“You find a small fortune buried in your yard. What do you do?
Who do you tell? Your spouse? Your friends? Your neighbors?
Do you report it to the police? Do you try to find the owner? Do you keep it?
Tin Boxes is a chilling tale about the consequences of the choices we make, …with a twist!
This is a story about friendships. How far would you go to protect a friend? What would it take to betray them?
It’s a story about responsibility. Just when is something your fault? When is it fate? Or just an accident?
It’s a story about trust. Who can you trust? When can you trust someone? When shouldn’t you?
It’s a story about greed. What would you do for money? At what point would you trade your morals for money? When do you have enough?
Tin Boxes is a thriller that keeps asking these questions and more. The story takes you on a fast paced journey that keeps you guessing, thinking and engrossed, wondering what happens next. And there’s a twist, always a twist.
David Derse
David grew up in Cinnaminson New Jersey where Tin Boxes takes place. After attending Rider University, his dreams led him to Southern California where he now resides.
In the early ‘80’s, David got involved in the exciting new personal computer industry initially selling computers and printers to small mom and pop computer shops and ending his career managing teams selling to the world’s largest retailers including Walmart, Best Buy and Amazon.
Following his passions, David then opened a motorcycle trailer business and started writing. Tin Boxes is his first completed novel and is the result of many years of refining and perfecting the storyline. He is now pulling other book concepts “off the shelf” and continues his pursuit of the ultimate crime-thriller.
David enjoys spending his time with family, golfing, riding motorcycles and living on a lake.
DAVID DERSE
/ Author
Treasures Hidden
Three friends grow up together in South New Jersey and dream of moving west. To finance their new lives, they execute a daring Armored Car robbery. While escaping the scene, they cause a tragic accident that kills a mother and four children in front of a local school. Witnessing the accident is a Jamaican Au Pair that places a curse on the ill-gotten money. As the authorities close in, the trio bury the money in eight Tin Cookie Boxes in a neighborhood pasture to avoid being caught. The boys are sent to jail and while imprisoned, the pasture is sold to a developer who builds houses on the land. As the once calm pasture turns into a community, the Tin Boxes are discovered one by one with the cursed money still hidden in them. Disaster follows as the finders spend the funds and the curse is realized. The trio gets out of jail with several boxes still undiscovered and the race is on to recover their treasure.
Tin Boxes is a fast-paced thriller with unknowns and plot twists keeping you engaged as you share the adventure with the criminals and the innocent victims who find the Tin Boxes. The story grips you, wanting to know what happens next, as it speeds towards an unexpected finish.
Treasures Hidden will place you with the boys as they plan and execute their daring robbery, serve prison time and attempt to recover the Tin Boxes. It’s a wild ride!
Finders Keepers, Finders Weepers
In Book Two: Finders Keepers, Finders Weepers continues the saga as Tin Boxes begin to be discovered.
For the innocent finders, good fortune turns into tragedy as the curse on the money is evoked. Tragedy engulfs the once serine street as unexplainable events cause death and sorrow. With several boxes remaining hidden, the trio is released from prison, returning to claim their stolen fortune. The homeowners begin to realize there are more Tin Boxes to be found and the race is on. Who will find the last remaining Tin Boxes, and do you really want them?
Tin Boxes is a fast paced thriller with unknowns and plot twists that will keep you wanting to read “just one more chapter”. You will unexpectedly cheer for the trio to reclaim their treasure and share their anticipation of reclaiming the next Tin Box. But there are unforeseen obstacles and the threat of discovery in their way. The story grips you, wanting to know what happens next, as it speeds towards an unexpected conclusion.