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John Matsui

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John Matsui was an award-winning journalist and an innovative public relations consultant. Now he's focused his inventiveness to create tension and action filled thrillers.
John's novels - Late Bite and Gravity Games are available on Amazon.com and most mainstream international sites Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, iTunes books, etc. His third horror thriller, Lycanthrope Rising, is available on Amazon pre-order with a release date of Oct. 1, 2017 at http://amzn.to/2wsJXPH
John and his wife Judy live in Wortley Village, a quaint neighbourhood in that other London — London Ontario — far from vampires, superheroes, and Toronto's high housing prices.
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	Late Bite (Toronto Chronicles, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Gravity Games 4.28 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Lycanthrope Rising (The Toronto Vampire Chronicles #2) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Unstoppable Dream: The Quest to Sail the World and the Courage for an Ordinary Couple to Make it Happen by Helen Humphreys, Fran Webster (Editor), John Matsui (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 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
	Girl Out Of Time it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	The Granddaughter: Can she be that perfect? (A Tale Of Suspense by John Matsui Book 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Gravity Games: A Nathan Sherlock Foodie Thriller: Volume 1 (Nate The Nose) by John R Matsui (2015-10-25) by John Matsui (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Unstoppable Dream: The Quest to Sail the World and the Courage for an Ordinary Couple to Make it Happen by Helen Mary Humphreys, Fran Webster (Editor), John Matsui (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	THEM: Unsimplifying Common Perceptions and Broadening Perspectives in "The Public Understanding of Science" by Danny Lee, Julie Mendoza, Vin Lay 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Late Bite sequel

When I first wrote Late Bite, I hadn't thought about writing a sequel. Since then I've had a few people ask me about it. I've done some thinking and have some ideas for two more books that are direct followups to Late Bite.
Along a similar line, the current book I'm writing and hope to have available in June, entitled, By A Nose, is also largely set in Toronto. A couple of the minor characters in Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 03, 2014 21:24 • Tags: action, foodie, horror, humour, late-bite, mystery, sequel, thriller, toronto, vampire

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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

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“Reacher said, "So here's the thing Brett. Either you take your hand off my chest, or I'll take it off your wrist.”
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Hi John,
Thanks for the friend request. Your response to my silly Monty Python question made me smile, too.
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message 1: by Majenta

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Hi, John! Friend Request Accepted, thanks for Requesting! Congratulations on your books. I hope you enjoy the writing process! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Have a great week. Blessings!

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