FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 1, 2006
PMA LITERARY AND
FILM MANAGMENT PLACES
GARY C. KING'S TRUE CRIME
BOOK WITH KENSINGTON
Peter Miller, President of PMA Literary & Film Management, Inc., is pleased to announce the placement of Gary C. King's latest true crime book, tentatively titled Without A Trace: The Mysterious Disappearance and Murder of Janet March, to Michaela Hamilton at Kensington Publishing Corp.
On August 15, 1996, Perry Avram March, 35, was a successful Nashville, Tennessee lawyer practicing in his wealthy father-in-law's firm, Levine Mattson Orr & Geracioti. His wife, Janet Gail Levine March, 33, was a dark-haired beauty and an accomplished artist who liked to frequent Nashville's upscale Cakewalk Restaurant, more often than not eating alone so that she could sketch her surroundings. Perry and Janet lived together with their two children, Samson, 5, known as “Sammy,” and Tzipora, 2, known as “Tzipi,” on their four-acre Forest Hills estate in a dream home that could be described as nothing less than a mansion. Perry and Janet were independent, and spent a good deal of their time socializing in West Nashville's circle of prominent young Jewish couples. They seemed to be a picture-perfect family. All that suddenly changed, however, when Janet disappeared—without a trace. Although there was little evidence that a crime had even been committed, Perry March quickly became the prime suspect in the case and, later, the defendant in the most sensational crime drama to unfold in Nashville in the last 20 years.
The compelling and fascinating story moves beyond Janet's disappearance and murder into the realm of sex, conspiracy, murder-for-hire, kidnappings, violations of international human rights laws, con artist schemes, shady real estate deals, and dramatic courtroom battles. Perry March, after fleeing to Mexico, charmed elderly female American retirees out of their life savings and real estate holdings without even batting an eye. The drama also depicts a conniving relationship between brilliant lawyer March and his ex-patriate father, a retired colonel in the army who also held a Ph.D., who knowingly conspired with his son to dispose of Janet's corpse and, later, to hire a hit-man to kill Janet's parents. Before it is all over March, in a bid to have his story written, brought in a well-known female journalist with whom he became romantically involved despite the fact that he had married a Mexican national after Janet had been declared dead. In an obvious lack of journalistic ethics, the female journalist agreed to write about the events of the March case before March was even charged with a crime. In the end, after all of the dots were connected, one of the most slippery criminals in recent history was brought to justice.
Gary C. King, a freelance author and lecturer, is regarded by readers and critics alike as one of the world's foremost crime writers, a reputation he has earned over the last 25 years with the publication of 10 books and more than 400 articles in true crime magazines in the United States, Canada, and England. King's true crime books and articles are hard-hitting and factual, key elements of a style that his readers tend to appreciate. He is the author of Blood Lust: Portrait of a Serial Sex Killer, Driven to Kill, Web of Deceit, Blind Rage, Savage Vengeance, An Early Grave, The Texas 7, Murder in Hollywood, Angels of Death, and Stolen in the Night. King lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
For more information, contact Peter Miller, PMA Literary & Film Management, Inc. at 212.929.1222 or
