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“The “must-read” mystery/thriller of

“The “must-read” mystery/thriller of 2016!” #coldcurrents

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Living the Writer’s Life: 3 Years, 8 Months…but who’s counting??

Well, it’s done. The paperback of COLD CURRENTS is available for order on Amazon! If you like the feel of a book in your hand, you’ll love this one. All I ask? Please tell 10 people about it. Sharing your experience with friends and family goes a long way in making CURRENTS a success.  

 

Get a copy here.

 

FallLinePublishing announces the print r

FallLinePublishing announces the print release of COLD CURRENTS, Bk #1 in the Bobby Taylor Mystery/Thriller series. http://ow.ly/ZUR2Y

Just a reminder: my new mystery/thriller

Just a reminder: my new mystery/thriller, COLD CURRENTS, is also avail. for borrowing in Kindle Unlimited and KOLL. http://ow.ly/YYOq3

Breathing Life into COLD CURRENTS

Well, it is done. My long awaited mystery/thriller series has been launched with the kindle release of COLD CURRENTS! Four years in the making (3 on submission), Bobby Taylor’s dark, thrilling tale of murder, mystery and redemption can finally be shared with the world. Everything I’ve had to say about this journey can be found in earlier posts, so I won’t yada-yada about it further. If you will, check it out here.

Unabridged Cover Blurb for Upcoming Release of “COLD CURRENTS”

I’m excited about this one, folks. Here’s a taste of what to expect in my upcoming release, COLD CURRENTS, the first book in the new Bobby Taylor mystery/thriller series.

“Thirty years after the shocking murder of Jenny Franklin, followed by the arrest and conviction of his brother Terry, Knoxville Detective Bobby Taylor returns to his North Carolina hometown of Clayton at his aging mother’s request. Reluctant to face his estranged father and make amends after blaming him for not doing more to save his brother, Bobby arrives to discover the head of another young girl has washed up on the banks of the wild Neuse River. Disgusted at the brutality and familiarity of the crime, he realizes the murderous, sadistic monster from his past has returned with a vengeance. His brother’s blood is now on the hands of those who failed to catch the real killer the first time around. Fueled by retribution, and eager to heal his past, Bobby’s determined to bring the true murderer to justice.

Armed with equal parts instinct and desperation, Bobby confronts his broken relationships while chasing a mysterious trail of death that spans thirty years and two continents. Obstacles, lies, and deception face him at every turn as he partners with a tough-as-nails female reporter and a reluctant Chief of Detectives to catch a resurrected killer and vindicate his family’s name. In the end, Bobby finds redemption in a way he could never imagine as the whispers of the river reveal the horrible secrets beneath her swift, cold currents.”

Meanwhile, you can find a quick trailer over on my website , and I’ll have a new cover reveal coming soon!

The Cows Came Home

That’s right. After three years of meandering through the literary field of dreams, the cows came home. I did not want them to come home. I was hoping they would find a nice, big literary house and settle down. But they came home today, their heads appearing over the hill as I received word from my second, and beloved, literary agent that our well of acquisition options had run dry. She still loves the book, but what else could she do?

Nothing, that’s what.

That’s the nature of the business. Having an agent and a good manuscript will not guarantee a book deal. Just as having a book deal will not guarantee a runaway bestseller. Bottom line is, even if you’re lucky enough to find an agent, your book is still, and always will be, at the mercy of editorial and personal taste (let’s be honest here, okay?), with a touch of business-driven-literary-trend-thingy thrown in to send the scales one way or another.

That’s where “the buck stops.”

I’ve been riding this emotional rollercoaster, even through a good deal of personal tragedy and setbacks, for three years now. Tonight, my literary future takes yet another turn into the unknown. The book on the chopping block today was Cold Currents, a southern mystery/thriller. It’s a good book, at least according to a lot of people along the way that have read it in advance. And I think the second book I’m writing in the series, The Layers Beneath, will be equally as good, if not better.

All that said, I’ll be publishing Cold Currents on Amazon soon. Hopefully, Layers will not be far behind. It will have good company in my debut novel, Rockapocalypse, and my short story, Anything But, both of which have garnered mostly four and five star reviews. I’d like to think the diverse (and comfortable, if you like series) nature of my books will do well over the coming months and years…

…but only the cows and time will tell.

The cows will head back out soon, in a much different direction, but with a slightly familiar goal. Again, I’ll be praying I never see them again, wishing a few people buy my books, hoping I can eventually make a good go of this literary business. Until then, I have a “gifted” police detective and an aging six-foot-seven Indian bounty hunter to ride shotgun with on a terrifying, white-knuckled chase across the Carolina landscape.

I hope you’ll join us.

There’s always room for one more reader on this crazy ride.

My short, ANYTHING BUT, is free for the

My short, ANYTHING BUT, is free for the next 24 hrs! What would an ordinary man do to be anything but ordinary? http://ow.ly/UD81h

‘Rockapocalypse’ & ‘Anything But’ ar

‘Rockapocalypse’ & ‘Anything But’ are back on Amazon! View http://amzn.to/1PrAAXm or http://amzn.to/1RQkk0h for your Fall snuggle reads!

With Fall approaching & Halloween just a

With Fall approaching & Halloween just around the corner, why not grab a copy of #ROCKAPOCALYPSE to snuggle up with? http://ow.ly/TaVVn