RISK MANAGEMENT

Some risks you can’t calculate

Reid Winslow spent decades as a trial lawyer and prosecutor. His thrillers know exactly how justice bends – and who does the bending.

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Exiled from Texas.
Disbarred.

White-knuckling sobriety in the Midwest, criminal defense attorney Larry Welk is trying to stay invisible. Then the past finds him anyway.

A first date with Birdie Thurmond, a brilliant state auditor who treats risk like a solvable equation, ends awkwardly and forgettably. Hours later, Larry gets the call that blows up everything.

His former lover, Darlene Pepper, has been shot eight times by Chicago police. Before Larry can even reach the hospital, she is dead and Larry is the prime suspect.

The motive points to an old case and a fortune that vanished years ago: millions stolen by Darlene’s ex-husband, Larry’s former client, money that was never recovered.

Now federal investigators are closing in. A killer seems to know Larry’s every move. And buried secrets are resurfacing with a body count.

With nowhere left to turn, Larry makes one desperate play: trust Birdie: the one woman convinced every problem has an answer if you run the numbers long enough.

But Birdie’s equations never accounted for a man like Larry.

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The Dead Bell is a compelling literary thriller in the same tradition as James Crumley, Scott Turow and Graham Greene. Reid Winslow blends psychological insight, deft prose and plot twists to create an immersive novel. New York Times best-selling author Dave Margolin called the book “An excellent debut that does not disappoint”.

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Excellent First Book! I thoroughly enjoyed this read! The descriptions were amazing and brought you right into the scene and into the Tom’s mind. The character development was particularly interesting. Each personality shone through and left nothing to the imagination.
I would highly recommend this book and look forward to more novels by Reid Winslow.

Karen Wackrow

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What You’ll Get

A propulsive legal-crime thriller packed with:

Fraud, murder, and federal heat
A flawed lawyer protagonist with courtroom-grade authenticity
Financial intrigue and corruption
High-stakes moral choices and twist-driven momentum

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Perfect For Readers Who Love

Crime, Suspense and psychological drama

Legal thrillers with real-world detail
Crime and investigative suspense with mounting pressure
Psychological, character-driven thrillers
Stories where powerful people kill to keep secrets buried

WHAT READERS SAY

E Mariner

Awesome first novel. This was a gripping tale, many-layered, and very well written. Especially rich in character development, the story carried me along and never lost me through some very dark, complicated, and yet dismally credible, scenes.

Winslow maintains a well crafted balance between the here-and-now of its central character’s troubled personal life and his dogged persistence as a forensic detective under pressure not to ask too many questions, interwoven with scenes from characters’ remembered pasts – evocative memories that themselves develop in very interesting ways, as they face the unintended consequences of things they had done, or suffered, or concealed in their various pasts.

The story comes to a dangerous and thrilling climax, followed by a very moving resolution. What I appreciated most of all was Winsow’s unsentimental exploration of all his main characters’ motives and relationships. This is a very accomplished first novel, and I look forward to reading the next (for which what seems to be a trailer is appended to the paperback).

S. Haines

If you’re a crime fiction fan – read this book. I consider myself a connoisseur of crime fiction and have read most everything by Michael Connelly, Richard Price and Donna Leon. I mention these writers primarily because their characters are complex yet believable human beings. Their characters and story lines survive the bs filter I constantly run in the background. The Dead Bell definitely does the same. I highly recommend it for crime fiction fans and/or observers of human nature.

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A page-turner with a memorable cast. The Dead Bell is an engaging whodunit with a memorable cast of well-drawn characters. Author Reid Winslow is also adept at creating a cinematic sense of place from the very first sentences: “That year, the ghosts arrived. As far back as I could remember, the hot months of summer were spent in large rubber rings suspended in the cool water of Springfield Lake.”

This opening scene, with a bunch of kids hanging out on what at first seems an ordinary summer day quickly evolves into tragedy and mystery – a mystery with many twists and turns as the story unfolds.

A great read and hard to put down. I look forward to more from this author!

Karen Wackrow

Excellent First Book! I thoroughly enjoyed this read! The descriptions were amazing and brought you right into the scene and into the Tom’s mind.

The character development was particularly interesting. Each personality shone through and left nothing to the imagination.

I would highly recommend this book and look forward to more novels by Reid Winslow