Hickory Dickory Dock ... YOU'RE DEAD
A Rex Larsen Thriller
by Michael Anthony Staples

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Imagine a high-ranking Canadian soldier working as a member of a death squad while serving on an international peacekeeping mission in the Balkans. Imagine his past catching up to him three decades later as he prepares to become leader of a national political party. Imagine an eccentric veteran reporter receiving a tip that could not only end the killer’s dream of political greatness but also land him before an international tribunal for war crimes and in jail. Hickory Dickory Dock … YOU’RE DEAD is an action-packed adventure in chase of justice - one that reveals modern journalism at its best and worst.

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Retired journalist Michael Staples lives in Fredericton. For nearly 35 years, he covered the military for the Daily Gleaner. He has travelled with troops during the Balkans War to Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Macedonia. In 2004, he accompanied soldiers to Haiti following a bloody uprising in that country. He has also written extensively on Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan. He has self-published two related books - Combat Ready ... Travelling with Canada’s Peacekeepers in the former Yugoslavia and The Queen’s Soldiers … 25 years of covering Canada’s military. In addition, he has written three books – two self-published - on the British Home Children orphans. After retirement, Staples worked for close to a year covering immigration issues as Atlantic correspondent for New Canadian Media. He has been nominated multiple times for Atlantic Journalism Awards.

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