Description: Jake Hamon, a rich oilman underwrites the successful Presidential campaign of Warren Harding. The President-elect intends to make Jake the most influential businessman in America. Only one thing stands in the millionaire's way. Her name is Clara-the proverbial woman scorned. Frankly, she would rather see Jake dead.
Brief description: DAVID R. STOKES is a bestselling author, ordained minister, commentator, broadcaster, and columnist. He and his wife Karen have seven wonderful grandchildren and live in the Washington, DC area. His personal website is: www.davidrstokes.com.
Review Quotes:
"A potent, nearly perfect brew of politics, murder, mayhem, and mystery." -- Kirkus Reviews "The author's attention to detail and skilled storytelling give readers the feeling that they are viewing the series of events close up, in real-time; an exceptionally well-told story of a man who was consumed with power and a young woman who was driven to a desperate and unbelievable crime of passion. Highly recommended!" -- The Columbia Review "David Stokes has done it again with Jake & Clara." -- DAVID PIETRUSZA, author of "1932, The Rise of Hitler & FDR" "David Stokes is a rare talent. His fiction reads like true life, and his nonfiction has the brilliant feeling that the story once appeared on the front page of the New York Times. Jake and Clara may be written like a novel, but it presents a vivid portrait of America during its most colorful and turbulent era. Stokes cuts through the glitter and the gloss and unmasks the corruption and the murder that would leave lasting scars on the last great and hedonistic days of America before the worm turned and the Great Depression left it in ruin." -- Caleb Pirtle, VENTURE GALLERIES