'The Advocate' Focuses on the Child

Bill O'Shea's second novel has just come out. Titled, "The Advoate", O'Shea relies on his experience as a Chicago cop and a private investigator to flesh out the character of Lt. Diego Santucci as he searches for a serial killer to targets sex offenders.

"It’s about a police lieutenant, with a dubious background, who learns what terrors befall our children when they are preyed upon by monsters," explains O'Shea in his press materials. "Along the way he meets a five year-old who is already an adult in many ways and a headstrong DCFS supervisor who has her own agenda."

While taking his detective drama to the limit, O'Shea, who also volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children, also pushes his agenda of promoting child advocacy focusing "on fostering, adoption, CASA and raising awareness of children’s problems."

O'Shea is donating his proceeds from the $19.95 book to area children's advocacy programs. The book is available online at AuthorHouse.com, and should be at Amazon.com shortly. It's available locally at Cata's Books in the VF Outlet Mall in West Frankfort and The Buzz on the square in Benton.

As a special note, Candice Lahr, owner of Cata's Books, is also donating her proceeds from sales of the book to child advocacy programs.

O'Shea also wrote "The Foot Post" which is a novel based on some of his own experiences as a foot patrol officer for the Chicago Police Department.