RED DECEPTION
By Ed Fuller and Gary Grossman
Masters of international intrigue, Ed Fuller and Gary Grossman are back with their latest, timely geopolitical thriller, Red Deception. When terrorists bomb bridges across the country and threaten the Hoover Dam, the vulnerability of America’s infrastructure becomes a matter of national security. But Dan Reilly, a former U.S. Army intelligence officer, predicted the attacks in a secret State Department report written years earlier — a virtual blueprint for disaster, that was somehow leaked and is now in the hands of foreign operatives.
With Washington distracted by domestic crises, Russian President Nicolai Gorshkov sends troops to the borders of Ukraine and Latvia, ready to reclaim what he feels is Russia’s rightful territory. Tensions in Europe threaten to boil over as a besieged American president balances multiple crises that threaten to upend the geopolitical order. With the U.S. at the mercy of an egomaniacal leader, and reporters and covert agents on his tail, Reilly may be the one man who can connect the dots before an even bigger catastrophe unfolds.
Blending career insight with first-hand knowledge of global politics, Fuller and Grossman have drawn a chilling portrait of the fragile fault lines in Europe and the players poised to seize power.
THE AUTHOR
Ed Fuller is a hospitality industry leader, educator and bestselling author. He is the president of Irvine, California-based Laguna Strategic Advisors, a global consortium that provides business consulting services to corporations and governments. Fuller is also director of the FBI National Academy Associates (FBINAA). The plots for Red Hotel and Red Deception draw heavily on his experience and exploits.
Gary Grossman’s first novel, Executive Actions, propelled him into the world of geopolitical thrillers. Executive Treason, Executive Command, and Executive Force further tapped Grossman’s experience as a journalist, newspaper columnist, documentary television producer, reporter, and media historian. In addition to the bestselling Executive series, Grossman wrote the international award-winning Old Earth, a geological thriller that spans all of time. With Red Hotel and Red Deception, his collaborations with Ed Fuller, Grossman entered a new realm of globe-hopping thriller writing.
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THE FIXER’S DAUGHTER
By Hy Conrad
From the award-winning writer and producer of Monk comes a twisted tale of murder, deadly secrets and family loyalty.
Three years ago, Callie McFee accidentally caused her father’s political downfall. Once the most influential man in Texas, Buddy McFee resigned from office and became a “fixer,” a person who makes big problems go away.
When a prominent CEO is caught trying to bury a raped and murdered girl, it looks like an open-and-shut case. But then Buddy steps in. Soon the wealthy suspect develops an alibi and evidence starts disappearing. Callie, an investigative reporter, used to adore her father. He was brilliant but honorable. Now she thinks he may be helping a cold-blooded killer escape justice.
And then Callie discovers something even more troubling. The great Buddy McFee, the man protecting all the scandals in the state, is in the early stages of dementia. If this ever goes public, it would destroy his spirit, end his career and probably get him killed.
Can Callie go up against her father and expose a ruthless killer? Can she do this and still keep his secret from the world? Or, as she inches closer to the truth, will she wind up getting both of them murdered?
THE AUTHOR
Hy Conrad is an American mystery author, game designer and TV producer, best known for his work on the ground-breaking series Monk (2002 – 2009). Most recently, he was a writer and co-executive producer of the Netflix series The Good Cop, with Tony Danza and Josh Grobin. As a novelist, Conrad penned four original mysteries based on the TV series Monk (Penguin), and three books in a series about a travel agent detective, the Amy Travel Mysteries (Kensington). He splits his time among Key West, Vermont and New York City.
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THE ROAD KING CHRONICLES:
Second Hand Snake
By Harry Harrigan
Fast-paced and full of adventure, readers have compared Harrigan’s “Road King Chronicles” series to books by James Patterson, Dean Koontz and Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series.
Roman Keane has been in the saddle for the last four months, exploring America from his Road King. He was looking forward to getting home when a couple of old friends asked him for a favor. Would he help them deliver a collection of vintage motorcycles? No problem, he said. He didn’t even give it a second thought, until it nearly got them all killed.
Now they’re in deep trouble, and before it’s over Roman will have to ask himself the hardest question anyone can face: how far will you go to save your friends?
THE AUTHOR
Harry Harrigan was born in Tokyo in 1949 and has been on the move ever since. He’s lived in Florida, Washington, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Connecticut and Massachusetts in the United States and also in Germany and Australia. Harry’s military career included service as an officer in the Army and in the Commission Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Before retiring as a Commander, Harry qualified as a Ranger and helicopter pilot.
Following his service, Harry embarked on a second career has an underwater photographer and travel writer. His work was published in hundreds of articles for Skin Diver, Sport Diver and Alert Diver magazines.
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THE REDHEAD IN THE COVE
By Scott Addeo Young and Edmond G. Addeo
A teenage boy kayaking outside the San Francisco Giants baseball stadium hopes an out-of-the-park home run will gain him a floating souvenir. Instead, he discovers something macabre — the body of MaryLou Kowalski, a once beautiful young nurse, washed up on the rocks in the cove adjacent to the stadium.
When the autopsy shows she didn’t drown, evidence leads to a string of suspects from a small town in northern Louisiana to San Francisco. One of them is Johnny Lynch, a veteran SFPD Police Inspector and secret lover involved in an affair with the married victim. In fear and desperation, his reputation and very career on the line, he calls on his ex-partner and former Navy special forces veteran Steve Lombardi, now a struggling Private Investigator, to exonerate him and uncover the true murderer.
In a race to clear his friend’s name, Steve embarks on a mission that weaves him in and out of the many eccentric characters that inhabit the Bay Area.
Unfortunately, what Steve finds will haunt him forever …
THE AUTHORS
Scott Addeo Young is a writer and Bay Area native. He graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a degree in English. He splits his time between the northern and southern coasts of California.
Edmond G. Addeo has written four novels and eight nonfiction books. His recent novel, Uzumati: A Tale of the Yosemite, won the Chaucer Award for Best Historical Fiction, and his biographical novel, The Midnight Special, was highly praised on the front page of the New York Times Book Review. A former feature writer and columnist for the Hollywood Citizen-News and trade magazine editor for McGraw-Hill, he lives with his wife in Mill Valley, CA.
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THE AUDACITY OF SARA GRAYSON
By Joani Elliott
What happens when your mother’s dying wish becomes your worst nightmare?
Sara Grayson is a thirty-two-year-old greeting card writer about to land the toughest writing assignment of her life. Three weeks after the death of her mother — a world-famous suspense novelist — Sara learns that her mother’s dying wish is for her to write the final book in her bestselling series.
Sara has lived alone with her dog, Gatsby, ever since her husband walked out with their Pro Double Waffle Maker and her last shred of confidence. She can’t fathom writing a book for thirty million fans — not when last week’s big win was resetting the microwave clock.
But in a bold move that surprises even herself, Sara takes it on. Against an impossible deadline and a publisher intent on sabotaging her every move, Sara discovers that stepping into her mother’s shoes means stumbling on family secrets she was never meant to find — secrets that threaten her mother’s legacy and the very book she’s trying to create.
THE AUTHOR
Joani Elliott believes in the magic of stories, a good cup of tea, and the power of living a creative life. She has taught writing at the University of Maryland and Brigham Young University. She lives with her husband and two daughters near Salt Lake City, UT.
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A HOUSE WITH HOLES
By Denise Mast Broadwater
With their marriage on the line, this risky rehab could cost more than savings. Can a devoted pair rebuild their dream out of a nightmare?
Denise Broadwater thought she lived on strong foundations. But when she and her husband took on an ambitious remodeling of a Charleston, SC, classic in a crime-ridden neighborhood, the cracks in her resolve started to show. And after a brick shattered their front window, she feared they’d bitten off more than they could chew.
Camped out in a cramped single room, the couple’s relationship confronted a brutal test of its strength. And when repairs stretched into six years of raccoon break-ins, electrical fires, and rotten wood, it was more than just the house in dire need of a transformation.
In this warts-and-all true account, Broadwater lays bare the tests and triumphs of restoration and close living. With insightful marital wisdom earned from an outrageously trying time, she’ll transport you to the unique city of Charleston and lead you through an unforgettable tale of reinvention.
THE AUTHOR
Denise M. Broadwater is a licensed professional counselor with a private practice in Mt. Pleasant, SC. A Christian integrationist in her approach, she works with couples, families and youth. She and her husband Greg have been married for more than thirty years. They have three adult children and recently became grandparents. Denise lives in Charleston where she sings in her church choir. Besides writing, her other hobbies include quilting and, more recently, rowing.
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PARADISE RISING
By P.G. Shriver
Explore an unusual encounter, a predestined connection and two superhuman teens. 13-year-old Cheater isn’t even sure how she ended up wanted for murder. Burdened with a power she doesn’t understand, triggered by creeping darkness she can’t remember, she’s both saved and taken lives. Then she encounters a boy who might be the key to cracking the mystery. 15-year-old Jaz has survived too many tragedies to stay on the right side of the law; when he discovers that he and Cheater are connected to the same mysterious fairytale, he feels drawn to her quest for answers.
But with danger lurking around every corner and the police hot on their trail, they may not even make it past the city limits … can the pair discover why Fate linked them before they land behind bars? Discover the captivating first book in this superhero fantasy series if you like smart heroines, gritty settings and stories of hope.
THE AUTHOR
P. G. Shriver is the author of The Lonely Chair, three young adult novels, and the Texas Festivals picture book series featuring her reading puppet, Sally the Travelin’ Saddle. She’s been writing since the age of seven and currently lives in Texas with her family which includes both two and four-legged members. She works as an instructor at a local college.
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