Tales of Murder and Mayhem
By Marc Trop
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Marc Trop
Marc Trop is an attorney who writes mystery fiction using law as a background. His fiction attempts to be realistic with events in the world today. Mr. Trop taught law in college and now practices part-time and often represents clients pro bono who are not able to hire an attorney. Mr. Trop also served as an Assistant Principal in a New York City High School and created a law school within the school that used law in all parts of the curriculum. After retiring from the high school, he worked as an editor for a tennis magazine. He now he devotes his time as a writer full-time.
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Tales of Murder and Mayhem - Marc Trop
© 2011 by Marc Trop. All rights reserved.
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First published by AuthorHouse 09/22/2011
ISBN: 978-1-4670-2599-7 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4670-2600-0 (ebk)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2011915824
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Acknowledgment
Introduction
THE LONE
TERRORIST
SURPRISE
SCHOOL
Acknowledgment
I wish to express my thanks to my wife, Dr. Forough Trop for her help in preparing my manuscript. and to my son, Robert Trop and Murray Bromberg, my colleague, for their advice and suggestions in bringing my stories to print.
Introduction
Crime stories have always rated highly as a topic in literature. The bible itself in the first book of Genesis tells a tale of Fraticide. The bible’s first couple, Adam and Eve, give birth to two sons. In the King James version of the bible, their older son Cain in a fit of jealously, murders his brother Abel. In chapter 4, we also get the first attempt at an alibi when as we read, And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
There you have it. Murder and lying found in an early story in the bible.
It took centuries before crime fiction became very popular. In the United States, Edgar Allan Poe is considered the pioneer writer in making detective fiction popular.
In writing about crime, a decision must be made whether to write true crime or fiction. It is my belief that crime fiction should read like a true story. These stories will not have super heroes leaping over buildings or deflecting bullets with their bodies. There are no science fiction characters here.
You will not meet zombies or vampires. The criminals here could be like your neighbors.
My hope is that reading these tales will arouse your interest and leave you satisfied to have read these stories. ENJOY!
THE LONE
TERRORIST
the first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.
This famous line written by Shakespeare is often quoted by people trying to be funny who know that I’m a lawyer. One of the strange things about the law profession is that many people like to say negative things about lawyers without having any knowledge about how lawyers work. As for Shakespeare’s line, I’ll give you odds these people never read Shakespeare and if they did they would not understand his meaning. If you know Shakespeare, he was referring to the bad guys who wanted to get rid of the lawyers because the lawyers were the good guys opposing criminals. Another comment, You’re a criminal lawyer. How many crimes have you committed?
Ha. Ha. Big joke. Everybody gets a laugh from the joke. Unless you’re a lawyer.
My name is Joshua Blaine. I have a modest office, actually a storefront in a busy commercial area in a small state. I wanted to get away from the atmosphere of a big city so I figured a small state would suit me better. Years ago, I would probably be called a country lawyer, out to help clients with minor problems.
My aim is to treat people with decency and to leave them satisfied with my assistance. When I graduated from law school, I began working at a large law firm. The salary was exceptionally high for a beginner, but I hated the work. There was constant pressure to win cases at all costs, even if the merit wasn’t there. In addition, I was expected to bring new clients in or else I was looked upon as a failure.
There was little satisfaction in that position. I left the job after a short period. I then was hired at the county prosecutor’s office. Here again, there was little joy in working at that office. The main purpose of that office was to win convictions and put people in prison. I’m not a bleeding heart
and I do believe many criminals need to be incarcerated. But there needs to be some compassion beyond conviction when the guilty are sentenced. Minor first-time offenders deserve some consideration, especially when there are mitigating circumstances. I was not happy with the operation in the prosecutor’s office and finally decided to leave and work as a solo practitioner. You don’t get rich, but at least you are your own master and there is a greater level of contentment with your work. The only liability is sometimes you wonder about the importance of cases that come to you. After spending years in law school you ask yourself if all that study was worth it. Also, what important difference was I making in the lives of clients? Minor civil cases are not life or death issues. And so I felt. That is until the case of the lone terrorist came into my life.
Leaving a practice in a big city, I began work as a solo practitioner in a small state. I moved to Delaware where I opened a storefront office. Delaware has one