Ontario author Don Seymour celebrates the release of his new fiction thriller, “A Mortal Deception,” the intriguing story of Canadian criminal mastermind in which part of the story takes place in Calhoun.

“About a third of the novel unfolds in the Calhoun area,” said Seymour. “The criminal lead in the story and his partner who are both Canadians are attempting to pull off an industrial scam as they have done many times in Canada. They enlist the help of a local fraud artist and his shadowy friends to front a factory. The goal is to obtain Federal and State government grants and start-up loans from local sources and then disappear before they are discovered. An under-achieving son of a local family is loured as a partner with an unhappy result.”

Gary Watson, the antagonist, is not accustomed to being had after years of defrauding governments, businesses, and his less-talented criminal counterparts.

Another successful heist seems in order in Georgia until gritty, street-smart Canadian civil servant Joe Crewman leads Watson to believe he may have finally met his match. Each man quickly realizes that this will be a whole new chess game, a battle of equals on opposite sides of the law.

Seymour reveals what happens as they match wits with each other and a world of bureaucrats, hungry criminals looking for the big-time, and backwoods vigilantes.

The plot is developed in two localized areas, Calhoun in Northern Georgia and the Peterborough region in Eastern Ontario. Local residents may speculate at crime scene locations.

“The Calhoun caper comes to an unpredictable and violent conclusion when it is influenced by the Canadian connection and hero,” said Seymour.

Published by Tate Publishing and Enterprises, the book is available through bookstores nationwide, from the publisher at www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore, or by visiting barnesandnoble.com or amazon.com.

“So far the book has received excellent reviews and has been entered in the Amazon.ca award program for the best first novel by a Canadian,” said Seymour.

Seymour was born and raised in an agricultural area of eastern Ontario. After graduating as a biochemical technologist, he began working in the finance industry in finance companies, banks, and eventually the federal government. His experience in this area and the characters he encountered has been a continual source for inspiration in his writing. He is currently retired, living in Arnprior, Ontario, and writing full time.

For more information, visit the author’s website, seymourtales.tatepublishing.net. For promotional inquiries, please contact Jim Miller, Marketing Representative, at (888) 361-9473 or send an email to jim@tatepublishing.com.