The Crown City Redemption

About the Book

This novel is about a twenty-something young woman (Sam) who goes off to college and marries the man of her dreams, only to fi nd out later that he is an internati onal hit man. She is initi ally outraged by his clandesti ne profession, but ulti mately becomes trapped in the marriage by love for him and her own sincere belief that she can eventually change him. Aft er graduati ng from college, her husband is mysteriously killed, and his family seems to blame her. A month later her parents are killed in an auto accident that she believes was perpetrated by her husband’s family. She is forced to leave her hometown for fear she may be next. Sam takes refuge in Crown City where she can hide while formulati ng a plan for self-defense. In Crown City she att empts to reconfi gure her life, but encounters multi ple threatening situati ons, unlikely in such a peaceful city.
Her constant fear that her husband’s family will discover her whereabouts fi nally occurs, only to present our imperfect heroine the means out of her precarious existence. Overcoming obstacles thrust upon her, stresses her to the breaking point, but ulti mately her strength and cunning enable her to win freedom from fear and a chance for a normal life.
You will find Sam to be an interesti ng and resourceful young woman. Travel with her as she immerses herself in the fabric of Crown City, and share vicariously her struggles to overcome the treacherous events that follow her husband’s death. Her story is a gripping personal evoluti on fi lled with love, violence, forgiveness, confession, death, and life-changing philosophical deliberati ons. Does her emoti onally and physically perilous journey lead to a fi tti ng resoluti on of her dilemma? You be the judge.

About the Author

L.A. Evans was born and raised in Utah. Upon graduation from High School, he joined the US Air Force where he served as a gunner on a B-29 bomber until the Korean War ended in 1953. He then used the GI Bill to attend college, and received a BS Degree in education from the University of Utah. He continued his education at the University of Wisconsin and graduated with his PHD in Experimental Psychology in 1961. He worked in the Aerospace industry until he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California School of Medicine (now the Keck School of Medicine) in the Department of Medical Education. In that capacity he assisted in Curriculum, Faculty and Instructional Development. During his 25 years at the School of Medicine Dr. Evans co-authored three Medical School text books and over twenty five peer reviewed journal articles as well as several mediated instructional programs (of which many were computer based). His retirement years have been spent writing novels, poetry and staying as active as age will premit. Several of Dr. Evans’ poems are included in his novel “Jonathan’s Secret”, which was also published in 2012.