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December 8, 2019

Free Audible Read of New Crime Thriller Novel, NIGHT KILLERS

As the author of the new police procedural and crime thriller novel, NIGHT KILLERS, I am promoting the Audible version by giving away a few free codes. See plot below and if it strikes your fancy and you would like to listen to audio novel and give a review (or not), drop me a note to that effect. -- R. Barri Flowers

Trudy Clawson is a homicide detective with the police department in Night, Oregon. She is paired with FBI special agent Daryl Hatcher in pursuit of a diabolical serial killer with the moniker, "The Night Strangler", who has raped and murdered several local women. When a second serial killer emerges targeting men who are shot to death, Clawson and Hatcher must do double duty in their relentless pursuit of the clever unsubs. Complicating matters is the strong chemistry and an ensuing romance between the two investigators, who have both been burned in past relationships and are leery of involvement.

Dawn Whelan is a beautiful psychologist who is stunned when a patient confesses to being part of a gang rape and murder of a teenager 20 years ago named Tessa Katie Crowley. Unbeknownst to the tormented confessor, Tessa happens to be Dawn's half-sister who went missing mysteriously, never to be heard from again. Now the truth about Tessa's disappearance has finally come to light. Embittered, Dawn seeks the ultimate revenge against the four rapist-killers.

Kenneth Emery has been addicted to killing for most of his life. He makes no apologies for the homicidal maniac he has fostered over the years, making him the monster he is today. As the Night Strangler, he relishes homing in on unsuspecting lovely ladies, having his way with them and finishing them off with his bare hands, while staying just beyond the reach of the inane authorities.

The two cases turn out to be much more connected than anyone realizes, setting into motion a series of interrelations and heart-pounding events, leading to a dramatic conclusion that will forever turn the quaint Pacific Northwest town of Night upside down.

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Published on December 08, 2019 12:57 Tags: crime-fiction, mystery, serial-killers, thriller

New in Audible: Night Killers: A New Crime Novel by R. Barri Flowers

Night Killers is an audio suspense thriller and police procedural mystery novel by award-winning and best-selling crime writer R. Barri Flowers.

Trudy Clawson is a homicide detective with the police department in Night, Oregon. She is paired with FBI special agent Daryl Hatcher in pursuit of a diabolical serial killer with the moniker, "The Night Strangler", who has raped and murdered several local women. When a second serial killer emerges targeting men who are shot to death, Clawson and Hatcher must do double duty in their relentless pursuit of the clever unsubs. Complicating matters is the strong chemistry and an ensuing romance between the two investigators, who have both been burned in past relationships and are leery of involvement.

Dawn Whelan is a beautiful psychologist who is stunned when a patient confesses to being part of a gang rape and murder of a teenager 20 years ago named Tessa Katie Crowley. Unbeknownst to the tormented confessor, Tessa happens to be Dawn's half-sister who went missing mysteriously, never to be heard from again. Now the truth about Tessa's disappearance has finally come to light. Embittered, Dawn seeks the ultimate revenge against the four rapist-killers.

Kenneth Emery has been addicted to killing for most of his life. He makes no apologies for the homicidal maniac he has fostered over the years, making him the monster he is today. As the Night Strangler, he relishes homing in on unsuspecting lovely ladies, having his way with them and finishing them off with his bare hands, while staying just beyond the reach of the inane authorities.

The two cases turn out to be much more connected than anyone realizes, setting into motion a series of interrelations and heart-pounding events, leading to a dramatic conclusion that will forever turn the quaint Pacific Northwest town of Night upside down.

Includes bonus excerpts of author's gripping mystery thrillers, Kauai Killer and Alive in the Rose City, and relationship novel, A Reason to Live.

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Published on December 08, 2019 11:53 Tags: crime-fiction, mystery, serial-killers, thriller

December 4, 2019

Hey, What is This? (A Children's Picture Book)

Hey, What is This? is a learning book with real pictures for beginning and young readers by bestselling children’s book author R. Barri Flowers. In a fun and educational manner with rhymes, this first in a new children’s picture book series teaches kids about different things in life that are both ordinary and extraordinary. The book is sure to appeal to its young audience and parents alike.

Also available in eBook, print, and audio are the author’s top selling children’s picture learning books, ABC’s of Earth’s Creatures and the A to Z Things series.

Children’s bestselling fiction titles by R. Barri Flowers include A Kangaroo’s Pouch, Abby Appleton's Apple Farm, Christmas and the Lost Elf 1 and 2, Willa's Halloween Adventure 1 and 2, Toby the Talking Tree, Greeley the Mean Goat, The Runaway Rabbit Named Robbie, and The Mystery of Christmas Tree Village. These books are all available in audio, print, and eBook.
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Published on December 04, 2019 12:32 Tags: children-s-book, kids, learning-book, nonfiction

The Mystery of Christmas Tree Village (A Children's Picture Book)

The Mystery of Christmas Tree Village is a delightful children's holiday picture book about a small village called Christmas Tree Village, how it came to be, and some of the interesting and lyrical characters who live in the village.

This enchanting and unique holiday tale is sure to keep young children (and their parents) engaged throughout this magical and fun journey toward unraveling the mystery of Christmas Tree Village.

Other fun and learning children's books by the author include ABC's of Earth's Creatures, A Kangaroo's Pouch, Greeley the Mean Goat, Christmas and the Lost Elf, Christmas and the Lost Elf 2, Abby Appleton's Apple Farm, Toby the Talking Tree, The Runaway Rabbit Named Robbie, The Mystery of Christmas Tree Village, Willa's Halloween Adventure, Willa's Halloween Adventure 2, and titles from the popular A to Z Things series, which are available in eBook, print, and audio.

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Published on December 04, 2019 12:30 Tags: children-s-book, christmas, fiction, holiday-fiction, kids, learning-book

Kaanapali Beach Paradise, Part 3

From R. Barri Flowers, award-winning writer and bestselling author of the Leila Kahana Maui Mysteries and Eddie Naku Maui Mysteries, comes the third and final installment of the captivating Maui contemporary novelette series, Kaanapali Beach Paradise

Set amidst the lush playground of Maui, Hawaii’s famed Kaanapali Beach Resort, the soap opera style tale of adultery, ambition, dark secrets, love, lust, hate, romance, betrayal, revenge, and murder, revolve around the anticipated grand opening of Kaanapali Palms Hotel, the latest luxury accommodation on this three mile-long ocean front stretch of paradise on the island’s western shore.

Multimillionaire real estate investor and CEO of Kaanapali Palms, Ben Crawford, is not above getting in bed with organized crime to make his dream come true. A widower, his 19-year old daughter, Leigh, means everything to him. Forgotten is the child he abandoned long ago, never imagining this would come back to haunt him.

Leigh Crawford is gorgeous, spoiled, precocious, and primarily looking to have fun at her daddy’s new luxury hotel. After meeting super-hot Hawaiian chauffeur, Masami, things get steamy in a hurry. Will they crash land or could there actually be a future between them?

Yoshiko Pelayo is a stunning Hawaiian journalist, who has taken an undercover job in housekeeping at the Kaanapali Palms, while plotting vengeance against the father she never knew in Ben Crawford, whom she blames for her mother’s death and her own abandonment.

Stewart McGann is a police detective from Portland, Oregon, who retired after getting hurt on the job. He is brought to Maui to head the security at Kaanapali Palms. The offer is made easier by his attraction to housekeeper, Yoshito, even if he senses there is more to her than meets the eye.

Eugene Keebler is a janitor at the Kaanapali Palms and smalltime hood. He sees the grand opening as a golden opportunity to rob the place, with the help of crooked friends.

Kalani and Rosita Okamura own the fabulous Shoreline Lounge in Kaanapali, while hiding secrets of adultery from one another and more.

Genevieve Roswell, an aspiring musician, fled San Francisco after testifying against her drug dealing boyfriend, ending up on Maui. Now her past is about to catch up to her.

Donnie Ortega has a job to do, make sure the one who helped put his homey away gets what is coming to her. And he fully intends to complete the task, whatever it takes.

Kaanapali Beach Paradise, Part 3 in the continuing novelette series, promises to keep readers engaged as lives and loves are turned upside down with intriguing twists at every turn amidst the grandeur of a world-famous Hawaii beach resort.

Bonus material includes a complete mystery suspense short story, “No Going Back,” and excerpts from R. Barri Flowers’ bestselling Hawaiian romantic suspense novel, Kauai Killer, Portland private eye thriller, Alive in the Rose City, and sentimental relationship novel, A Reason to Live.

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Published on December 04, 2019 12:02 Tags: crime, fiction, hawaii, illegitimate-birth, mainstream, maui, novel, robbery, soap-opera

November 6, 2019

Seek Audio Reviews of Hey, What is This? (A Children's Picture Book)

Hey, What is This? is a learning audio book for beginning and young readers by bestselling children’s book author R. Barri Flowers. In a fun and educational manner with rhymes, this first in a new children’s picture book series teaches kids about different things in life that are both ordinary and extraordinary. The book is sure to appeal to its young audience and parents alike.

If you would like to review this Audible children's title, drop me a note to that effect, and will send you a code.

Also available in eBook and print from Amazon, Apple Books, and Barnes & Noble and other booksellers.

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Published on November 06, 2019 09:13 Tags: children-s-book, kids, learning-book, nonfiction

October 19, 2019

Willa's Halloween Adventure (A Children's Picture Book)

Willa's Halloween Adventure is a fun children's book with pictures about Willa Witchley, who lives in the town of Halloween Hills, Oregon, and becomes a witch just in time for Halloween. Willa and her kitten, Kiki, hop on a broomstick and go on a Halloween night adventure, encountering various other Halloween characters along the way.

This entertaining and original twist on Halloween is sure to keep young readers engaged as they go along with Willa for the ride!

Other fun and learning children's books by the author include ABC's of Earth's Creatures, A Kangaroo's Pouch, Greeley the Mean Goat, Abby Appleton's Apple Farm, Toby the Talking Tree, The Runaway Rabbit Named Robbie, and titles from the popular A to Z Things series, which are all available in eBook, print, and audio.

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Published on October 19, 2019 12:39 Tags: adventure, animals, halloween, kids-fiction, magical

Jealous Rage: Stunning True Tales of Intimates, Passion, and Murder by R. Barri Flowers

From R. Barri Flowers, award-winning criminologist and the bestselling author of Murder at the Pencil Factory, Murder Chronicles, Murder During the Chicago World’s Fair, Serial Killer Couples, and The Sex Slave Murders, comes the gripping historical true crime anthology, Jealous Rage: Stunning True Tales of Intimates, Passion, and Murder (Volume 1).

Each chapter will chronicle a riveting, real life, age-old murder case involving jealousy, betrayal, and homicidal fury between spouses, lovers, and others caught in the fatal crossfire, and justice being served or not.

Chapter 1: Murder of the U.S. Attorney: Congressman Sickles’ Crime of Passion in 1859
Chapter 2: Murder of the Doctor’s Wife: The 1867 Crimes of Bridget Durgan
Chapter 3: Murder of the French Lover: The Killing of Madame Lassimonne in 1892
Chapter 4: Murderess on the Loose: The 1922 Hammer Wrath of Clara Phillips
Chapter 5: Killer of Her Husband’s Secretary: The 1935 Love Triangle Ire of Etta Reisman
Chapter 6: Murdered by the King of Western Swing: The Beating Death of Ella Mae Cooley in 1961
Chapter 7: Murder of the Horse Trainer’s Rival: The 1978 Bitter Breakup of Buddy Jacobson and the Model
Chapter 8: Murder of a Star Quarterback in 2009: The Tragic Tale of Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi

Bonus material includes two complete and captivating historical true crime shorts, The Amityville Massacre: The DeFeo Family's Nightmare, and Missing or Murdered: The Disappearance of Agnes Tufverson; as well as excerpts from the author’s bestselling books The Sex Slave Murders: The True Story of Serial Killers Gerald & Charlene Gallego; The Dreadful Acts of Jack the Ripper and Other True Tales of Serial Murder and Prostitutes; Murder During the Chicago World's Fair: The Killing of Little Emma Werner; and Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers, and Victims of the Twentieth Century.

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Published on October 19, 2019 12:26 Tags: crime, criminal-justice, criminality, murder, nonfiction, true-crime

Night Killers: A New Crime Novel by R. Barri Flowers

Night Killers is a suspense thriller and police procedural mystery novel by award-winning and bestselling crime writer R. Barri Flowers.

Trudy Clawson is a homicide detective with the police department in Night, Oregon. She is paired with FBI special agent Daryl Hatcher in pursuit of a diabolical serial killer with the moniker, “The Night Strangler,” who has raped and murdered several local women. When a second serial killer emerges targeting men who are shot to death, Clawson and Hatcher must do double duty in their relentless pursuit of the clever unsubs. Complicating matters is the strong chemistry and an ensuing romance between the two investigators, who have both been burned in past relationships and are leery of involvement.

Dawn Whelan is a beautiful psychologist who is stunned when a patient confesses to being part of a gang rape and murder of a teenager twenty years ago named Tessa Katie Crowley. Unbeknownst to the tormented confessor, Tessa happens to be Dawn’s half sister who went missing mysteriously, never to be heard from again. Now the truth about Tessa’s disappearance has finally come to light. Embittered, Dawn seeks the ultimate revenge against the four rapist-killers.

Kenneth Emery has been addicted to killing for most of his life. He makes no apologies for the homicidal maniac he has fostered over the years, making him the monster he is today. As the Night Strangler, he relishes homing in on unsuspecting lovely ladies, having his way with them and finishing them off with his bare hands, while staying just beyond the reach of the inane authorities.

The two cases turn out to be much more connected than anyone realizes, setting into motion a series of interrelations and heart-pounding events, leading to a dramatic conclusion that will forever turn the quaint Pacific Northwest town of Night upside down.

Bonus material includes excerpts of the author’s gripping mystery thrillers, Kauai Killer and Alive in the Rose City, and the tragedy driven relationship novel, A Reason to Live.

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Published on October 19, 2019 12:23 Tags: crime-fiction, mystery, serial-killers, thriller

Hey, What is This? (A Children's Picture Book)

Hey, What is This? is a learning book with real pictures for beginning and young readers by bestselling children’s book author R. Barri Flowers. In a fun and educational manner with rhymes, this first in a new children’s picture book series teaches kids about different things in life that are both ordinary and extraordinary. The book is sure to appeal to its young audience and parents alike.

Also available in eBook, print, and audio are the author’s top selling children’s picture learning books, ABC’s of Earth’s Creatures and the A to Z Things series.

Children’s bestselling fiction titles by R. Barri Flowers include A Kangaroo’s Pouch, Abby Appleton's Apple Farm, Christmas and the Lost Elf 1 and 2, Willa's Halloween Adventure 1 and 2, Toby the Talking Tree, Greeley the Mean Goat, The Runaway Rabbit Named Robbie, and The Mystery of Christmas Tree Village. These books are all available in audio, print, and eBook.

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Published on October 19, 2019 11:55 Tags: children-s-book, kids, learning-book, nonfiction