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Michael Norman is passionate about reading and writing mysteries, so he is pleased to announce the
publication of his fifth novel and third Sam Kincaid mystery, Slow Burn. In this book, Michael asks
readers a couple of difficult questions. Does the criminal justice system treat all people equally,
regardless of whether they are people of color, rich or poor? And how far might you go to avenge the
death of a loved one wrongfully prosecuted and sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit?

The story begins with the kidnapping of a college student in Salt Lake City as she arrives home. But this is
no ordinary kidnapping. The victim is Samantha Cates, the daughter of Benjamin Cates, the Executive
Director of the Utah Department of Corrections, and Sam Kincaid’s boss. Recently demoted by Cates,
Kincaid is riding a desk in the department’s training division awaiting retirement.

Believing that his daughter’s kidnapping might be the work of a vengeful offender, Cates asks Kincaid to
return to the Special Investigations Branch to help find his daughter. Working again with Salt Lake City
P.D. Captain Kate McConnell, the two launch a desperate search for the missing girl. Soon Kincaid
discovers two murders, one in Las Vegas and the other in Seattle, that appear to be connected to the
Salt Lake kidnapping. With time running out, Kincaid and McConnell are forced to pull out all the stops
as they learn the kidnapper is about to place the victim in a coffin and bury her alive.

Michael’s other Sam Kincaid novels are The Commission and Silent Witness. His two J.D. Books novels
are On Deadly Ground and Skeleton Picnic. Michael wants you to know that he is hard at work on a new
mystery (Patriot Land) that brings together Sam Kincaid and J.D. Books. The anticipated publication date
is early in 2019. Stay tuned.