About The Book
Title: The Chemist’s Shop
Author: Richard Brumer
Genre: Suspense / Thriller
Pharmacology professor Michael Ross
retires from the world of academia in 1970 and opens a community pharmacy in a
peaceful upstate New York town. He puts the horrific tragedies of his past
behind him and finds serenity in his new life. That is, until he recognizes a
customer as former Nazi SS officer, Hans Stern.
Michael looks into Stern’s cold steel-blue eyes, clenches his fists and
boils inside, remembering how his three young daughters were taken from him and
gassed, and his wife, Ilona, was tortured, raped and stripped of all dignity by
Stern, twenty-five years earlier in Auschwitz.
Face to face with this evil being, Michael forces himself to stay calm.
In that moment, he experiences two opposing but related feelings. One is anger,
the other exhilaration.
Michael could not protect his family then, but he can avenge their
deaths now. It isn’t just about killing Stern. That would be too easy. His
death has to be slow, painful, and diabolical, and it begins with a game of
chess.
Author Bio
Richard Brumer grew up in
the Bronx and now lives in Florida with his wife Carol. For many years his
passions were skiing, sports car racing, and sailing, including sailing solo in
the South Pacific. As a retired pharmacist, he turned his hand to writing and
has written several novels and short stories. His most recent best selling
novel is The Chemist’s Shop—A tale of revenge.
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Book Excerpts
Michael showered and soaped himself as he hummed the music from Swan Lake. When he rinsed off, the blue
tattooed number on his forearm, became more visible. It reminded him of a time
so long ago. He had looked at it every day in Auschwitz when he told himself
there would be a better life ahead. The warm water glistened on the tattoo,
bringing the number A11328 to life.
He was glad when people asked him
the meaning of the number. It gave him an opportunity to explain that it helped
prevent people from forgetting that tragic time. Some children asked if it
helped him remember his phone number, others thought it was a design, but
Michael always explained that it represented terrible years in his life.
One little girl asked, “Why was it so bad?”
“Because it was a time when millions of innocent men, women and children
were tattooed with a number like mine and then killed by evil people. It was
called The Holocaust, and the world stood silent.”
So, do you keep it there to remember that terrible time?”
“No,” he answered. “I keep it there for you to remember that whenever
evil raises its ugly head, you must never be silent.”
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