Jane's Baby

Overview

Norma McCorvey did not terminate the pregnancy that led her to become the anonymous plaintiff of Roe v Wade. Her real-life child is now a woman in her late forties, the potential of her polarizing celebrity unknown to her. A religious rights splinter group has learned the identity of the Roe baby. To what end, only a new Supreme Court case will reveal. Only Tourette's-afflicted bounty hunter Judge Drury stands in the way of the splinter group's attempt at stacking the Supreme Court via blackmail, murder, arson, sleight of hand, and secret identities.

Reviews

"Chris Bauer came up with a doozy of a 'what if' question in Jane's Baby. I just wish I had thought of it myself."  —Alan Russell, author, Multiple Wounds

"Jane's Baby is both topical and enduring. Chris Bauer's knack for creating unconventional characters is exceeded only by his intense and vivid prose."  —Don Swaim, The Assassination of Ambrose Bierce; host, CBS Radio's Book Beat

"In Jane's Baby, Chris Bauer weaves unique characters into a compelling story. Readers will love bounty hunter Judge Drury's two deputies, who happen to be retired military dogs." —Margaret Mizushima, author of Hunting Hour: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery

"Jane's Baby is both topical and enduring. Chris Bauer's knack for creating unconventional characters is exceeded only by his intense and vivid prose." —Don Swaim, The Assassination of Ambrose Bierce; host, CBS Radio's Book Beat

"Chris Bauer came up with a doozy of a 'what if' question in Jane's Baby. I just wish I had thought of it myself." —Alan Russell, author, Multiple Wounds

"The heartfelt dedication that precedes Jane's Baby, a roller coaster of a political crime thriller written by Northeast Philadelphia native Chris Bauer, makes the author's intentions clear. The weighty story chronicles a bounty hunter's chase of a serial killer." —Logan Krum, Northeast Times

"[...] after the first few chapters, I looked at the front cover to recheck the author's name. It is so well written that I thought I may have picked up a John Grisham or Dan Brown novel in error. " —Dick Sakulich, Intelligencer

Author Biography

Chris Bauer is the editor of the short story collection Crappy Shorts and the author of Scars on the Face of God. He lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.