Countdown to Death. The Silencer, #1

Once upon a time, Richard Blakemore led a double life. Hardworking pulp writer by day and the masked vigilante only known as the Silencer by night. Those days are over, for Richard Blakemore, in the guise of the Silencer, was found guilty of murdering mafia boss Antonio Tortelli and sentenced to death. But now, with Richard Blakemore on death row in Sing Sing and the date of the execution drawing closer, the Silencer has reappeared to stalk anybody involved in the case, insisting that Blakemore is innocent.
So did Richard Blakemore really murder Antonio Tortelli? And is he really the Silencer?This is a novelette of 9500 words or approx. 32 print pages in the Silencer series, but may be read as a standalone.