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1970s: Working on Death Row comes with a few simple rules……
The Bell Tower
What you need to know before your trail
Working on Death Row comes with a few simple rules:
– Do not let the inmates get under your skin.
– Do not allow any prisoners to escape.
– Do not take justice into your own hands.
Garrett Nelson will break every one of them.
After a drugs bust goes wrong, Deputy Sheriff Garrett Nelson is left with a limp and, unfit for active police service, accepts a job at a Florida penitentiary on an old Spanish mission.
The prison’s chapel, a working bell tower, is now an execution chamber.
But after a terrible mistake leads to an escape and manhunt through the Everglades, Nelson must decide whether his first duty is to the law or to himself? And could doing the right thing mean taking an innocent man to the bell tower?
Locations
Reset- America/USA - Florida Heartland
- A: Everglades
- B: De Soto - Lake Placid
- C: Homestead prison
- D: De Soto - Arcadia - S Desoto Ave
Travel Guide
Florida Everglades
The towns of Arcadia and Lake Placid are in the De Soto region of Florida and that is where the prison in the novel is located. Arcadia’s Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Lake Placid might be known for giant crocodiles but this is the town and lake of Lake Placid close to the prison. Plenty of monsters inside however!
Lake Placid
Lake Placid hosted both the 1932 and the 1980 Olympic Winter Games and still hosts world-class sporting events every year. The village and the surrounding area are rich in Olympic history. To learn more, be sure to visit the Lake Placid Olympic Museum downtown at the Olympic Center.
Everglades
The Everglades is internationally known for its extraordinary wildlife. It is a swampy area and the home to many crocodiles.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Bell Tower
Destination/Location: Florida Everglades, Florida Heartland Author: R. J. Ellory Departure: 1970s
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