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A Chaser on the Rocks, A Kill for the Poet, More Faces, and The Sidewinder

Good morning and welcome to Sharing Saturday. This month, we’re focusing on books and short stories that are thrillers and military. Edge of the seat action is going to have you panting for more from these fabulous books! Check out these intriguing stories from a stable of great authors!
Today, Simon Maltman has come all the way from Ireland to talk about his thrillers A Chaser on the Rocks, A Kill for the Poet, More Faces, and The Sidewinder…
A Chaser on the RocksBlurb
Hardened by the mean streets of Belfast, ex-cop Brian Caskey works as a struggling PI. He is isolated and erratic, often losing the battle to maintain his fragile mental health. Caskey escapes the real world by writing crime fiction stories about a 1940’s PI investigating mysteries during the Belfast Blitz.
‘A Chaser on the Rocks’ follows both of these characters in parallel as a ‘novel within a novel’. The two stories collide in adramatic conclusion set against the backdrop of The Giant’s Causeway.

Simon Maltman has created a modern noir with a new twist, a dash of black humour and a fresh approach and comment onstorytelling.Previous press for Simon Maltman:

“I’m amazed how a writer can cram so much into such a short space of narrative. You hit the ground running and it’s a sprint finish.”Crime Book Junkie
“Praise Satan for Bangorian Simon Maltman.”Irish News
“Long may he continue.”Hotpress magazine



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A Kill for the PoetBlurb
A Kill for the Poet is the sequel to the acclaimed and bestselling A Chaser on the Rocks. It can also be read as a standalone novel. Follow Brian Caskey, as this mystery noir reveals a detective with many flaws and personal problems. He becomes embroiled with a dangerous criminal network, while trying to battle his mental health issues, and work on his own writing. This ‘story within a story,’ also follows Caskey’s own creation: P.I Billy Chapman, as he unravels a murder mystery in the 1940’s.


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More FacesBlurb
More Faces is a crime short story collection from A Chaser on the Rocks author Simon Maltman. The twelve mystery noirs included feature published and previously unpublished stories and all series shorts currently available. Take a journey across Northern Ireland, through the beauty and darkness, with the fresh new voice in Irish Crime Fiction.
“I’m amazed how a writer can cram so much into such a short space of narrative. You hit the ground running and it’s a sprint finish.”Crime Book Junkie
“A punchy tale, told plainly, with plenty of pace… of old fashioned thuggery and backstreet skullduggery.”
Murder, Mayhem and More






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The Sidewinder Blurb
There are three sides to every murder- yours, mine and the truth.
The Sidewinder is the new multi narrative mystery thriller from Northern Irish Amazon Bestseller Simon Maltman.
When two members of a former nineties band die in suspicious circumstances, the surviving members are embroiled in a web of murder, revenge, love and deceit. Follow the now politician, journalist, session musician and police officer as they attempt to uncover the truth, through many dark twists and turns. Nothing is as it appears in The Sidewinder.
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“Lean, mean, fast and furious.”
Gerard Brennan
“What Raymond Chandler was to L.A, Maltman is to Belfast, a novelist with an eye for the seedy underbelly of a city.”



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About Simon Maltman
Simon Maltman is an author and musician from Northern Ireland. A Chaser on the Rocks was his critically lauded debut novel, followed by the Amazon Bestseller collection of shorts: More Faces. He is also the author of the hard boiled ‘Bongo Fury’ series and the sequel to his first book, A Kill for the Poet. He has released through Solstice Publishing and Bloodhound Books, and his short stories have been featured in various anthologies. Simon is an established musician, performing with his current band The Hung Jury. He lives in Northern Ireland, with his wife and two daughters.

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The Falcon's Revenge

Good morning and welcome to Friday Feelings. This month, we’re focusing on books and short stories that are thrillers and military. Edge of the seat action is going to have you panting for more from these fabulous books! Check out these intriguing stories from a stable of great authors!
Today, J.E. Holling brings us an intense thriller today, The Falcon’s Revenge…
Blurb
What has a war orphan, a terrorist organization and an F-16 fighter jet got in common? The answer is the motive, method and means for revenge. Prior to the start of Operation Enduring Freedom a young Afghan boy’s parents and younger brother are accidently killed and his sister critically injured by American commandos. The seed of motivation is planted. A terrorist organization called the Warrior Brotherhood provides the method by nurturing that seed to adulthood; by indoctrinating the young man with radical religious and political beliefs. When he’s an adult he learns to fly and joins the fledgling Afghan Air Force. The third leg of the triad is complete. He is sent to the United States to learn how to fly the F-16, aka The Fighting Falcon. He finally has the means and soon the opportunity to exact his revenge. One of the Warrior Brotherhood’s international terror cells ships weapons and a stealth drone to Mexico from their secret base in the Cape Verde Islands and smuggles the cache into the U.S. Dubbed Operation Falcon by the terrorists its goal is to secretly arm an F-16 and attack a large public gathering at an airshow celebrating Military Appreciation Day. The airshow VIP list includes the President of the United States, Government officials and Defense contractor CEOs. A recently retired FBI agent, now private detective, Eric Tyson discovers and tries to stop the terrorists from carrying out their plan. Betrayal and deception play out on the ground and in the sky of the American Southwest. Time is running out....


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About J.E. Holling
The Falcons Revenge is J. E. Holling’s debut novel. The aviation theme of his novel is not a surprise considering Hollings background. He’s held positions in Engineering, Program Management, Aviation Safety and the military. His first fiction novel draws on these lifelong interests and experiences. Technical writing was always a big part of his work. Now he turns those long honed skills to the task of telling a compelling story. A story that could be tomorrows headline. Mr. Holling is married, lives in New Jersey and has two grown children. He looks forward to an active life as a storyteller.


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The Falconer's Revenge

Good morning and welcome to Friday Feelings. This month, we’re focusing on books and short stories that are thrillers and military. Edge of the seat action is going to have you panting for more from these fabulous books! Check out these intriguing stories from a stable of great authors!
Today, J.E. Holling brings us an intense thriller today, The Falconer’s Revenge…
Blurb
What has a war orphan, a terrorist organization and an F-16 fighter jet got in common? The answer is the motive, method and means for revenge. Prior to the start of Operation Enduring Freedom a young Afghan boy’s parents and younger brother are accidently killed and his sister critically injured by American commandos. The seed of motivation is planted. A terrorist organization called the Warrior Brotherhood provides the method by nurturing that seed to adulthood; by indoctrinating the young man with radical religious and political beliefs. When he’s an adult he learns to fly and joins the fledgling Afghan Air Force. The third leg of the triad is complete. He is sent to the United States to learn how to fly the F-16, aka The Fighting Falcon. He finally has the means and soon the opportunity to exact his revenge. One of the Warrior Brotherhood’s international terror cells ships weapons and a stealth drone to Mexico from their secret base in the Cape Verde Islands and smuggles the cache into the U.S. Dubbed Operation Falcon by the terrorists its goal is to secretly arm an F-16 and attack a large public gathering at an airshow celebrating Military Appreciation Day. The airshow VIP list includes the President of the United States, Government officials and Defense contractor CEOs. A recently retired FBI agent, now private detective, Eric Tyson discovers and tries to stop the terrorists from carrying out their plan. Betrayal and deception play out on the ground and in the sky of the American Southwest. Time is running out....


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About J.E. Holling
The Falcons Revenge is J. E. Holling’s debut novel. The aviation theme of his novel is not a surprise considering Hollings background. He’s held positions in Engineering, Program Management, Aviation Safety and the military. His first fiction novel draws on these lifelong interests and experiences. Technical writing was always a big part of his work. Now he turns those long honed skills to the task of telling a compelling story. A story that could be tomorrows headline. Mr. Holling is married, lives in New Jersey and has two grown children. He looks forward to an active life as a storyteller.


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Aftermath Horizon

Good morning and welcome to Thursday Thoughts. This month, we’re focusing on books and short stories that are thrillers and military. Edge of the seat action is going to have you panting for more from these fabulous books! Check out these intriguing stories from a stable of great authors!
Today, we’re checking out James L. Hatche’s Aftermath Horizon, a dystopian thriller…
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One hundred and eighty-three years after biological warfare eradicated all but a trace of mankind, Beth Gooding graduates from basic training as a Cultural Anthropologist with a Linguist subcategory. For intermediate training, she is sent to Hope, a remote outpost near Old Boston. She is assigned to Professor David James and required to learn Old Persian, a language she considers useless in a society recovering from near extinction. Despite their age difference, romance develops as Beth and Dr. James endure austere lives typical of the early 1800’s frontier. Dr. James eventually introduces Beth to a three-million-year-old shard found by his father—an object that could not be duplicated with modern technology. In attempt to uncover the shard’s origin, David and Beth set out to explore the radioactive Kill Zone in Old World Syria. Through constant struggle to survive and many brushes with death, they come to realize life without the other wouldn’t be living at all. On returning to civilization, they reveal the shard led them further back in time than they could have imagined—and provides potential to move human kind further into the future than anyone dared dream.



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About James L. Hatch
Although his Bachelors, Masters, and Ph.D. are in Chemistry and Meteorology, James worked as a scientist and system/software engineer before retiring a third time, then turned to writing. Extensive travel, from Thule, Greenland to Australia's Great Barrier reef provides the real-life experiences he incorporates into everything he writes.
James enjoys boating, kayaking, skiing, traveling, hiking, tending grandchildren, and ballroom dancing. In addition to Kill Zone and Aftermath Horizon in the contemporary fiction genre, he has completed a Sci-Fi trilogy (The Judge, Infinity Quest, and The Empress of Tridon), and four paranormal comedy novels (The Substitute, The Training Bra, The Trophy Wife, and Oh, Heavens, Miss Havana!).
James can be found at http://cookinwithmisshavana.blogspot.com/and, on the 11th of every month, at http://sweetnsexydivas.blogspot.com/. He has contracts with Solstice Publishing and Eternal Press.

Bullet in the Back Murder at Lavender Lake Library

Good morning and welcome to wwwblogs. This month, we’re focusing on books and short stories that are thrillers and military. Edge of the seat action is going to have you panting for more from these fabulous books! Check out these intriguing stories from a stable of great authors!
Today, we’re delving into Debbie De Louise’s mystery/thrillers Bullet in the Back and Murder at Lavender Lake Library…
Bullet in the BackBlurb
With Friends Like These…
When Susan Drummond accompanies her husband, Ray, to his cabin where he goes to get away from it all and write, her friends and father become concerned that she isn’t answering her cell phone. They all decide to check in on her and find no trace of her or Ray except a newly dug grave. 



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Murder at Lavender Lake LibraryBlurb
Who killed library patron, Mr. Small?
When librarian Eugenia Pratt finds the body of a patron in the archives, she employs the help of Agatha, the library’s cat, to ferret out a clue to who-dun-it.






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About Debbie De Louise
Debbie De Louise is an award-winning author and a reference librarian at a public library on Long Island. She is a member of Sisters-in-Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Cat Writer’s Association. She has a BA in English and an MLS in Library Science from Long Island University. Her novels include the three books of the Cobble Cove mystery series: A Stone’s Throw, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Written in Stone, and Love on the Rocks. Debbie has also written a romantic comedy novella, When Jack Trumps Ace, and a paranormal romance, Cloudy Rainbow, as well as several short stories of various genres. She lives on Long Island with her husband, Anthony; daughter, Holly; and cat Stripey.


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Two Hearts One Soul

Good morning and welcome to Tuesday Blog Share. This month, we’re focusing on books and short stories that are thrillers and military. Edge of the seat action is going to have you panting for more from these fabulous books! Check out these intriguing stories from a stable of great authors!
Today, our story is all about a couple forced into a difficult decision… They’re young, good at their duties, and have differing views of their future. A misunderstanding sends them in different directions. Thirty years later, they reunite. Is it too late for them?  
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Can love be rekindled after a lifetime?
Mel dashes Joe’s hopes for marriage when she decides to pursue a career. Thirty years later, retired and without close family, she reunites with her first love. 





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Excerpt
Joe Stockton chided himself for picking this moment. Both he and the woman he loved, Mel Hoffman, had just come off a twelve-hour shift, preparing the F-16 jet fighter aircraft at Hahn Air Base in Germany for flight. Both were dog tired, ready for a hot cup of coffee and a tasty meal, and then to drop into bed until they had to report for duty again, about twelve hours from now.
Ah, quit being a coward. You love her. She loves you. Haven’t both of us said that many times since we got here? 






About K.C. Sprayberry
Living a dream she’s had since she first discovered the magic of books. K.C. Sprayberry traveled the U.S. and Europe before finally settling in the mountains of Northwest Georgia. She’s been married to her soulmate for nearly a quarter of a century and they enjoy spoiling their grandchildren along with many other activities.
A multi-genre author, K.C. Sprayberry is always on the hunt for new stories. Inspiration strikes at the weirdest times and drives her to grab notebook and pen to jot down her ideas. Those close to her swear nothing or no one is safe if she’s smiling gently in a corner and watching those in the same room interact. Her observations have often given her ideas for her next story, set not only in the South but wherever the characters demand they settle.

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Penny's Worth

Good morning and welcome to Monday Blogs. This month, we’re focusing on books and short stories that are thrillers and military. Edge of the seat action is going to have you panting for more from these fabulous books! Check out these intriguing stories from a stable of great authors!                                                       Today, we’re enjoying a thrilling story from Cynthia Austin, Penny’s Worth. Imagine that you are in an abusive marriage and you want out. Only, due to circumstances you can’t control, leaving isn’t as easy as you thought…
Blurb
Sara Conrad just about had it all, wealth, beauty, a prominent place in Las Vegas society as the owner of a popular nightclub, and a reputation that was second to none.
There was only one thing Sara failed to possess…
Her life.
That’s because it was dominated by a despicable sociopath, her husband, Ezra Silverstein, who rarely let Sara out of his sight and manipulated her every move.
Out of desperation, Sara turned to a bodyguard at her club, Max Tobias, for sanity and salvation. Before long they are on the verge of a torrid affair that threatens not only to engulf them personally but their very lives, as well.
When Silverstein catches wind of Sara and Max’s relationship, he is determined to make them pay for their betrayal. He makes it his mission to inflict a blood thirsty punishment on his beloved Sara and her romantic rescuer.
As events reach their dramatic climax, Sara is stunned to discover Max is not really a bodyguard at all. This revelation turns her entire world upside down leaving her vulnerable and unable to trust anyone, especially the man to whom she had given her heart.
Riveting. Unpredictable. Page turning
The story of a good woman trying to survive in Sin City where Satan himself has set up camp in her own marriage, and the only man she had truly loved turned out to be a virtual stranger.





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About Cynthia Austin
Cynthia Austin is a multi-published author who lives in Northern California with her husband, two boys, and Olde English Bulldogge named Count Dogula. They love all things horror, gothic, and Victorian which prompts her friends to dub them as “The Adams Family.”


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Frozen Heart Summer Thaw

Good morning and welcome to Sunday Blog Share. This month, we’re focusing on books and short stories that are thrillers and military. Edge of the seat action is going to have you panting for more from these fabulous books! Check out these intriguing stories from a stable of great authors!
Today, our story is all about military brats. These children of our service members often have to give up not just their home but friends, plans for the future, even their dreams to follow their parents to new bases. They don’t have the luxury of moving at the end of a school year. Transferring to the new duty station can happen at any time.
Blurb
Blaire’s heart freezes over when she discovers she has to move to Alaska and then loses her mom in an accident. Once there, she finds a kindred spirit in Gerry and learns to open her heart again.


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Excerpt
My ice skates safely tucked into their hard-sided bag, I walk out of the locker room. My mind whirls with all that I have to do before the big regional meet in a little less than two months, right before I start my senior year of high school. One thing I know that I can count on. I have no worries about anything preventing me from doing what had kept me sane the last seventeen years, eleven months, twenty-three days.
Well, it has actually only been fifteen years, eleven months, and twenty-three days. I didn’t begin ice skating until I was two. And I can’t wait to do regionals, even though the weather outside is hotter than hot, hot enough to as my dad loves to say, “fry an egg on the sidewalk.” Although why anyone would want to do that, I have no clue. Sounds pretty stupid to me. Then again, my dad is always suggesting dumb stuff, as if that will make up all the times he has totally messed up my life.
Wonder if we’ll go out to Grandma’s in California after regionals? We’ll have lots of time. School won’t start for a week after that. Maybe we can go to Disneyland again.
                                                                                
                                                                               




About K.C. Sprayberry
Living a dream she’s had since she first discovered the magic of books. K.C. Sprayberry traveled the U.S. and Europe before finally settling in the mountains of Northwest Georgia. She’s been married to her soulmate for nearly a quarter of a century and they enjoy spoiling their grandchildren along with many other activities.
A multi-genre author, K.C. Sprayberry is always on the hunt for new stories. Inspiration strikes at the weirdest times and drives her to grab notebook and pen to jot down her ideas. Those close to her swear nothing or no one is safe if she’s smiling gently in a corner and watching those in the same room interact. Her observations have often given her ideas for her next story, set not only in the South but wherever the characters demand they settle.

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It Rains

Good morning and welcome to Sharing Saturday. This month, we’re focusing on books and short stories that are thrillers and military. Edge of the seat action is going to have you panting for more from these fabulous books! Check out these intriguing stories from a stable of great authors!
Today, Michael S. Gormley is here today to talk about his compelling thriller It Rains…
Blurb
For James Bennett, the gun shot was the loudest sound he’d ever heard. He’d spent his entire life making wrongs right. Now, he is unsure if anything can change what he’s done. After a late night at work in Foris, Louisiana, he finds himself confronted by a strange man in a blue jumpsuit outside of Betty’s Diner. When the altercation turns deadly, James finds himself left with a nearly impossible choice: turn himself in, or leave the evidence behind and pretend his life will go back to normal.
In his decision, his life proves everything but normal. A strange man, known to James only as the Shadow Man, appears in an untimely manner, leaving him stuck between a psychological break, and the very real possibility that the reality he has known is crumbling around him. Beneath the eyes of the local police, FBI, and his loved ones, James Bennett must solve the mystery of the deadly situation he’s found himself within. But can life return to normal after murder?




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About Michael S. Gormley
Michael S. Gormley was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio in 1991. He was raised there by his grandmother and mother. In 1995, his mother married, and a few years later, moved to Bainbridge, Ohio, where he grew up with his younger brother and sister. Michael received his Associates Degree in Graphic Design from Lakeland Community College; however, his true passion has always been writing. He later attended Cleveland State University, where he graduated honors with a Bachelor’s in English: Creative Writing. 


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Bullet in the Back, Murder at Lavender Lake Library

Good morning and welcome to wwwblogs. This month, we’re focusing on books and short stories that are thrillers and military. Edge of the seat action is going to have you panting for more from these fabulous books! Check out these intriguing stories from a stable of great authors!
Today, we’re delving into Debbie De Louise’s mystery/thrillers Bullet in the Back and Murder at Lavender Lake Library…
Bullet in the BackBlurb
With Friends Like These…
When Susan Drummond accompanies her husband, Ray, to his cabin where he goes to get away from it all and write, her friends and father become concerned that she isn’t answering her cell phone. They all decide to check in on her and find no trace of her or Ray except a newly dug grave. 


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Murder at Lavender Lake LibraryBlurb
Who killed library patron, Mr. Small?
When librarian Eugenia Pratt finds the body of a patron in the archives, she employs the help of Agatha, the library’s cat, to ferret out a clue to who-dun-it.





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About Debbie De Louise
Debbie De Louise is an award-winning author and a reference librarian at a public library on Long Island. She is a member of Sisters-in-Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Cat Writer’s Association. She has a BA in English and an MLS in Library Science from Long Island University. Her novels include the three books of the Cobble Cove mystery series: A Stone’s Throw, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Written in Stone, and Love on the Rocks. Debbie has also written a romantic comedy novella, When Jack Trumps Ace, and a paranormal romance, Cloudy Rainbow, as well as several short stories of various genres. She lives on Long Island with her husband, Anthony; daughter, Holly; and cat Stripey.


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