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"Well crafted and emotionally complex... keeping readers hanging onto every page." — IndieReader 


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ENTER THE ZONE OF DECEIT

He didn't know that everything could end

in a flash.

Philip Sanders lost it all when his wife Ellie fell from 25,000 feet.

Then the evidence began to surface—and the truth became stranger than grief.

 

She wasn’t on the plane.

 

When he discovers that Ellie may still be alive and tied to the city’s darkest secrets, Philip is forced into a world of crime and ruthless power. The people who pursue him own the land, own the city, own the facts.

As Philip searches for life and death answers, he unravels not just Ellie’s identity, but his own. Every falsehood he exposes brings him closer to the truth.

But it’s not the whole truth.

And the truth is not the end.

 

Philip Sanders is entering the Zone of Deceit.

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BOOK TWO 
THE COVER UP

DEEP IN THE ZONE OF DECEIT

Philip Sanders believed the truth would keep his family safe.

 

He was wrong.

His wife is gone.
His son cannot accept her loss.
And someone is still watching.

When Ellie’s final documentary is released without warning, it raises questions that can't be answered--and turns Philip into a suspect. Colleagues distance themselves. Friends disappear. The life Philip thought he understood begins to collapse--again.

Desperate for answers, he turns to the film she left behind—studying it frame by frame, searching for what she was trying to reveal… and who she was trying to expose.

What he finds reaches far beyond New York—into a network of quiet power, hidden alliances, and decisions made far from public view.

Then a message arrives.

It offers the truth, at a price. 

 

In the Zone of Deceit, the price is always too high.

It will take all he has left.

Teresa Collins

Goodreads reviewer

*****

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"I think Mr. Foster has given me a case of whiplash... I recommend this book for all mystery and thriller fans, It is a great read."

Gregory Van Den Berg

Goodreads reviewer

*****

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"... a superb read.
The book is not only entertaining but will challenge the readers' intellect as well. It is an old fashioned thriller which will keep you on the edge of your seat from
beginning to end."

DonaQ

Amazon reviewer

****

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"Wow! This was a page turner.
Don't blink!"

About A P Foster

Andrew Foster began his writing career in the theater. 

 

Six of his plays were produced in New York City and at regional theaters across the country, including productions at Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, New York StageWorks and Louisville Actor’s 

Theatre. His debut play, Reunion, received high honors from the Village Voice. Chemical Reactions was selected for Best American Short Plays 1986.

After a three-decade career in the visual arts world, including 
senior roles at global auction houses and work with major private collectors, he returned to writing in 2020.

He is the author of the Zone of Deceit trilogy of psychological 
suspense set in New York during the turbulent 1980s and ‘90s.


He lives and writes in Harlem and upstate Massachusetts.

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ZONE OF DECEIT: THE TRILOGY

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