DECEIT, LIES & BROKEN PROMISES

About the Book

Diane L Manning is the first African American woman to explore the mysteries of the urban streets. Harlem, New York is the backdrop in this suspenseful mystery, where Melinda Henderson, a young, talented, woman relocates from Virginia to follow her dreams of becoming an investigative reporter. In Melinda’s senior year of college she has an opportunity to prove her skills as an Investigative reporter, when she interviews Dr. Lawrence Jacobs a world-renowned scientist. What Melinda thought to be an effortless interview turns out to be something more appalling then even she could envision. An assistant to Dr. Jacobs secretly calls Melinda to inform her of the dark gruesome research Dr. Jacobs won’t tell her in there interview. She learns of the fatal fire, the various children being use for his research and the unimaginable cloned monsters. Melinda investigative instincts lead her to discover the dark world of stem cells and cloning. Her investigation leads to the murder a scientist, the disappearance of a reliable source and being kidnapped by the least person she expected, creating the ultimate betrayal. A MUST READ…VIVIDLY IMAGINATIVE SUSPENSE!!!!!! - Edge of your seat suspenseful! - An up all night page turner! - POWERFUL!

About the Author

Diane Manning is an urban contemporary fiction writer. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, with a touch of southern roots. Ms. Manning grew up watching shows like, Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and inspirited by Jackie Brown movies. Her favorite reading is by Agatha Christie Mystery Books. As a college student, she was asked to write a short story in her Writing II class. She contemplated for weeks as to what she wanted to write. Finally, sitting at her desk, in the Catskills Mountains, she developed, “The Promise of Eternal Life,” the original was five pages long. While in college, she studied psychology, sociology, human & criminal behavior. She also has a love for sci-fi movies & horror movies. She has a passion for studying serial killers which provides inspiration for her writings….. Diane Manning currently resides in Bronx, New York and works with adolescents as a Substance Abuse Counselor while working on her next novel.