George R. Hopkins

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About George R. Hopkins

George R. Hopkins retired as assistant principal of English at Susan E. Wagner High School after teaching English for over 35 years in NYC schools. His teaching experiences range from being an exchange teacher in Bayamon, Puerto Rico to teaching in Middlesex College, St. John's University, Columbia Teachers College and the Options Program at the College of Staten Island. At Susan Wagner High School, he coordinated the NYC High School Poetry Contest and was twice honored by the NY Association of Teachers as Teacher of the Year.
He was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and served on active duty during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

He is a true New Yorker. He was born in Brooklyn, raised in the Bronx, met his wife in Manhattan, lived in Queens, and now resides in Staten Island.

He earned a B.A. degree in English from Iona College, a Masters Degree from CCNY, and a 6th Year Certificate in Administration and Supervision from Richmond College.

His detective/priest series have received awards and recognition in the Premier Book Awards, the International Readers' Favorite Awards, and the Reader Views Awards. He has also received awards for his poetry.

He and his wife have been married for 49 years and are the proud parents of four children and ten grandchildren. For the past 18 years he has coordinated a Senior Poetry Contest and Festival. George enjoys writing, teaching writing, and videotaping. He has taught writing workshops for the Noble Maritime Collection and for Poets and Writers, Inc. and has had many essays published in the Staten Island Advance.

His website is: www.george-hopkins.com and amazon.com/author/georgehopkins

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A Matter of Honor: a mystery/thriller (Cavanaugh/Bennis Mystery Series Book 8) Sep 19, 2019

by George Hopkins

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Fr. Jack Bennis discovers a murder victim in his church, but when he leaves abruptly to travel to Colombia, SA, to find a missing boy he feels responsible for, his sudden departure leads to his becoming the chief suspect in the murder. He soon discovers this pales against the struggles he will face in Colombia with a sex trafficking and drug cartel trying to kill him and his efforts to rescue the woman he is in love with. Meanwhile, the priest’s brother, Tom Cavanaugh, a former NYC homicide detective, attempts to clear his brother only to put himself and his family in mortal danger. A matter of honor, they both discover, is not the same for everyone.

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The Staten Island Butcher Jul 24, 2018

by George Hopkins

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They say no good deed goes unpunished. A charitable invitation to a homeless, veteran to join him for lunch draws Jesuit priest Jack Bennis into an unexpected search for a missing girl and a dangerous serial killer with a unique method of disposing of the bodies of his victims.

A serial killer is wandering the normally quiet streets of Staten Island. He kidnaps women and leaves their severed bodies floating in water. When Father Bennis invites a homeless Vietnam veteran to lunch, little does he suspect he is about to become involved in the search for the killer whom the press has labeled as “The Staten Island Butcher.”

The killer’s latest victim is a former student of Fr. Bennis. Will Bennis and his brother, retired NYC homicide detective, Tom Cavanaugh, locate the girl and the killer before it’s too late? Could the police be right in assuming “The Staten Island Butcher” is actually the homeless vet Father Bennis has befriended?

“The Staten Island Butcher” is the seventh suspense/thriller involving the priest and his brother. All the other novels in this stand-alone series are Blood Brothers, Collateral Consequences, Letters from the Dead, Random Acts of Malice, Unholy Retribution and Chasing the Devil’s Breath. His website is www.george-hopkins.com, and his author’s page on Amazon is amazon.com/author/georgehopkins.

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Unholy Retribution: A Murder Mystery Suspense/Thriller Dec 16, 2015

by George Hopkins

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Who is killing apparently innocent Muslims on Staten Island? All the clues point to Jesuit priest Jack Bennis, a former Black Ops lieutenant. But if he isn’t the cold-blooded murderer, who is? And why do all the clues point to Fr. Bennis? When the priest’s brother, Detective Tom Cavanaugh tries to help, the ramifications of Cavanaugh’s past affair with the lead detective’s sister create more problems for both of them. The mutual attraction of a nurse and the priest add to Fr. Bennis’ predicament. As both brothers try to find the killer, the stakes rise and they find themselves fighting community pressure and avoiding arrest from local police, the FBI, Homeland Security, and Interpol.

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Random Acts of Malice Nov 12, 2014

by George R. Hopkins

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Homicide detective Tom Cavanaugh is tasked with investigating the truth behind threatening letters sent from a prisoner in a womens correctional facility to a childhood friend, now a criminal judge. Are the threats real or the imagination of a prisoner looking for preferential treatment? The urgency of the investigation increases as, one by one, people involved with the manslaughter conviction of a woman who tied a ten-month-old child to a radiator start dying. As Cavanaugh tries to unravel the murders and find the person or persons behind them, his brother, Jesuit priest Jack Bennis, joins the hunt as he thinks he knows the assassin is someone who once tried to kill him and has a personal grudge against him.

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Letters from the Dead: A Mystery/Suspense Novel Apr 30, 2013

by George R. Hopkins

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What do you do when a killer comes after the people you love?

Set against the background of the hunt for the serial killer Lex Talionis, "Letters From the Dead" sports a cast of larger-than-life characters: hard-nosed, hot-headed New York City Detective Tom Cavanaugh; Cavanaugh’s half brother, Jack Bennis, a Jesuit priest with a checkered past; a 90-year-old woman in a nursing home guarding deadly secrets; and a serial killer bent on revenge for the cyber-bullying suicide of his daughter. Together, in this fast-paced mystery-thriller, they confront a wide array of physical, emotional, and psychological conflicts—including anger, aging, marriage, pregnancy, love...and murder.

“Letters from the Dead" is a thriller that entangles you in a web of intermingling story tracks and keeps you guessing till the end. A clever plot that keeps the reader engrossed throughout and leaves one wanting more.”
Reviewed by Readers’ Favorite

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Chasing the Devil's Breath: A Suspense / Thriller / Mystery (The Priest and the Detective's Suspense/Thriller/Mysteries Book 6) Mar 20, 2017

by George Hopkins

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In the remote town of Mompox, Colombia, a mysterious man, known only as El Apredido, “The Learned One,” is producing the Devil’s Breath, a genetically altered drug that puts its victims in hypnotic states and robs them of their free will and their memory. It has been described by some to have the potential of being the most dangerous drug of all time. Jesuit priest Jack Bennis goes to Mompox at the request of the woman he loves to stop this drug, only to find himself and the woman targets of assassins. When the woman is shot, a twelve-year-old orphan helps Fr. Bennis elude his pursuers in the subterranean tunnels of the ancient Musica people. But when Bennis’ sister-in-law and brother, a retired New York City detective, leave Staten Island to come help him, they all become ensnared in a deadly struggle among rivals seeking to use the Devil’s Breath for different malevolent purposes which will have worldwide implications.

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Blood Brothers Mar 28, 2014

by George R. Hopkins

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When a former C.I.A operative goes undercover and out of control pursing a 40 year old personal vendetta with international consequences, his plans are thwarted by a mysterious assassin who founds him as well as police and local mobsters. In the hunt for the assassin, Detective Cavanaugh is reunited with his half-brother, Jesuit priest Jack Bennis. Questions of loyalty and duty are confronted by brothers bound by family, friendship, occupation, and blood as the murders increase and the tension rises over five days in late October.

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The Noblest Volume Ii: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry Oct 31, 2011

by Albert Balossi , Carolyn Clark , Ray S Coco , John Foxell , George R. Hopkins , Evelyn Palomba , Jean Roland

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The Noblest Vol. II is a collection of some of the work of a small group of people from different walks of life who came together in a writing workshop given at the Noble Maritime Collection. Together, we shared our writings, we listened to each other, and we grew into a family of friends. As you read their thoughts, their ideas, their stories, you will come to glimpse them as I have been privileged to do. Their poems, stories, and memoirs speak for themselves. They have opened their hearts and souls in their writings. Tread softly as you read our works and enter into our lives. We hope our writing speaks to you and that you find a friend or two in these pages and that the words conjure memories, stimulate imagination, take you to special places, and give you pause to think.

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Collateral Consequences: A Mystery/Suspense Novel Feb 20, 2009

by George R. Hopkins

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When Detective Tom Cavanaugh finds himself the prime suspect in a series of brutal murders on Staten Island, he impulsively leaves New York for Havana, Cuba with his girl friend to find his half-brother, Jesuit priest Jack Bennis, who he believes correctly is also in serious trouble. What Cavanaugh doesnt realize initially, but soon finds out the hard way, is both he and his brother are the targets of an international assassin, Cain Holland, who follows Cavanaugh from the streets of Brooklyn, through Canada, to the streets of Old Havana and Vedado, Cuba. While the hunt for the New York killer, who mutilates his victims, pours maple syrup over them and leaves nursery rhymes intensifies, Cavanaugh and Bennis fight for their lives in Cuba as Cavanaughs partner tries to clear his partner and solve the mystery of the Maple Syrup Killer.

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