Heartless Cruelty: A Mr. Bachman Mystery

HEARTLESS CRUELTY is A twisted murder mystery.A passionate romance.A tale of political and moral corruption set in the not-so-idyllic Jersey shore town of Atlantis. The first in a series of novels about a complex, flawed, courageous everyday hero. William Bachman is a champion for his students, and for the real, effective, life-saving power of the written word. HEARTLESS CRUELTY will appeal to anyone who, as an adult or a teenager, has ever spent time in a high school classroom. Despite Mr. Bachman’s protestation that ＂...heroism is a myth ...There were protagonists, not heroes,＂ anyone who can recall a teacher who stood out as particularly caring and wise will recognize the potential for heroism in that iconic figure. Anyone who teaches or has taught may find something of his or her best self in Mr. Bachman. If you remember a special teacher who changed your life, you will enjoy reading HEARTLESS CRUELTY, the first book in the Mr. Bachman series.

Richard W. Goffman is the author of two college textbooks on writing and reading, as well as magazine articles, novels, short stories, plays, screenplays and poetry. He writes, teaches and lives in the wild northwest woods of New Jersey, with his author-wife, Linda Watkins-Goffman, his basenji, Alice, and Dinah, a black and white cat who keeps secrets.