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of theIndependent Publisher Book Award IPPY for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller! This gritty detective thriller, set in New York City, relates one AfricanAmerican man's riveting quest for truth and redemption.
Framed for murder during a failed drug bust, former NYPD officer John Shannon spends two years in jail before his release on appeal, Eager to find the true killer and clear his name, he enjoys two scant minutes of freedom before being brutally arrested, knocked unconscious, and whisked away to the Office of Municipal Security, run by a former CIA director.
Refusing their job offer, Shannon heads home to make amends with his estranged wife and discovers terrifying news: his teenage son J, J. , who has become mixed up with a drug gang, has been kidnapped, Shannon's desperate search for J, J. is complicated by a new warrant for his arrest, the mysterious murder of his former partner, and Shannon's personal struggle with anger, violence, and justice.
Written in the tradition of Raymond Chandler and Walter Mosley, this is the first in a series of thrillers featuring the compelling character of John Shannon.
Click here to download Book Club Questions for The Long Mile, prepared by author Clyde W, Ford! Pretty good book couldn't help but see Denzel Washington as the hero and Morgan Freeman as Promise, This was a good high action murder mystery, It involved a lot of action and deep thinking, Would be a great TV movie, . It was a decent book and an easy read, I think I will continue the series, Local author recommended by my dentist, This mystery features a former NYPD officer who had been framed and it looks like he's being set up again, The only one who knows he's innocent is himself, Liked the book but thought it wasn't totally believable, Clyde W. Ford is a software engineer, a chiropractor, and a psychotherapist, Hes also the award winning author of twelve works of fiction and non fiction, whose most recent book, THINK BLACK: A Memoir will be published in Septemberby Amistad/HarperCollins.
Clyde W. Ford earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Mathematics from Wesleyan University in, then worked as a systems engineer for IBM, In, he returned to school, enrolling at Western States University in Portland, Oregon, where he completed his Doctorate in Chiropractic, Later, he undertook post doctoral training in psychotherapy at the Synthesis Education Foundation of Massachusetts, under the direction of Steven Schatz, and the Psychosynthesis Institute of New Clyde W.
Ford is a software engineer, a chiropractor, and a psychotherapist, Hes also the award winning author of twelve works of fiction and non fiction, whose most recent book, THINK BLACK: A Memoir will be published in Septemberby Amistad/HarperCollins.
Clyde W. Ford earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Mathematics from Wesleyan University in, then worked as a systems engineer for IBM, In, he returned to school, enrolling at Western States University in Portland, Oregon, where he completed his Doctorate in Chiropractic, Later, he undertook post doctoral training in psychotherapy at the Synthesis Education Foundation of Massachusetts, under the direction of Steven Schatz, and the Psychosynthesis Institute of New York.
Ford was in private practice as a chiropractor and psychotherapist, first in Richmond, Virginia, and later in Bellingham, Washington, At sixteen, Ford traveled to West Africa in the wake of Martin Luther Kings assassination, attempting to come to terms with the tragedy, The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported, “The young man traveled alone that summer to the Elmina slave portal, on the continents west coast, and heard voices in a mystical experience that permanently marked him.
” Looking back on the event thanyears later, Ford told the Plain Dealer, “The meaning of my own life is based in the meaning of those who have gone before.
The ancestors are there, still informing, still influencing us, ”BODY MIND HEALINGIn the lates and earlys, Clyde wrote about body mind healing in the mids he concentrated on the healing of racial wounds and in, he wrote about mythology, and how myths could heal psychic wounds.
Besides exploring healing issues in books and on the lecture circuit, he has conducted seminars and written numerous articles for Massage Magazine, Massage Therapy Journal, and Chiropractic Economics.
InEast West Magazine recognized Fords work in somatic therapy as one of thetrends reshaping society, Linda Elliot and Mark Mayell in East West Magazine described Ford as “an engineer whos building a bridge across the chasm that separates practitioners who focus only on body structures and those who concentrate specifically on the psyche.
” FromtoFord regularly taught somatic psychology at the Institut fur Angewandte Kinesiologie in Freiburg, Germany, InFord wrote his first book, Where Healing Waters Meet, about his many years of experience working with the healing of emotional wounds through touch and movement therapy, rather than talk therapy.
That was followed inby Compassionate Touch, a book which amplified these themes and documented Fords work with adult survivors of sexual abuse, mainly women.
RACIAL HEALINGThe riots and racial divisiveness in Los Angeles following the Rodney King verdict inleft Ford feeling frustrated, After speaking to a number of friends who shared his frustration, he decided to write a book about social justice and racial healing, “When were dealing with an issue like racism,” Ford told Karen Abbott in the Rocky Mountain News, “So many people feel its a

daunting issue and that they cant do anything.
A certain paralysis sets in, But anybody and everybody can make a difference, ” While Ford remained optimistic, he also admitted that the roots of racial discord run deep, “Its really not just African Americans place to deal with that,” he told Linda Richards in January Magazine, “We have in our history our own reckoning with that process, But the entire society needs to reckon with that, ”InFord completed We Can All Get Along:Steps You Can Take to Help End Racism, “Racism is a social issue,” Ford told Cynthia M, Hodnett in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “It is important to look beneath the surface to find out what the issues are that need to be addressed, ” Ford realized that many people were sitelink,