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Cole Sage #5
Cole Shoot
Where Does Justice End And Vengeance Begin?
Cole and his girlfriend Kelly Mitchell go to the Chinese New Year’s Parade in San Francisco and find themselves in the middle of a shootout between two rival gangs. The violence hits close to home for Cole, as his friend Chris Ramos is killed in the gunfire. Cole sets upon the task of investigating the shootings for his newspaper, The Chronicle.
The Stakes Go Way Up
Cole is aided by Anthony Perez, a young man he saved from a Southern California gang life. Cole sends Anthony into Chinatown to gather background information for the article. While asking questions, Anthony is taken prisoner by one of the gangs, The Fire Cracker Boyz.
A Moral Dilemma
How far over the line is Cole willing to go to save his friend? Will he find that he has gone too far in trying to help? Once Cole opens a Pandora’s Box of violence, will he have a hard time living with the results?
If you like LEE CHILD, DAVID BALDACCI, and JOHN SANDFORD, Micheal Maxwell could be your next favorite author.
The Cole Sage series departs from the usual, heavily sexual, profanity-laced norm and gives readers character-driven stories, with twists, turns, page-turning plot lines, and a lot of heart. The series has captured the imagination of readers worldwide.
Cole and his girlfriend Kelly Mitchell go to the Chinese New Year’s Parade in San Francisco and find themselves in the middle of a shootout between two rival gangs. The violence hits close to home for Cole, as his friend Chris Ramos is killed in the gunfire. Cole sets upon the task of investigating the shootings for his newspaper, The Chronicle.
The Stakes Go Way Up
Cole is aided by Anthony Perez, a young man he saved from a Southern California gang life. Cole sends Anthony into Chinatown to gather background information for the article. While asking questions, Anthony is taken prisoner by one of the gangs, The Fire Cracker Boyz.
A Moral Dilemma
How far over the line is Cole willing to go to save his friend? Will he find that he has gone too far in trying to help? Once Cole opens a Pandora’s Box of violence, will he have a hard time living with the results?
If you like LEE CHILD, DAVID BALDACCI, and JOHN SANDFORD, Micheal Maxwell could be your next favorite author.
The Cole Sage series departs from the usual, heavily sexual, profanity-laced norm and gives readers character-driven stories, with twists, turns, page-turning plot lines, and a lot of heart. The series has captured the imagination of readers worldwide.
216 pages, ebook
First published December 20, 2014
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About the author
Micheal Maxwell
65 books75 followersMicheal Maxwell has traveled the globe on the lookout for strange sights, sounds, and people. His adventures have taken him from the Jungles of Ecuador and the Philippines to the top of the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge, and from the cave dwellings of Native Americans to The Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler’s Eagles Nest! He’s always looking for a story to tell and interesting people to meet.
Micheal Maxwell was taught the beauty and majesty of the English language by Bob Dylan, Robertson Davies, Charles Dickens, and Leonard Cohen.
Mr. Maxwell has traveled the globe, dined with politicians, rock stars, and beggars. He has rubbed shoulders with priests and murderers, surgeons and drug dealers, each one giving him a part of themselves that will live again in the pages of his books.
Micheal Maxwell has found a niche in the mystery, suspense, genre with The Cole Sage Series that gives readers an everyman hero, short on vices, long on compassion, and a sense of fair play, and the willingness to risk everything to right wrongs. The Cole Sage Series departs from the usual, heavily sexual, profanity-laced norm and gives readers character-driven stories, with twists, turns, and page-turning plot lines.
Micheal Maxwell writes from a life of love, music, film, and literature. Along with his lovely wife and travel partner, Janet, he lives in a small town in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
Micheal Maxwell was taught the beauty and majesty of the English language by Bob Dylan, Robertson Davies, Charles Dickens, and Leonard Cohen.
Mr. Maxwell has traveled the globe, dined with politicians, rock stars, and beggars. He has rubbed shoulders with priests and murderers, surgeons and drug dealers, each one giving him a part of themselves that will live again in the pages of his books.
Micheal Maxwell has found a niche in the mystery, suspense, genre with The Cole Sage Series that gives readers an everyman hero, short on vices, long on compassion, and a sense of fair play, and the willingness to risk everything to right wrongs. The Cole Sage Series departs from the usual, heavily sexual, profanity-laced norm and gives readers character-driven stories, with twists, turns, and page-turning plot lines.
Micheal Maxwell writes from a life of love, music, film, and literature. Along with his lovely wife and travel partner, Janet, he lives in a small town in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
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September 16, 2022
Cole Shoot by Michael Maxwell
This story follows Cole and his friend Kelly attend the dragon parade. Love that they have a picnic there as the floats go by.
Problem is there is gunfire among the gang members...
Story also follows Marco and Mei, both downs syndrome kids and something goes wrong at the school they attend one day and they run away.
Love how they navigate and survive and how Marco had first seen Cole, the small things that matter.
Story also follows Anthony who's an intern, who Cole knows from previous years, and he's on the story of the parade shooting, he gets kidnapped....
Like how Cole knows he can't do the job himself and calls in reinforcements, with bats.
Love how all these events play into one meeting at the end. Action, fast paced, scary situations and so many more emotions.
love the secretary problem and how a PI had confronted him about missing kids....
His time with family and friends and longtime lyrics of songs I know. Love how the whole thing comes together, never saw it happening. Things to do in the city and the areas, I’m learning more about, have known of them but author really brings them to life in front of your eyes.
Mix of real life people on the street Next book is the series is excerpted at the end.
This story follows Cole and his friend Kelly attend the dragon parade. Love that they have a picnic there as the floats go by.
Problem is there is gunfire among the gang members...
Story also follows Marco and Mei, both downs syndrome kids and something goes wrong at the school they attend one day and they run away.
Love how they navigate and survive and how Marco had first seen Cole, the small things that matter.
Story also follows Anthony who's an intern, who Cole knows from previous years, and he's on the story of the parade shooting, he gets kidnapped....
Like how Cole knows he can't do the job himself and calls in reinforcements, with bats.
Love how all these events play into one meeting at the end. Action, fast paced, scary situations and so many more emotions.
love the secretary problem and how a PI had confronted him about missing kids....
His time with family and friends and longtime lyrics of songs I know. Love how the whole thing comes together, never saw it happening. Things to do in the city and the areas, I’m learning more about, have known of them but author really brings them to life in front of your eyes.
Mix of real life people on the street Next book is the series is excerpted at the end.
April 14, 2015
Mr. Maxwell has done it again! This book grabbed my attention from the first page and kept me glued until the end. I love catching up with my old friends, Cole Sage, family and friends. We also meet a new friend in this book, Hannah, Cole's new secretary. This had the twists and turns we love to see. This book deals with a few issues, gang violence, the innocence of children and how far one would go to protect someone he loves. Not all decisions are easy to make. We may agonize over decisions we have made, had moral dilemmas and doubt ourselves. But for those we love how far is far enough?
This is a great stand alone but as I have said in earlier reviews, I do recommend you read this series in order. You cone to know Cole and see so many changes in him. You meet his family and friends. You come to see why he makes decisions he makes and he will become an old friend you can't wait to catch up with. I eagerly await the next Cole Sage book!
I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This did not effect my review one way or the other. I have been hooked on Cole Sage since I read Diamonds and Cole.
This is a great stand alone but as I have said in earlier reviews, I do recommend you read this series in order. You cone to know Cole and see so many changes in him. You meet his family and friends. You come to see why he makes decisions he makes and he will become an old friend you can't wait to catch up with. I eagerly await the next Cole Sage book!
I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This did not effect my review one way or the other. I have been hooked on Cole Sage since I read Diamonds and Cole.
March 11, 2015
Another great read..
I have read several books by this author and wasn't disappointed with any of them. I find there is a subtle moral lesson in each novel that is refreshing by today's standards.
I have read several books by this author and wasn't disappointed with any of them. I find there is a subtle moral lesson in each novel that is refreshing by today's standards.
April 25, 2018
Cold Shoot: Cold Sage Mystery # 5
Excellent mystery about a newspaper man who isn't perfect but has a strong sense of right and wrong and a desire to make things better. Not over loaded with sex and profanity like many crime novels. I really enjoyed this book.
Excellent mystery about a newspaper man who isn't perfect but has a strong sense of right and wrong and a desire to make things better. Not over loaded with sex and profanity like many crime novels. I really enjoyed this book.
December 18, 2019
One of the good things about a Cole Sage book is that they do not need to be read in order. Cole is a reporter from Chicago, with a knack for getting to the bottom of things and digging up the facts. For the past several years he has been working for the Chronicle in San Francisco. Five years ago, Cole had a run in with street gang member Anthony Perez. Seeing a smart young man with the potential for a good future, he pays for Anthony to go to Journalism school. Now he is back as an intern for Cole. His very first assignment, track down a shooting of a New Years Eve parade, gets him kidnapped. Cole needs to call in help for this one. Well worth the read!
May 24, 2020
Between two evils
A whole lot of action from beginning to end! Cole finds himself in the middle of rival gangs after a heartbreaking shooting at the Chinese New Year parade. There is a spotlight on Down Syndrome children and the need for support and love communities need to show as Cal Corwin is looking for help finding two runaways plus more side stories with Cole and family plus friends. A very satisfying San Francisco adventure!
A whole lot of action from beginning to end! Cole finds himself in the middle of rival gangs after a heartbreaking shooting at the Chinese New Year parade. There is a spotlight on Down Syndrome children and the need for support and love communities need to show as Cal Corwin is looking for help finding two runaways plus more side stories with Cole and family plus friends. A very satisfying San Francisco adventure!
September 11, 2017
Another great read
Just love this series. Enjoy watching the characters evolve. And he doesn't introduce so many new characters you loose tract. And can easily keep track of the main characters.
Just love this series. Enjoy watching the characters evolve. And he doesn't introduce so many new characters you loose tract. And can easily keep track of the main characters.
August 6, 2019
Very good story, and very relevant to today’s news. This book combines a gang style shooting during a very public parade, two Downs Syndrome kids, Cole and his girlfriend and a new very talented apprentice. Lots of action and tension, and really moves well. I love this book!
May 19, 2020
Cole Shoot
These suspense novels are five star and anyone whom enjoy a mystery. I suggest to pick this series up. The author has a easy going way of putting words to paper. Worthy storytelling.
These suspense novels are five star and anyone whom enjoy a mystery. I suggest to pick this series up. The author has a easy going way of putting words to paper. Worthy storytelling.
August 29, 2017
Incomplete Book
There are major sections of missing pages, so the story is completely disjointed. It very well may be well written and a good mystery but I can't tell!
There are major sections of missing pages, so the story is completely disjointed. It very well may be well written and a good mystery but I can't tell!
November 29, 2017
good story
January 14, 2018
Thrilling!
Another thrilling episode in the Cole Sage saga! Gets to reconnect with an old friend, as well. Thanks so much!
Another thrilling episode in the Cole Sage saga! Gets to reconnect with an old friend, as well. Thanks so much!
July 4, 2019
really enjoying the series. loving the characters and getting a good feel for them
August 26, 2019
Quick.
This was not the stellar book Cole Dust was . The story line was a bit morbid, weak but probably authentic.
This was not the stellar book Cole Dust was . The story line was a bit morbid, weak but probably authentic.
October 16, 2019
Re-appearance of character's from previous books in this theme. Includes two different story lines that converge at points during the book. Another good read.
July 23, 2020
Enjoying the continuing story
I like this series. This one had one part that was pretty graphic that I skimmed over but the rest was good.
I like this series. This one had one part that was pretty graphic that I skimmed over but the rest was good.
February 1, 2017
Embarrassing effort after the genius that was book 4 in this series. Felt like a rough draft or something rushed to publication. Tense changes, grammatical, and typographic errors abounded. No depth of character. I'll probably finish the series, but it feels like the author has tuned out.
January 31, 2020
Micheal Maxwell has done it again. Cole and Kelly are attending the annual Chinese New Year celebration in San Francisco. They give a ride to the partner of Cole’s boss who is part of the dragon wearing very distinctive tennis shoes with red stars on the toes. Chris is very flamboyant and brags about how excited he is. They are all to meet up later. Unfortunately, that doesn’t happen. A gang of Chinese thugs known as Firecracker Boyz (FCBZ on their hats and shirts) show up with guns and proceed to randomly shoot into the parade killing several people including Chris. Cole is tasked with investigating who did it, why they did it, and write an article in his newspaper. Returning to his office he finds a new intern waiting in his office. The new intern is none other than Antonio Perez, the young hood from Cole’s Los Angeles visit when he helped Antonio see there was another way to live. Antonio left the life and went to college. He is now interning at The Chronicle and has been assigned to Cole. Cole send him off to investigate the China Town events, tells him to be careful. Antonio winds up being captured by the FCBZ gang. Cole goes down to see where Antonio is and meets up with the gang, who tell him to get one of their own out of jail in exchange for freeing Antonio. It is not a secret that Antonio is being held but Cole knows that if he involves the police, the gang will kill Antonio. What to do? This is the dilemma in this book. Cole is a good guy but he knows what he must do. Bring in the Los Angeles friends from when Antonio was in LA and let them deal with freeing Antonio. The book is a terrific example of how a good guy does what he must do to save someone he loves. Cole is the kind of guy we would all like to be. There is a story within the story about two kids running away from home because their teacher was mean to them. Read this book as a stand alone or read Book #1 and then read this one...unless you want a treat and then get the entire series of Books 1-9.
June 22, 2016
Cole Shoot: Cole Sage #5 by Michael Maxwell
Cole and Kelly are progressing in their relationship as Anthony Perez begins an internship at the Chronicle. Anthony, a former gangbanger Cole rescued years earlier is working on his Master's degree and his first assignment gets this story moving. He gets taken hostage by the gang that was involved in the Chinese New Year's parade shootout. You'll like the end result and Cole and Kelly have reached a milestone in their relationship. Thanks for another great read.
Cole and Kelly are progressing in their relationship as Anthony Perez begins an internship at the Chronicle. Anthony, a former gangbanger Cole rescued years earlier is working on his Master's degree and his first assignment gets this story moving. He gets taken hostage by the gang that was involved in the Chinese New Year's parade shootout. You'll like the end result and Cole and Kelly have reached a milestone in their relationship. Thanks for another great read.
May 13, 2015
It was good
I like Cole and his family. I didn't think this was as good as the others. Maybe Cole fire will be lit up
I like Cole and his family. I didn't think this was as good as the others. Maybe Cole fire will be lit up
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