• C.J. Carr
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• About the Author
  I believe that I was very fortunate to be born and raised in little Italy in Brooklyn, New York. There was then and is still a sign in the road that says “Welcome to the Biggest Little City in the World." Three weeks after I was born, I was delivered to my grandmother. She had nine children, and I made number ten. Where were my mother and father at this time in my life? Well, that is another story, and someday I'll finish my memoirs even though I haven't made it past the first page for 10 years now!

  I have traveled extensively through the United States at one time or another, including three countries in Europe. Although I was very bad in spelling, I have always had a love of writing as far as I can remember. The places I write about in my novels The Brass Ring and the Eleventh Commandment take place in the Brooklyn of my youth. The characters are a composite of people I once knew and some I have heard of through stories told at family gatherings.

  Some of the areas have long since been torn down in the name of progress.
  Besides my family, I really have had two loves in life. I did not start with the intention to write; it just happened. My second love hit me when I was about 9 years old, prior to World War 11. My uncle who was at that time a navy flyer was on leave. He took me to an airfield that belonged to a friend of his in Long Island. When I smelled the smoke and fumes from the aircraft, I knew what I wanted to do in life. I feel that I have been blessed to do the two things in life I love and make some money at it.

• Books
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• The Brass Ring
  FICTION | MYSTERY/CRIME
  The connection between Lieutenant Al Santos and the mean streets might not seem clear at first, but in THE BRASS RING it quickly becomes obvious that not only is the connection strong but that the distance is never far enough. The violence of the battlefield and the violence of the streets intersect in both Santos' experience and his psyche, resulting in the real battle that he - and all of us - must fight, the one against the past, the one for our dignity. THE BRASS RING is, ultimately, a novel about victory against great odds. It is inspiring and thrilling.
• $24.99 hardcover | $13.95 paperback | ISBN: 978-1-5753-2096-0
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• The Eleventh Commandment
  FICTION | MYSTERY/CRIME
  Frankie Rose, a street smart girl, has just been released from prison for a crime she was paid to take the rap for. While she was in prison her brother was murdered. Now home, all she wants is her money and her brother’s murderer. To find the people who killed her brother she is depending on her mentor Doc, a small time gangster who is said to have Mafia ties. Everyone who knows anything is either dead or going to die before she gets to them. She has been lied to, beaten up and shot. To make matters worse a drug lord is after her now and she has no idea why. With the only friend she can trust, she fights back to uncover the truth. The Eleventh Commandment is one person’s struggle to fight the invisible evil and to find the truth.

• $13.22 | ISBN-10: 0981024661

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• The Copus Massacre
  FICTION | HISTORICAL
  Although the book the Copus Massacre in a true story of the both the war of 1812 as told to me by the great grand son. For many years James Copus had collected the facts of the massacre in books and newspaper articles and i witness accounts. We found that because time has elapsed. I believe about 196 years. That day of infamous some of the people involved and events leading to the massacre may have fallen into folklore. We have blended fact and fiction together. I am more then sure that you will enjoy this novel.
  

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