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Gary D. McGugan

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"A Slippery Shadow" is my sixth and most recent novel. This story pits crome boss Fidelia Morales, her former lover Howard Knight, and Multima Corporation CEO Suzanne Simpson against an unkown adversary known only as the Shadow. Advance reviews have been wonderful and I urge you to get to know each of these characters.

Readers will know I introduced Howard Knight in "Three Weeks Less a Day" and expanded his role in both "The Multima Scheme" and "Unrelenting Peril" -- the trilogy about goings on at fictional Multima Corporation before making him the star of "Pernicious Pursuit."

Howard plays an important--but diminished--role in "A Web of Deceit" Instead, two female characters become more prominent as I create an entirely new plot that pits on "A Slippery Shadow" is my sixth and most recent novel. This story pits crome boss Fidelia Morales, her former lover Howard Knight, and Multima Corporation CEO Suzanne Simpson against an unkown adversary known only as the Shadow. Advance reviews have been wonderful and I urge you to get to know each of these characters.

Readers will know I introduced Howard Knight in "Three Weeks Less a Day" and expanded his role in both "The Multima Scheme" and "Unrelenting Peril" -- the trilogy about goings on at fictional Multima Corporation before making him the star of "Pernicious Pursuit."

Howard plays an important--but diminished--role in "A Web of Deceit" Instead, two female characters become more prominent as I create an entirely new plot that pits one against the other for extremely high stakes.

I think readers will enjoy all six stories and recommend reading them in order although each story is stand-alone.

Family, friends, and hundreds of other wonderful people populate my life, repeatedly creating rewarding experiences. I’ve had all this good fortune for many years, with reading and writing often playing integral roles.

My business career was also very rewarding. I’ve worked in a supermarket, sold appliances, distributed motorcycles, launched an automobile dealer network, and provided financing to help businesses grow. Roles started very modestly and eventually evolved to the most senior levels of major global corporations. Every industry I worked with was very different from the other. Every company had its distinctive culture and character, but all were units of large corporations with operations around the world.

Travel has always been a great component in my roles. I had the pleasure of visiting more than 635 towns and cities in almost 50 different countries.

Every trip was an education. Learning about business practices and cultures before trips was essential, and every day in a country mined valuable information to develop a deeper understanding of its people, culture, laws, and treasures.

Experts say we should write about things we know best. In my case, those subjects are business, travel, and people. As an author, my goal is to share some experiences, insight, and views as I now create fictional stories designed to entertain people around the world -- one reader at a time. ...more

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	Three Weeks Less a Day 4.20 avg rating — 65 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Multima Scheme 4.56 avg rating — 27 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unrelenting Peril 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pernicious Pursuit 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Web of Deceit 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Slippery Shadow 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Needs Selling Solutions by Jeff F. Allen, Gary D. McGugan (Goodreads Author), Polly J. Cox (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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