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 dressed, walked a short distance to his two-car detached garage,
and drove his ten-year old 1960 Chevy Bel Air to work. It was a lovely spring
day in early May and he had been working steadily in the pharmacy for a few
weeks. When he arrived, he greeted Dan and the two technicians, then went into
the office to retrieve his long-sleeved white lab jacket.
The
staff was busy typing labels and filling prescriptions for several waiting
people, a few of whom chatted with neighbors while others mulled about the
shop, perusing new cosmetic items. One of the medications was for Hilda
Sanders, a customer of the pharmacy since opening day. She was waiting for her
prescription for eye drops to treat her glaucoma. Her husband approached the
counter to pick it up. At first, the man’s slight accent drew Michael’s
attention. He thought nothing of it, until he turned and stared into the man’s
icy, steel- blue eyes, eyes he could never forget.
Hans
Stern.
Michael’s lips tightened and his hands trembled
at the sight of the Nazi officer.
He recognized Stern at once. The man’s cold
eyes and downturned thin lips were a dead giveaway. It’s him! Stern’s face was wrinkled, and his blonde hair almost
white, but there could be no doubt. Stern glanced back at Michael for a moment,
but showed no signs of recognizing him.
How could he make a
connection? Their eyes had met only twice, briefly, more than twenty-five years
ago.
Michael boiled inside at the sight of him, but
forced himself to remain calm and said nothing. In that instant, he felt two
opposing but related feelings, one was anger, the other exhilaration! He would have his
revenge...at last.
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