The Monkey Trial: Judgment Day

“A Terrifying Story of a Judge Gone Wild” In this stunning new novel, Gerald Blumenthal explores the mind of a serial killer and the subsequent court room dramas that follow. Like his previous award-winning novel The Brass Compass (now being adapted to the big screen), The Monkey Trial is fact-based but is fictionalized to avoid another court drama! The novel begs the question: what happens if a man chosen by society to judge others in society commits heinous crimes? The Monkey Trial gives us a true and extraordinary account of the workings of the American legal system as it deals with a deranged serial killer. A novel full of action and suspense, The Monkey Trial will grab you from the very first page and not let you go until the climactic ending! This is a book no one can afford to miss. Author Carlette Ritter “A Fact-Based story” Who would have thought that a well-respected judge could have become a serial killer? Gerald Blumenthal’s second novel is the culmination of hundreds of in-depth interviews with attorneys and medical personnel involving real murder trials and real life dramas. Impeccably researched, grippingly told with eleventh-hour drama, filled with serial murders and court room drama this novel reads like a page-turning murder mystery. It will horrify with cutting truth, yet ultimately the story will reveal the facts behind man’s failings. This book is a master-piece to savor and keep on our bookshelves.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gerald Blumenthal Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineer and Industrial Psychologist) is chairman and CEO of Houston-based ESP, a company that evaluates customer service and is a consultant to some of America's largest airports. He is a graduate of three different universities - University of Natal (Durban, South Africa), University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa) and The Derby College of Technology (Derby, England). Blumenthal was an integral member of the team that pioneered the manufacture of synthetic diamonds in South Africa and has lectured on graphology, mathematic and physics. As a long-time member of Toastmasters International, he is the recipient of many humorous speaking awards. He immigrated to the United States in 1978 with his wife and three daughters and now lives in Houston, Texas, close to his five grandchildren. Sadly his youngest daughter, Lauren (Lolly) passed away on December 26th, 2012 after a long battle with cancer. Gerald has dedicated this book in her memory.