Demons In The CrawlSpace

Demons in the Crawlspace

Frank Salvato is a middle aged, divorced, homicide cop who is forced to join the world of tortured souls when his little boy is murdered. Battles with his own inner demons spiral into a limitless willingness to bend the law to get the bad guy. His emotional torment intensifies when he begins to investigate the disappearance of two little girls a case that may involve satanic ritual abuse. The abduction leads Frank on a chilling journey through the under belly of Walker City, where he encounters not only middle class parents with something to hide, but a broad swath of society s wounded. Salvato sifts through colorful witnesses and hurdles evidentiary and legal barriers to discover the likely culprits. Demons is a riveting thriller that also shines a light on the national problems of child molestation and family violence.

Gino Brogdon
After receiving his law degree from Indiana University, Gino Brogdon practiced trial law with several private firms; served as Fulton county trial judge for ten years (Atlanta, Georgia); and is founder and partner in a law firm that specializes in high visibility civil cases. He is often a guest speaker on legal topics, both nationally and internationally, and has appeared as a TV legal analyst on the Nancy Grace Show, CNN, and MSNBC. He lives in Atlanta, has three sons, and enjoys painting, saxophone, and creative writing.

As a trial judge, Gino presided over cases involving murders, rape, child molestation, drug trafficking and public corruption. He took special interest in the personal tragedies underlying the perpetrator's journey to the courtroom. These urban stories, blended with those from his small town Ohio childhood, provide the poignant stock for his richly drawn characters.

This is Gino's first novel, and it inaugurates a planned series that will feature Detective Frank Salvato.