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April 6, 2019
Thrillers a-plenty
I haven’t offered you a bunch of free books from a variety of authors for a while, so here is what counts as the first in 2019.
If you want to get your hands on The Stickup, my prequel to the Lagotti Family series then that’s in the pile too.
Fill your boots!
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March 26, 2019
Books vs Films: Part 2
Check out an article on Hidden Gems where this writer talks about crime books that have succeeded or failed as films. If I say so myself, it’s worth a read.
A bit like some of the books that get mentioned. Ta-da!
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March 16, 2019
Mama’s Gone Hits the Streets Monday
Well, I thought this day would never come, but it has. On Monday, Mama’s Gone goes live on Monday March 18 on Amazon.
This is the final book in the Lagotti Family series and follows Mary Lou as she heads past middle-age and her twins flex their muscles into adulthood. Then they get squeezed between rival mobs and the fertiliser hits the air conditioning.
For those who are quick-fingered, the novel is priced at only $0.99 but this will rise after the launch, so if you want a cheap fast-paced read with sex and violence, fill your boots.
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Mama’s Gone Blog Tour
The latest – and last – book in the Lagotti Family series launches on Monday which is also the start date of the Mama’s Gone blog tour. What a coincidence 
March 8, 2019
Sally Ride Chronicle: Fill Your Boots
Here is an opportunity for you, if you like your series filled with action and adventure. KM Hodge’s prequel to the Syndicate-born Trilogy is on sale for only 99 cents. The Sally Ride Chronicle is the fourth book in this excellent story…
The Syndicate doesn’t believe in divorce, but murder is another story. Sally wants out-out of her marriage, out of the mob, out of Ocean City. An impossible dream. That is until the MDNA, a secret hacktivist group, invites her to join the ranks of their rebellion. The goal? Take down the criminal empire.
If you want to fill your boots up to the brim then the first book in the series is also on sale for 99 cents March 27-30. Here are links to all the novels:
Book#1: Red on the Run
Book#2: Black and White Truth
Book #3: True Blue Son
About KM Hodge:
USA Today Bestselling author, KM Hodge grew up in Detroit, where she spent most of her free time weaving wild tales to spook her friends and family. These days, she lives in Texas with her husband and two energetic boys and once again enjoys writing tales of suspense and intrigue that keep her readers up all night. Her stories, which focus on women’s issues, friendship, addiction, regrets and second chances, will stay with you long after you finish them. When she isn’t writing or being an agent of social change, she reads Independent graphic novels, watches old X-files episodes, streams Detroit Tigers games and binges on Netflix with her husband. She enjoys hearing from her readers, so don’t be shy about dropping her a line.
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March 1, 2019
The Stickup
Anyone who has passed by the web site in the last couple of months will have seen that I have been making little progress with the first instalment of Becky Greene. There have been two reasons for this: the shift from thriller to detective stories is not easy and I have been finding a variety of difficulties which I’m slowly overcoming.
The other reason is that I found myself engaged in a useful displacement activity: writing a prequel novella to The Heist and the Lagotti Family saga It is called The Stickup and I will be launching it within the next few weeks. This will be a free eBook and I am making arrangements to house it on an appropriate platform.
Before the launch, you will have to be satisfied with a glimpse at the front cover – thanks again goes to James at www.GoOnWrite.com
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Manhunt: fill your boots
There’s a book I’d like to tell you about: Manhunt by AJ Combs, part four in the Striker-Castano series…
In an isolated cabin in the mountains of Alaska, a mysterious assassin begins writing the only thing he is eligible to write; his own life story.
4500 miles away, in the bustling city of Boston, the cops narrows down on an industrialist by the name of Saito. In order to avoid arrest, the industrialist hires an assassin to execute five influential public figures of Boston if he is arrested.
Caught in between these two stories are the Striker-Castano duo, who only wanted to do the right thing. But now they are forced to launch a manhunt before it’s too late.
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February 1, 2019
Man Booker no longer a man
A massive hedge fund company stops sponsoring a book prize so it can spend the money on other projects. If we’d had a slow news day, you might understand why this became a story. Man is stopping its sponsorship of the Booker.
Whoop-de-doop. The prize itself has been mired in literary controversy ever since the eligibility test was extended to non-UK authors and a bunch of Americans won the award. Now the charitable trust is going to be forced to scrabble around to find a fresh sponsor.
No-one likes to go round with a begging bowl asking for money and you would imagine that some philanthropic corporate soul will be prepared to shove its hand in its wallet and throw a few shekels at the gong. But I’m interested in the reason why Man pulled out. The financial institution wants to pour more money into diversity projects. Nothing wrong with that – my point is not having a go at minorities or the underprivileged.
Why does a company as rich as Man need to make these things a zero sum game. Surely it can throw a few million at both? Apparently not. And that is a shame because now I won’t hear about that brand name nearly as much and I’ll have to learn a whole new name to prefix the phrase ‘Booker Prize’. And people complain about first world problems.
Do you think it matters who stumps the cash for the prize?
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Fill your boots
Here is an opportunity for you if you enjoy mysteries: a quality book on Amazon from a fabulous author I know…
Vanished: A Luca Mystery Crime Thriller: Book #2
What’s worse than a missing man?
A dead one.
Following a messy divorce and the messier death of his partner, Detective Frank Luca needed a break. He needed sunlight and clean air. He needed a re-boot. So, he’s traded the smog of New Jersey for the sun-kissed beaches of southwest Florida. Babes, bikinis, and booze.
The easy life, right? Wrong.
Working a missing persons case, Frank gets pulled back into the filth he’s tried so hard to avoid. Worse, now he’s falling for the missing man’s beautiful wife.
Who does that?
Florida may be beautiful, but its beauty is only skin deep. There’s rot under all that beauty–and death.
Jammed with betrayal, tension, and suspense, Vanished is the second novel in the Luca Mystery series. You’ll love this noir-heavy detective story for its character, grit, and mystery.
Detective Frank Luca is back in another hard-boiled mystery. Grab this stand-alone novel now.
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January 17, 2019
Heist less than a buck
Just a quick note to let you know that The Heist eBook is going to be on sale at Amazon, Jan 19-22 for only 99 cents. If you haven’t tasted the delights of the Lagotti Family then this sure is a cheap way to do it.
Fill your boots!
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