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About the Author
Richard J. Gilchrist recently retired from a successful law enforcement career spanning three decades. He is a consultant to several multinational corporations, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, and a first time novelist fulfulling his passion for writing. He resides in the Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, Arizona.

About my latest book, Up Close and Impersonal: A Novel

Phillip Givens is one of the few who possess the unique psychological skills to take human life without remorse. During the height of the Vietnam War, Givens is assigned to a Marine recon unit where he and a few elite others are provided chance after chance to practice their deadly art. After three consecutive tours of combat, Sgt. Givens has lived by the recon motto-Swift, Silent, Deadly-but unfortunately as a civilian now must live with the label of assassin.

When a mysterious man summons Givens to a centuries-old estate in Switzerland, the man presents him with a proposition that will change his life forever. As a mental game of international intrigue evolves from their ominous encounter, Givens contemplates the deadly undertaking he is asked to perform. When Givens is pitted against others in a continuously changing world of global corporate power, he soon discovers that family bonds, friendships, and relationships-of-the-heart are not as they seem. As lines of loyality are drawn and crossed, there is no question that Phillip Givens is a cold-blooded killer who has become a pawn in a complex game of corporate psychological chess.