Pretenses

Literature & Fiction

An affluent Supreme Court nominee and her husband are murdered by a skillful hand several days before her confirmation hearing. The next day, another high-ranking member of Washington D.C.’s elite circle is murdered. On top of these murders, a serial rapist has terrorized the city, with sixty-seven male victims and counting. FBI Special Agent Phoenix Perry is working the rapist case when she’s hand-picked by the President to solve the mystery and to stop the blood thirsty killer. Little does she know that the cases are related, and the assassin seems to know her every move. As the mystery unravels, Perry learns more than she cared to know about the case—and herself.

Read Reviews
Show Keith Lee Johnson Some Love

Keith Lee Johnson

Keith Lee Johnson is a United States Air Force veteran, the author of 14 novels, and the former editor of Insight Magazine. He served his country in Texas, Mississippi, Nevada, California, Turkey, and various other places in his four years of active service. He has written in several genres including, suspense/thrillers, drama, historical fiction, and contemporary fiction. His most successful novels are the Little Black Girl Lost stories, seven to date. The journey to publication was an arduous one and began at Robert S. Rogers High School during the Fall semester when his Composition teacher ridiculed him in front of his peers for a poorly written paper. Humiliated, he dropped the class, and no longer pursued education. Two decades later, he entered Owens Community College as it was more cost effective. Upon graduation, he planned to attend a fully accredited local university to get a degree in psychology as he never intended to be an author. That, too, was interrupted by a literature professor who challenged his ability to write a credible story early in the Fall semester. Unlike his high school experience, he accepted the challenge, picked up a pen that very day, and has been writing ever since. His failed past turned into fierce determination. He worked fulltime and was a fulltime student. He went on to graduate with honors and became the commencement speaker for the December graduating class. He lives in Toledo, Ohio.