Little White Lies

About the Book

Philip Richards is a man who appears to be everything he isn't. Well dressed, well spoken and successful by any measure, his world is changed overnight when his beautiful wife, Laura, dies unexpectedly. Lost and adrift, he finally decides to take charge of his life once again and strikes out on a completely different path, one that leads to murder and mayhem. But the strange things about all this is that Philip isn't slowed or intimated by these events. Instead he seems to thrive on them.

Is Philip all he appears to be, or is there a dark side that is worse than the terrible people he faces? Is he the hunted or the hunter? And do you find yourself rooting for this complex man, or secretly fearing for those around him?

When does justice cross the line and become something worse than the crime it is supposed to punish? Philip's story might answer that question for you. Then again, maybe you will have more questions than you had before, and very unsettling answers indeed.

About the Author

Paul Watkins is a retired businessman living in southwest France. A back injury suffered a few years ago forced him to change his lifestyle and cut back on golf and other like pursuits, and take up writing instead. Little White Lies is the first book that has come out of that change in lifestyle.

When he isn't thinking about writing, he still has plenty to do with three children and five grandchildren between New York and Florida. Still active in his consulting business, Paul says most days are pretty full. He manages to play golf occasionally, goes fishing once in a while, and thinks about business all the time.

Paul has no illusions about the high cost of freedom and what we have paid for the lifestyle we enjoy. He feels our world has changed for all time and that things will never be the same after 9/11, much as we would like them to be. Still, it's nice sometimes to escape our reality and hide in a book. And he would like to do all he can to help out in that regard.