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Preston Rendell is a 3 time award winning writer (2007, 2008, 2011). He has written for fitness magazines for the last 20 years. The magazines include Muscle Mag International, Planet Muscle and Natural Physique. His subjects include training, nutritional, historical subjects, interviews and humor articles. He took 2 years off to write his current novel "Room Full of Killers." Mr. Rendell has previously written "Health Nutz of Cape Cod." In 1964 he owned and operated the third health club in Massachusetts called "President City Health Club" in Quincy and the second health club on Cape Cod called "Preston's Health Spa" in Hyannis MA.. Along the way he won Mr. U.S.A. (natural) in Kansas City and placed second in the Mr. Universe (natural) in Las Vegas. See www.prestonshealthspa.net Preston is a strong advocate for steroid free sports and would like to think he was a catalyst in the fitness boom in Massachusetts He also lived in Boston's Italian North End. He trained and boxed out of The "New Garden Gym" on Friend Street and the "University Gym" in the South End. The author currently resides in Yarmouthport, Cape Cod, Massachusetts with his constant companion Ruth Piscitelli, and their 5 cats.

Room Full of Killers is an extremely unique and powerful novel of many elements which include an adrenaline drenched look at boxing like none other and a white heat Italian love story. It features Gianni Valentino Romasco, who was brought up in the suburbs of Boston. As a youth he was bullied terribly because of his name, ethnicity and frail sickly condition. After weight training himself back to health he eventually decides to enter the boxing arena. Gianni goes through the amateur ranks then meets "Bad" Mike Brown. The story escalates like a rocket ship. The novel is extremely visual with razor sharp characterizations. After moving to the Italian North End of Boston to be near his gym, Gianni finds there's a mob war going on for control of the rackets. As he climbs the boxing ladder it turns into an obsession for winning the world title. Ironically, he discovers his own countrymen, the Mafia, are preventing his dream, which resurfaces his adolescent feelings when he was bullied. He meets Anna Piscitelli, a teacher, who was a psychology major in college. She tries to understand his Ahab like drive. They both have similar eclectic tastes including Gianni's insatiable appetite for the arts. The novel also looks at 3 generations of Romascos from Abruzzi, Italy and is filled with much humor, homemade elderberry wine, music and much, much food. Preston lived in the Italian North End of Boston trained and boxed out of the New Garden Gym on Friend St. and the University Gym in the South End. He also opened the third health club in Massachusetts in Quincy in 1964 called "President City Health Club" and the second health club on Cape Cod called "Preston's Health Spa" in Hyannis. He won Mr. U.S.A. (natural) in Kansas City in 1981 and placed second in the Mr. Universe (natural) contests in Las Vegas in 1998. He has a web site called www.prestonshealthspa.net. His first book "Health Nutz on Cape Cod" is on the site. Preston has written for 4 fitness magazines and currently resides in Yarmouthport, Cape Cod, Massachusetts with his constant companion Ruth Piscitelli and their 5 cats. He took 2 years off to write "Room Full of Killers."

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Category: Literature & Fiction; Mystery, Thriller & Suspense