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Chasing the Ghost

by Bob Mayer (Goodreads Author)

3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 · rating details · 41 ratings · 8 reviews

NY Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Bob Mayer Over four million books sold. Translated into over a dozen languages. Reference Mayer s Thrillers Mayer had me hooked from the very first page. Stephen Coonts Exciting and authentic. Don t miss this one! W.E.B. Griffen Fascinating, imaginative and nerve-wracking. Kirkus Reviews A pulsing technothriller....more NY Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Bob Mayer Over four million books sold. Translated into over a dozen languages. Reference Mayer s Thrillers Mayer had me hooked from the very first page. Stephen Coonts Exciting and authentic. Don t miss this one! W.E.B. Griffen Fascinating, imaginative and nerve-wracking. Kirkus Reviews A pulsing technothriller. A nailbiter in the best tradition of adventure fiction. Publishers Weekly. Covert operative Horace Chase has been chasing ghosts his entire life. First, his Medal-of-Honor winner father who died in Vietnam without ever meeting his son. And left him the legacy of an automatic appointment to the Military Academy at West Point which shaped the next thirty-five years of Chase's life. Then, the ghost of his mother, who died while he was at war in Afghanistan and wounded, causing him to resign his commission and return to the United States, a lost soul. Chase now wears two hats as a Federal counter-terrorism liaison to the local police department in Boulder, Colorado where he becomes embroiled in two seemingly un-related cases. Working as a detective with Boulder PD he chases another death, this one the apparent rape/murder of Rachel Stevens, an upscale housewife attending night classes at the University of Colorado. And with his counter-terrorism team he is embroiled in a series of killings involving a militia group, a rogue ex-Special Forces officer, a psychopathic ex-CIA contract mercenary, and ruthless drug runners. From the streets of Boulder, to the highest railroad tunnel in the world, to a swingers club hiding in plain site in suburbia, Afghanistan starts to look pretty good to Chase. Chase now wears two hats as a Federal counter-terrorism liaison to the local police department in Boulder, Colorado where he becomes embroiled in two seemingly un-related cases. Working as a detective with Boulder PD he chases another death, this one the apparent rape/murder of Rachel Stevens, an upscale housewife attending night classes at the University of Colorado. And with his counter-terrorism team he is embroiled in a series of killings involving a militia group, a rogue ex-Special Forces officer, a psychopathic ex-CIA contract mercenary, and ruthless drug runners.(less)

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Published October 8th 2012 by Cool Gus Publishing (first published June 30th 2010)

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Jun 05, 2011 Joe Young rated it 4 of 5 stars

Puzzling Mystery with Retired Military working two jobs, Homeland Security position (on call) attached to Boulder Colorado Police Department as an assigned Fed to help in Homicide investigations. Paired with a local experienced detective who knows investigation but in the small town Police Force, doesn't encounter death in day to day job. I enjoyed the technical detail about military life as an assassin (i.e. setting up weapons, sitting awaiting a shot, judging whether to shoot or not). Also enj...more

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May 11, 2012 Milton Moon Louie rated it 3 of 5 stars

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This story keep me in suspense until near the end. Everything wrapped up nicely. Always like it when the good guys wins and justice served.

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1.5 stars. Read the start (hey, it was cheap, and the blurb read well), and just couldn't get into it.

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Oct 24, 2010 Matt rated it 4 of 5 stars

CHASING THE GHOST is very different type of fiction book then what Bob Mayer has written in the past. I really enjoyed reading it and I definitely would like to see more stories involving Horace Chase.

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Dec 30, 2011 Jim rated it 5 of 5 stars

could not put this book (kindle edition) down until finished.....

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Feb 01, 2013 DJ Wilson rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ending was good, but the book didn't move to fluidly to get there, had to force myself to read it at times

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Sep 14, 2012 Lada added it

nic posebnega. dalec od vzornka,ki ga posnema brez kakrsne koli nadgradnje

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Jan 14, 2012 Mike Mcneff rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: action-adventure, military, mystery

Chasing the Ghost is a tight,fast moving action/mystery...just the kind of story Mayer does best. I read it in two nights because I couldn't put it down.

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About Bob Mayer

Bob Mayer is a West Point graduate, former Green Beret and a New York Times Bestselling Author. He has sold over four million books, and is in demand as a team-building, life-changing, and leadership speaker and consultant for his Who Dares Wins: The Green Beret Way concept, which he translated into Write It Forward: a holistic program teaching writers how to be authors.

He is also the Co-Creator...more Bob Mayer is a West Point graduate, former Green Beret and a New York Times Bestselling Author. He has sold over four million books, and is in demand as a team-building, life-changing, and leadership speaker and consultant for his Who Dares Wins: The Green Beret Way concept, which he translated into Write It Forward: a holistic program teaching writers how to be authors.

He is also the Co-Creator of Cool Gus Publishing with Jen Talty , which does both eBooks and Print On Demand, so he has experience in both traditional and non-traditional publishing.

His books have hit the NY Times, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and numerous other bestseller lists. His book The Jefferson Allegiance, was released independently and reached #2 overall in sales on Nook.

Bob Mayer grew up in the Bronx. After high school, he entered West Point where he learned about the history of our military and our country. During his four years at the Academy and later in the Infantry, Mayer questioned the idea of “mission over men.” When he volunteered and passed selection for the Special Forces as a Green Beret, he felt more at ease where the men were more important than the mission.

Mayer’s obsession with mythology and his vast knowledge of the military and Special Forces, mixed with his strong desire to learn from history, is the foundation for his science fiction series Atlantis, Area 51 and Psychic Warrior. Mayer is a master at blending elements of truth into all of his thrillers, leaving the reader questioning what is real and what isn’t.

He took this same passion and created thrillers based in fact and riddled with possibilities. His unique background in the Special Forces gives the reader a sense of authenticity and creates a reality that makes the reader wonder where fact ends and fiction begins.
In his historical fiction novels, Mayer blends actual events with fictional characters. He doesn’t change history, but instead changes how history came into being.

Mayer’s military background, coupled with his deep desire to understand the past and how it affects our future, gives his writing a rich flavor not to be missed.

Bob has presented for over a thousand organizations both in the United States and internationally, including keynote presentations, all day workshops, and multi-day seminars. He has taught organizations ranging from Maui Writers, to Whidbey Island Writers, to San Diego State University, to the University of Georgia, to the Romance Writers of America National Convention, to Boston SWAT, the CIA, Fortune-500, the Royal Danish Navy Frogman Corps, Microsoft, Rotary, IT Teams in Silicon Valley and many others. He has also served as a Visiting Writer for NILA MFA program in Creative Writing. He has done interviews for the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Sports Illustrated, PBS, NPR, the Discovery Channel, the SyFy channel and local cable shows. For more information see www.bobmayer.org.(less)

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