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A Crime Thriller’s Treat
Paper Puzzle by Harold Michael Harvey is a gripping crime thriller that masterfully intertwines mystery and social commentary. Set in Macon, Georgia, the novel follows Clay, a fresh college graduate who steps into the MTJ newsroom in 1974. Unbeknownst to him, he holds the key to unraveling the circumstances behind a moonshiner’s death in 1946.
Harold Michael Harvey is a writer and public speaker. He grew up in Macon, Georgia. In 1965, Harvey integrated one of the local Junior High Schools. Following high school he enrolled into Fort Valley State College where he majored in Political Science. He participated on the Debate Team and was an outfielder on the baseball team. Academically, Harvey was a member of the Dean’s List.
After completing his freshman year of college, Harvey transferred to Tuskegee Institute where he majored in Political Science and was a two year Letterman on the baseball team. He wrote a weekly column in the Campus Digest and graduated with a degree in Political Science. He was a few hours short of having a minor in Philosophy.
Upon graduation, Harvey returned to his hometown, where he worked as a school teacher and a journalist before enrolling into law school at the age of thirty. In law school he joined the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and became Vice President of the Student Government Association in his third year of law school. In his legal career, Harvey organized a successful personal injury law firm and later after meeting Johnnie Cochran, ventured into criminal defense work. In the mid-1990s Harvey represented over 180 college students arrested in the city of Atlanta during a Black College spring break festival known as Freaknic.
He offered this service at no cost to the students who were charged with violating minor city ordinances. In 1996, he was honored by the Gate City Bar Association with the R. E. Thomas, Civil Rights Award. In 1997, he was President of the Gate City Bar Association and instituted a Hall of Fame for Gate City Bar members.
In 2001, Harvey served as a legal commentator for WXIA-TV during the Ray Lewis murder trial. It is believed that it was his commentary that gave the State the impetus to reduce charges against Lewis in the middle of the trial. At the turn of the century, Harvey’s wife became ill and he could no longer maintain an active practice and take care of his family, so he had to close his legal practice.
After his wife’s health challenge stabilized, he got back to his passion for writing literature and in 2010 published his first book, Paper Puzzle, a legal thriller set in his hometown of Macon, Georgia. In 2015, he published a collection of essays on the American justice system titled, Justice in the Round: Essays on the American Jury System.
Also, in 2015. Harvey became a regular commentator on the Tracy Larkin Broadcast Network (http://www.tlbnetwork.com/). Each Saturday at noon in the eastern time zone, Harvey can be heard offering his opinions on the major political and legal issues of the day.
Harold Michael Harvey is an American novelist and essayist, the author of Paper puzzle and Justice in the Round. He can be contacted at haroldmichaelharvey.com
The novelist and essayist Harold Michael Harvey will appear at the Sights & Sounds Black Cultural Museum, Saturday, February 14, 2015 to autograph his novel Paper Puzzle. The public is welcome to come out and visit with the author from 10:00 a. m. until 2:30 p. m.
Long before Ferguson and Staten Island, Harvey was writing about the injustices in the judicial system. Paper Puzzle is a modern day Southern murder mystery that exposes the underbelly of the good ol’ boy network of power and judicial system abuse.
C. T. Vivian, a recent Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and the Director of Affiliates for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference under Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., says that Harvey is a crafty author and is one of the best storytellers in the 21st century.
Harvey weaves tidbits of American history through this suspenseful tale. His character Dorsey Pitts and the manner in which he died at the hands of the State is eerily reminiscent of the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York.
The novel was commenced in 1978 and is a harbinger of things to come. It accurately predicted local law enforcement department making use of military style weapons. Paper Puzzle depicted military tanks rolling down the streets of Macon, Georgia in 1968 to put down citizen protests in the wake of the assassination of Dr. King.
If you are interested in what is taking place in the judicial system today, Paper Puzzle is a book that you simply must read. It has more twists and turns than Shonda Rhimes, How To Get Away With Murder.
Saturday will be Harvey’s first appearance at Sights & Sounds Black Cultural Museum in over two years. He said, “I like signing my book at Sights & Sounds because the cultural history in the museum presents the perfect backdrop for the lives of the characters in Paper Puzzle.”
Harold Michael Harvey, JD, is the author of the legal thriller “Paper Puzzle,” available at Amazon and at haroldmichaelharvey.com. He can be contacted at hmharvey@haroldmichaelharvey.com