Ray Dix, Author, Death Row Defender, Media Page

PRAISE FOR DEATH ROW DEFENDER

BEST MYSTERY
March 18, 2006, San Antonio, TX: EPIC, the Electronically Published Internet Connection, awarded Death Row Defender, the 2006 EPPIE for BEST MYSTERY of 2005 published in electronic format. More
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BEST SELLER
Publisher Hard Shell Word Factory announced that the paperback version of Death Row Defender, even though not released until October, 2005, still became their second highest seller for THE YEAR 2005. For these results and other best sellers from Hard Shell C lick Here

REVIEWS

". . . legal thrillers have proliferated like, well, lawyers. But "Death Row Defender" is a cut above the average."

Jay Strafford 09/27, Richmond Times-Dispatch.com

"Ray Dix's legal thriller Death Row Defender tells the suspenseful story of an ex-public defender turned appellate advocate for an innocent death row convict. . . . After five years on death row, Clayton's number is finally up as the governor uses his execution as political fodder for his own reelection." ". . . the depth of Dix's treatment of the criminal appeals process makes this novel more than a murder mystery. Death Row Defender is clearly written by an author who has first-hand experience in defending capital cases, and it showcases Ray Dix's expertise as a writer."

The Florida Bar Journal, February, 2006, Vol. 80, No.2

"DEATH ROW DEFENDER . . . is as interesting a legal detective story as one will find . . . it has everything." "Bravo!"

Jaye Dee Tyrack, Reviewer, Gotta Write Network. For complete review click here

" . . . compelling characters in a multi-level plot with complicated issues and more than enough fast action to keep you reading into the wee hours." " . . . an exciting new author!"

MyShelf.com Reviewer: Beverly J. Rowe, as found Here

" . . . 'Death Row Defender' . . . an impressive legal thriller & a must-read for the student of criminal law . . . right up there with the best lawyer/author writers. "

Rebecca's Reads full review is found Here

"An intricately plotted legal thriller and criminal defense procedural which I just couldn't put down. Ray Dix takes the reader up a winding and dangerous road of criminal defense -- a last-minute appeal of a death sentence and the reinvestigation of an "air-tight case" which a lot of good and bad people don't want attorney Woody Thomas to look at."

Dirk Wyle, Author of, Pharmacology Is Murder

" . . . a page turner . . . compelling . . . crisp and fast . . .captures the stress, the frustration and the excitement that accompanies the defending of a capital case through the courts."

William McLain, capital appeals attorney, Tallahassee, Florida

". . . well-crafted. . . well executed."
". . . keeps the readers engaged."

Grant Panelists for Literature Fellowships, 2004, FL Dept. of State, Division of Cultural Affairs

". . . exceptional."

Maryland Writer's Association, Novel Contest (award winner, mystery / thriller / suspense)

". . . outstanding writing ability . . . fine storytelling."

Doris Booth, Authorlink, New Author Awards Competition (award winner, mystery division, under the title Clearwater Run)

ABOUT the book

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A man who swears he is innocent faces execution in Florida's electric chair. Retired Public Defender, Woody Thomas, fights doubts of the man's innocence, the police, the system, an assassin, and his own past to save his client's life.

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It has been five years since Jon Clayton was convicted of the rape and execution style murder of Donella Nash. It is springtime in an election year and, as part of the Governor's war on crime, Jon Clayton is scheduled to be executed in October. Clayton still swears he is innocent, but he had a record of violence and the bullet found in Nash's head came from his pistol.

Woody Thomas, an ex-Public Defender, is appointed by the court to pursue Clayton's final appeal. Woody relives the trial through the transcripts, then locates and questions the witnesses. The case looks solid, but federal agents begin to follow him, local police try to frame him, and someone is trying to kill him.

As Woody's troubles mount, the murder case begins to fall apart and the Governor signs Clayton's death warrant - - five months early.

AUTHOR BIO

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As an attorney for the State of Florida, Ray Dix helped provide the last line of defense for men and women sentenced to die. He grew up on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where he designed and built boats. He lives in Florida and is writing the next Woody Thomas novel.

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Ray Dix served in the Army Security Agency, and in the Coast Guard reserves. He taught computer programming and electronics, repaired computers and copiers, and designed and built boats on the Chesapeake Bay. As an attorney Mr. Dix worked as an Assistant Public Defender, where he tried juvenile, misdemeanor and felony cases, and wrote several hundred appeals. As an Assistant Capital Collateral Representative in Tallahassee, he reinvestigated murder convictions and wrote portions of 12 death row appeals. Mr. Dix lives in Florida, where he enjoys beaches, sunsets and sailing. He is currently writing the next Woody Thomas Novel.

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