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"Chuck Gray, a 40-something family man whose worked at a paper supply house for nearly two decades can't help but be attracted to Felicia Tafoya, a beautiful Latina coworker more than 20 years his junior. In danger of missing an international flight after missing her bus, Chuck offers Felicia a ride. The next morning detectives ask Chuck some questions about the rape and murder of a woman matching Felicia's description, and before he realizes what's happening, Chuck is arrested. Innocent Bystander explores the ordeal that one man faces when considered a suspect in a violent sex crime, and the resulting fallout with the people who thought they knew him best: his wife, teenage children, and colleagues. Is there such a thing as ""innocent until proven guilty"" anymore?"

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This was an enjoyable quick read that follows Chuck Gray as he is wrongly(?) accused of rape and murder. While he sits in a holding cell, his lawyer, coworkers, wife and children all seem to either turn against him or try to distance themselves from him. After all, no one wants to admit to caring for a rapist/murderer, right? I think it is a natural reflex to read this story and wonder if your own relationships are strong enough to overcome such an accusation. What if you were accused? What if your spouse was accused? Your parent? Your coworker of 20 years? --Kamala Vander Kolk Provocative. Innocent Bystander dramatizes the problem of what happens to an innocent individual when he/she is arrested for a heinous crime. It's an intriguing story that takes you down a dark, seemingly endless path like The Count of Monte Christo and really gets you thinking: What if it were me? --Jeff S.

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Steven R. Berger worked as advertising director of, respectively, a record store chain, home builder and national real estate franchise before turning freelance and writing advertising and marketing propaganda. He taught copy writing, had a featured column in The Denver Post and was published in several regional and national magazines before writing novels. He is a member and past president of the Colorado Authors' League. His books include The Fifth Estate, honorable mention at the So. Calif. Book Festival, Ursula's Yahrtzeit Candle, a finalist for the Colorado Authors' League's award for Best Adult Literary Fiction, and the new Sebastian Wren mystery, Fat Chance.

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