Released on = March 30, 2006, 9:33 am

Press Release Author = Paddlefoot Press

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Mark Crockett, the author of Turkey Stuffer is back with
another winning thriller, Dealin' with the Dead

Press Release Body = Mark Crockett's second novel, the noir suspense/thriller,
Dealin' with the Dead (Paddlefoot Press; February 2006; Trade paperback; $12.95),
continues the author's deep desire to keep his growing readership way up past their
bedtime. Mark, a public library educated nerd who didn't get around to writing
seriously until his early thirties, presents a gritty grab-you-by-the-throat novel
that will never be mistaken for the cookie-cutter corporate approved blubbery that
has recently flooded this genre.

Monticello Turquoise's life circles the drain after a tweaker crew member's untimely
blackout forces him to gun down an ex-cop and the billionaire co-owner of the fourth
largest software company in the world, in self defense during a bank heist gone
awry. As these two men lay dying on the bank's marble floor, Monticello and his crew
flee to safety. Days later, still shaken by both men's deaths, Turquoise is lured
into a trap by the FBI and is caught and tossed into the worst prison in the
country, Bofield State Penitentiary in Gasson, Texas. After years of abuse from
corrupt prison guards and convicts alike, a defeated Monticello drops his appeals
and limps to his fate --death in Bofield's electric chair. That's where minutes
after his demise, things get really bad.

Mark's true-to-life survivor mentality breathes life into the protagonist (one
Monticello Turquoise) of his new book, Dealin' with the Dead -a fast paced read
about a bad man-in the wrong place-at the worst possible time. With any kind of
luck, he'll only have to die twice to come out of this alive!

Praise for Mark Crockett .

"Mark Crockett is a visceral, fearless writer who knows how to suck us into his
stories and make us root for the unlikeliest of heroes." -- Tess Gerritsen, New York
Times best-selling author

About the Author

Mark Crockett was the only kid in third grade at Lincoln Elementary School in East
Orange, New Jersey with an adult library card (yes, he is that old). Nose buried in
a book but fleet on the playground, he was athletic enough to be the #5 schoolboy
Intermediate High Hurdler in all of North Jersey as a senior in high school while
writing for the school newspaper. Juggling radio voice-overs and TV cameraman duties
while a sprinter for the United States Air Force's International Track team
(stationed out of Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona), this multi-tasker was a
silk-screener, graphic artist, and romantic greeting card company owner before
penning his first novel, Turkey Stuffer (Strebor Books/Simon & Schuster, 2002). He
now lives in Mesa, Arizona.

Dealin' with the Dead is available for purchase now via the author's website at
www.markcrockett.com

Dealin\' With the Dead
Mark Crockett
Paddlefoot Press
$12.95; ISBN: 0-9764323-9-0


Web Site = http://www.markcrockett.com

Contact Details = Contact:
Paddlefoot Press
PO BOX 13981
Mesa, AZ 85216
(480) 832-3224
markcrockett@markcrockett.com