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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7/1314 Contact: Demetrius Sherman shermandemetrius@gmail.com Fourth Sheridan Hope Thriller: The Trophy Room The Trophy Room Case is the second thriller in Volume 2 of Demetrius Sherman's Sheridan Hope series. In this story, Dr. Sacker, Hope's friend, faces more danger than he ever has. Sheridan Hope isn't around to bring in a vicious killer. With no detective experience, and with no help from the police, Dr. Sacker attempts to locate and expose a knife-slashing maniac. . The Sheridan Hope Thrillers is an updated version of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. In Doyle's stories, The Great Detetive is a tall white guy in Victorian times.In The Sheridan Hope Thrillers, the Great Detective is a young black man in modern London.. In Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, the Diogenes Club--where some of the most brilliant mind's in the world hang out--is made up of all white males. In The Sheridan Hope Thrillers, the Club is a very diverse group. The cases of Sheridan Hope aren't mysteries in a foggy London—they are fast paced thrillers. Volume 1 of the thrillers featuring Sheridan Hope and Dr. Sacker is also on Amazon. Here’s a sample of The Sheridan Hope Thrillers Volume 2 http://www.amazon.com/THE-SHERIDAN-HOPE-THRILLERS-Thrillers-ebook/dp/B00LMNEKPU Other books by Demetrius Sherman are The Sheridan Hope Thrillers Volume 1, Dark Hunger and The Midnight Man. ### R. PRESS RELEASE FIVE.doc] TROPHY R. PRESS RELEASE FIVE.doc

It seems like overall from the comments made about Hue-Man, they suffered from problems related to attitude and how the the business was run. Although I have no personal knowledge about how they operated, the problems mentioned are things that I've encountered while trying to promote my books to the Black literary community in Atlanta and beyond. When I attempted to get a prominent Black bookstore in Atlanta to stock my first novel, The Corrupting of the Redeemer, the manager was extremely negative and critical of the length of my book, and refused to stock it. At 430 pages, it wasn't too much to me. But I grew up in the 'hood in L.A. where I got criticized by Negroes for reading books, so maybe I shouldn't have expected too much from people with low attention spans. I've read Tom Clancy books of more than 1,000 pages. To me, the length of a book shouldn't matter as long as the book is engaging and interesting. And everyone who has read it has liked it, and said nothing about its length. As can be expected, the lady chose not to stock my book. It appears that her establishment has since gone out of business, and based on her lack of professionalism and negativity, I consider the failure of her store as being the result of how she ran things, just as had probably occurred with Hue-Man. I also encountered another Black woman who wanted me to allow her to promote my book. However, she too was negative. She criticized the length, told me how the book should be broken up and rewritten, and had the mentality of an insecure control-freak who believes that they should tear someone down so they can rebuild them in the way they want them to be. Artists shouldn't be constrained and guided. I refuse to allow anyone to dictate how my work and stories of Black life should be told, so of course I didn't work with her. When I recently contacted Black bookstores around the country about stocking my latest novel, The Making of a Gangster, I only received one response from an owner who kindly said that she did not stock fiction books. I find that problematic for bookstores that want to cater to the Black community. Shouldn't they seek to stock a variety of Black literature, both fiction and non-fiction, if their goal is to provide a service to the Black community? Mainstream stores provide a variety of genres and types, so why don't all Black bookstores do that too? Ironically, people in her area have contacted me about wanting to purchase my book from a brick and mortar store, even though it's available on Amazon.com. It appears that her store is missing out on sales revenue because of her refusal to stock fiction. In essence, I believe that in addition to superstores running small stores out of business, Black bookstores are limiting their own chances for survival by being ignorant of how to successfully operate a business, and by lacking professionalism. Although that fortunately doesn't apply to all Black-owned bookstores, it seems to be the problem with some.