman (Author)

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Product Description

Neighbors and friends are shocked when Gene Berta, a married man with children, captain of the rescue squad, a man named “Man of the Year” for his life-saving work, is accused of brutally murdering Catherine Neal Warner, a pretty, petite 29-year-old nurse with whom he’d been having an on-again affair for 10 years.

“Murderer of the Year” takes you into Warner’s home when detectives make the startling discovery that leads to Berta’s arrest, and into the courtroom for the bombshell revelation that seals his fate.

From the Author

"Murderer of the Year" is the result of four years' of reporting and writing a story I first covered as a young weekly newspaper journalist.

In addition to notes and reports by prosecutor and defense investigators, court transcripts and interviews with key figures were used in its creation.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 731 KB
• Publisher: PJB Creatives, Inc. (January 23, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0035RPHFS
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #297,843 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

I'm a journalist working at the New Jersey Shore but based in Central New Jersey, where I live with my wife and our dog and cat.

During my career, I've been responsible for two pieces of legislation enacted in New Jersey: one that allowed every fire department and fire academy in New Jersey to receive, free, a thermal imaging camera, and the second, which created a searchable Web database through which consumers could research nursing homes and their owners, and have access to reports of violations and other information.

My reporting also led to the requirement that Supreme, Superior and Tax Court justices and judges file the same kind of financial disclosure forms as every other elected and appointed official in New Jersey.

I was also part of a two-reporter team that exposed massive increases in the cost to close the U.S. Army's Fort Monmouth.

My second published book, "Murderer of the Year," will be released early in 2010. It's a true, behind-the-scenes look at a murder investigation and trial involving the then-captain of a Central Jersey rescue squad and the nurse he was convicted of murdering. Along the way, the investigation exposed a behind-closed-doors life of lust and greed that shocked neighbors and friends of the victim and her murderer.

My first published book, "Savage Lies: The Half-Truths, Distortions and Outright Lies of a Right-Wing Blowhard," deconstructs the first three books written by right-wing talk radio host Michael Savage. The book is available at Amazon.com, and can be ordered wherever books are sold.