The Final Victim
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About The Final Victim
He cursed the Germans at the moment of his death in the death camp in Poland during World War II, that he would seek his revenge. Fifty years later in a small tourist town the police are completing baffled by a mysterious murder. The only evidence at the scene is what they have labeled as a big dog print. But, the questions remain who or what killed this man? Why and how did it enter a locked house without leaving prints? Why is there no blood at the scene or in the body? What is the motive for the killing of this prominent citizen? Who or what is the next target for this mysterious creature? From the death camps of Poland to the steamy shores of South Carolina, the author guides you through a macabre vampire tale of murder, intrigue, and revenge in “The Final Victim.”
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Read the excerpt
For some reason, Rudy was uncomfortable tonight, physically and mentally. Transporting a coffin was a new experience. It frightened him. Superstition played a large role in his limited educational life. Here it was dark, stormy, and he was delivering a corpse. The route took him through wooded and desolate country, with hanging Spanish moss casting eerie shadows as he drove by. His bright lights were on, only being dimmed when a car came from the opposite direction. The lightning and thunder added to the unease caused by the downpour. Rudy’s grasp of the steering wheel was quite tight. The rhythmical beat of the windshield wiper was his only entertainment as the radio had not worked in quite some time. Rudy was horrified when a bolt of lightning seemed to strike the ground quiet close to his truck. It took considerable effort to hold the wheel firmly. Through the rear view mirror he could see no flames and concluded no damage had been done to his cargo. The dead guy in back wouldn’t mind a jolt or two anyhow, would he?
Thinking the better of his decision to continue driving in this downpour, he pulled over to the side of the highway. It was when he turned off the motor that he realized he was not alone in the truck; he had a passenger seated alongside him.
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Interview
Q: Welcome to Beyond the Books, Larry. Can we start out by telling us whether you are published for the first time or are you multi-published?
A: I am first time published other than medical articles years ago.
Q: What was the name of your very first book regardless of whether it was published or not and, if not published, why?
A: This was my first book, The Final Victim
Q: For your first published book, how many rejections did you go through before you either found a mainstream publisher, self-published it, or paid a vanity press to publish it?
A: I tried for an agent first, but with no success. Then wrote to Graveyard publishing as they seemed to handle my type theme and it was okayed it for publishing
Q: How did the rejections make you feel and what did you do to overcome the blows?
A: I figured those agents that said no would change their minds after reading it the problem was to get them to read it.
Q: When your first book was published, who published it and why did you choose them?
A: The Final Victim my debut novel was published last October by graveyard publishing. I choose them since nobody else was going to do so.
Q: How did it make you feel to become published for the first time and how did you celebrate?
A: I was elated and drank the Johnny Walker Blue that I had saved for this occasion.
Q: What was the first thing you did as for as promotion when you were published for the first time?
A: I told all my friends and relatives to buy a copy. I tried to get Barnes and Noble to stock it but since the publisher prints on demand they would not repurchase unsold books and would not stock the book.
Q: If you had to do it over again, would you have chosen another route to be published?
A: I don’t know of any other routes, but I would not self publish. Being able to afford the expense simply doesn’t imply any form of success.
Q: Looking back since the early days when you were trying to get published, what do you think you could have done differently to speed things up? What kind of mistakes could you have avoided?
A: I would not have not wasted my time sending resumes to agents.
Q: What has been the biggest accomplishment you have achieved since becoming published?
A: I do have an agent wanting to see my next novel based on my resume.
Q: If you could have chosen another profession, what would that profession be?
A: I wanted to be an eye surgeon since about the age of five or so.
Q: Would you give up being an author for that profession or have you combined the best of both worlds?
A: Writing is a new world for me and my old world got me to retire because of my age. I would have to say that writing would be my first choice
Q: How do you see yourself in ten years?
A: I will be the oldest living writer in the house at age 96.
Q: Any final words for writers who dream of being published one day?
A: Look for the gimmick and dare to be different from everything else these days, don’t just copy the ideas.
About Larry Jukofsky
Larry Jukofsky is a first time author at the young age of 86. His novel The Final Victim, in the genre of mystery, horror is his debut novel. He was born in New Jersey in 1925. He earned his degree at Columbia University, New York Medical School and interned at Hackensack Hospital. His eye training was at Barnes hospital St. Louis, Mo., where he met and married wife Betsy.
His active duty was in the United State Naval Reserves U.S.N.R. and U.S. Marines as an Ophthalmologist for First Marine Division in Korea. He opened first office in New Jersey in 1953 and moved to Hilton Head, South Carolina in 1978.
When Larry is not writing he is enjoying his retirement with his 2 children, 4 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren
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