Code Name: Crescent: A Matt Preston Novel

by Paul Shadinger

Once again Matt Preston's poker buddy taps him for his connections to solve a problem. Follow him through the labyrinth of his classified military service, roller coaster love life and a search for a missing daughter. Matt thought he had dealt with the problems from his past only to have them come back to haunt him again. He wonders if he needs to start thinking twice about attending poker night as the various parts of his clandestine past life and his present life collide to bring another wild ride and fascinating tale.

308 pages, Paperback

Published February 13, 2017

About the author

Paul lives in North Fort Myers Florida with his wife Sandy and their three beautiful American Cocker Spaniels, (Samantha, Bijou and Boots) who are better known as "The Kids" and are a special part of his books.

Born and raised in Seattle and now transplanted to Florida, in addition to writing, Paul keeps busy learning to ballroom dance and working on an HO scale train layout. A graduate of Western Washington University in Education, Paul taught for 4 years and became self employed when he left teaching. Over the years Paul has owned and operated many businesses, where he met dozens of interesting people who always seem to confide the most astonishingly personal information to him, hence the varied knowledge of people. It is this knowledge that he uses to create his interesting characters, changing the names to protect the innocent of course.

Paul's book, Snooker's Legacy, recently won a Bronze Award for Fiction-Intrigue Genre. Snooker's Legacy is the fifth book of his Matt Preston Series.

His motto is "Caution: You may end up in my next Novel".

Reviews

[Paul Shadinger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the twists and turns of book two about Matt Preston and his poker buddies.