Theodore J. Cohen Releases New Thriller in NYPD Dect. Louis Martelli Series

Jan. 20, 2012 - PRLog -- From the prolific keyboard of author Theodore J. Cohen, the latest exploits of NYPD Detective Louis Martelli reveals a novel plot of bizarre circumstances bringing the reader into the dark side of vampirism and cult practices in Lilith: Demon of the Night.

   When a bullet is shot into the coffin containing a corpse lying in state at a funeral home from a mysterious cloaked perpetrator, the odd circumstances alerted NYPD’s homicide detectives to take notice.   The obvious question of who would want to shoot someone who was already dead prevails; as other details emerge alluding to the rituals and beliefs of something out of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.  Using silver through the heart, wood stakes to the chest, garlic in the mouth and even a silver crucifix in the coffin, the detectives find these techniques used to keep a vampire rising from the dead as they exhume bodies linked to the trail of finding the serial killer.  With twists and turns like a Boa constrictor, the venomous plot unfolds and transports the reader from a modern day high-tech crime fighting novel into the dark side of cult practices within the mind of a serial murderer fixated on revenge.

   Author Theodore J. Cohen reaches into the depth of surrealism and disbelief with certain aspects of the book.  “There’s no question that vampirism is about as bizarre as it gets,” he said during a recent interview.  “And yet, as you know, you can find crimes associated with it cited in recent criminal case history.  So, for me, it was simply a matter of treating what happens in the novel pretty much as I would any other crime I have written about,” Cohen concluded.

   Dect. Louis Martelli is continued to be developed as a character, but Cohen takes a consorted effort to bring his partner Sean O’Keeffe to life.  “One of the greatest things about being a novelist is being able to create characters out of whole cloth, and once created, breathe life into them,” said the author.  “In some ways, he’s Martelli’s alter ego, but in other ways, the two have much in common. It’s clear that they care about each other and, importantly, work well as a team. They’re both reckless to some extent, but in different ways.”

   Written for mature audiences, Lilith – Demon of the Night stands on its own merit as an enjoyable read.  When combined with TJC Publication’s other novels in the Detective Louis Martelli series, it becomes a link in the chain of adventures; an episode quite a bit different from the others.

   Lilith is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and more information can be obtained on the author’s website: http://www.theodore-cohen-novels.com/

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Theodore J. Cohen, PhD, holds three degrees in the physical sciences from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and has been an engineer and scientist for more than 40 years. He has been an investor for more than 50 years, and most recently, has focused on investigating and reporting on corruption in US financial institutions and agencies of the US government.  His most recent novel, Lilith: Demon of the Night is a fast paced novel about modern-day vampirism unlike any you have read.  He has also written, House of Cards: Dead Men Tell No Tales, is based on real events related to the 2008 financial crisis precipitated by the housing bubble. An earlier novel of the same genre, Death by Wall Street: Rampage of the Bulls, focused on corruption within the food and Drug Administration (FDA)) and the incompetence of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Title:  Lilith: Demon of the Night        
Author:  Theodore Jerome Cohen    
Publisher:  TJC Press            
ISBN:   9780984920907
Pages:  242 (print length), Kindle, EPUB, PDF    
Genre:   Suspense/Fiction

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