Showcase 31: Five Indie Books Showcased For You

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So here we go with our 31st Showcase:

 Southern Wicker by Peggy Holloway

This is the first two books from Peggy Holloway, Blood on White Wicker, and Portrait on Wicker condensed into one book in large print.

After writing my first book, Blood on White Wicker, I decided to write a sequel.  I named the second book Portrait on Wicker.  Someone suggested that I condense these into one book and here it is, Southern Fried Chicken.  I didn’t realize at the time that there would be more Judith McCain thrillers but she kept intruding on my thoughts while writing other books.  Thus came the Judith McCain thrillers.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

 MURDER BY REFERENCE by D.R. Meredith

In a variation of the classic locked room mystery, Attorney John Lloyd Branson and his beautiful, trusted, but often impetuous legal assistant, Lydia Fairchild scare up ghosts from the past and rattle family skeletons as they try to discover who murdered the young museum curator. It’s no Halloween trick when Brad Hemphill materializes in a locked museum at midnight, the main feature in a prhistoric display. Who among the museum staff would kill the harmless, mild-mannered young curator, and why? What deadly secret did Hemphill know that made him a target for murder?

A fan of mysteries since a childhood obsession with Agatha Christie and Rex Stout, D. R. Meredith has written three mystery series set in the Texas Panhandle, a little-known area of the state even to other Texans. Two titles, MURDER BY IMPULSE and MURDER BY DECEPTION, in the John Lloyd Branson series were finalists for the Anthony Award. An equal obsession with the American West inspired her to create two historical sagas, A TIME TOO LATE and THE RECKONING, which she describes as “two hanky books for readers who want their hearts tugged while satisfying their curiosity about the Old West.” The book review editor for ROUNDUP MAGAZINE for more than twenty years, Meredith owns a private library of more than 5,000 books on the American West.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

SURVIVAL TIPS FOR THE SUDDENLY SINGLE by Cindy Vine

Do you need help after a break-up?

Survival Tips for the Suddenly Single offers easy-to-read practical advice on how to cope and get your life back on track again after a nasty break-up.

Cindy has stuck to her light-hearted style which cuts out the psycho-babble and written a book giving survival tips and strategies to use when you find yourself suddenly single. Being single after an intense relationship is a daunting prospect for many. Cindy shows how to overcome the grief experienced when a relationship ends, how to get your life back in order again and avoid making the same mistakes next time round, how to sort out your finances, how to become happy, how to avoid common mistakes made during sex and ten uses for an old photo of your ex, as well as many other useful tips.

Cindy Vine was born in Cape Town South Africa, but has lived and worked as a teacher in many different countries around the world.  While working and traveling she managed to raise three children on her own and is a self-confessed life observer and people watcher.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

 

THE WHITE VIXEN by David Tindell

November 1981. Captain Jo Ann Geary, USAF Special Operations, is on a Chinese island, sent there to rescue a captured British secret agent. An expert linguist and martial artist, the Korean-American officer has volunteered to assist UK Royal Marines in the operation, a decision that will lead to the most dangerous mission of her career.

April 1982. A shadow government in Argentina is pushing the country to capture the Falkland Islands, in order to lure the British fleet into a trap. Once again, MI6 calls upon Geary for help. She is to go undercover deep inside Argentina, to find the man behind the plot, confront a terror thought long dead, and prevent an attack that could touch off World War III.

Born in Germany and raised in Wisconsin, David Tindell works for the US Government by day; by night, he trains in the martial arts, studies languages and writes thriller novels. He lives on a lake in northwest Wisconsin with his wife Sue, a Yorkie and two cats.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

SOL by Matthew Carvalho

Sol, short for Soleil, is a happy child from a loving Brisbane family, whose biggest dream is to go to Disneyland. Instead, his parents take him to Afghanistan, to help build a school for girls. For eight year old Sol, bad things happen. An orphaned refugee wakes to a world no longer as bright as the day before, becoming an invisible cog in a messy system that spans hemispheres and national boundaries. Set in the near future of the twenty-second century, Sol joins the ranks of those who struggle and learns how cruel and remarkable the world around him can be. Sol is ultimately about the strength of the human spirit, brought to light through a child’s eyes — leaving only one question unanswered at the end: “So I heard you liek mudkips?

“What is done to children, they will do the world.

“SOL follows OLD HOPE ROAD, but it is not a sequel.”

Matthew Carvalho self-published author and OLD HOPE ROAD and SOL are his two full length novels through the CreateSpace. His primary influences include Frank Herbert, Iaian Banks, Joseph Campbell, Greg Bear, and Neal Stephenson. He has a BA in International Relations from San Francisco State University and a Masters in Diplomacy/Global Commerce from Norwich University. He has been, in turn, a children’s counselor for emotionally disturbed children, a US Peace Corps Volunteer, and currently works as a manager for a Silicon Valley medical equipment manufacturer. He lives with his wife Norma (to whom OLD HOPE ROAD is dedicated) and their three dogs, Elsa, Arni and Figaro in the city of Gilroy, California. His primary hobby, after his wife and dogs, is, oddly enough, writing; although Facebook and Twitter probably come in a close second – just ask his wife!

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

So that’s it for another Showcase. I hope you’ve enjoyed it and decide to spend a few pennies to support these wonderful Indie authors.