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Mick Callahan #3
One of the Wicked
Mick Callahan, ex-Navy SEAL turned talk-show psychologist, is doing a pal a favor. Bud Stone owes money to a gangster named Big Paul Pesci. He's worried about his ex-girlfriend and asks Mick to keep her safe. But when Stone rips off a drug dealer to pay Pesci, the situation explodes. The girl disappears, and Mick finds himself caught between the police and the Russian Mob. Third in the series.
287 pages, Hardcover
First published November 19, 2008
About the author
Harry Shannon
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Harry Shannon has been an actor, a singer, an Emmy-nominated songwriter, a recording artist in Europe, a music publisher, a film studio executive and worked as a free-lance Music Supervisor on films such as “Basic Instinct” and “Universal Soldier.” He is author of the horror novels “Night of the Beast” and “Night of the Werewolf” in addition to “Daemon” (formerly “Night of the Daemon”). Harry also wrote the Mick Callahan suspense novels “Memorial Day,” (2005) “Eye of the Burning Man,” (2006) and “One of the Wicked” (Nov. 2008), as well as the acclaimed thriller “The Pressure of Darkness” (2006). His novel "Dead and Gone" (August 2008) has a movie version, screenplay by Shannon, and it is now on DVD via LionsGate. All of his early novels are now available via Amazon.com on Kindle, and some via Smashwords. His collection "A Host of Shadows" and the novella "PAIN" were recently published by Dark Regions Press. "CLAN" and "The Hungry" (co-written with Steven W, Booth) are also on Kindke and Nook. "The Dead Man: Kill Them All" we be released by Amazon.com via their new publishing company Thomas and Mercer. Harry can be contacted via his web site www.harryshannon.com. He is also a member of Top Suspense Group www.topsuspensegroup.com
Harry Shannon has been an actor, a singer, an Emmy-nominated songwriter, a recording artist in Europe, a music publisher, a film studio executive and worked as a free-lance Music Supervisor on films such as “Basic Instinct” and “Universal Soldier.” He is author of the horror novels “Night of the Beast” and “Night of the Werewolf” in addition to “Daemon” (formerly “Night of the Daemon”). Harry also wrote the Mick Callahan suspense novels “Memorial Day,” (2005) “Eye of the Burning Man,” (2006) and “One of the Wicked” (Nov. 2008), as well as the acclaimed thriller “The Pressure of Darkness” (2006). His novel "Dead and Gone" (August 2008) has a movie version, screenplay by Shannon, and it is now on DVD via LionsGate. All of his early novels are now available via Amazon.com on Kindle, and some via Smashwords. His collection "A Host of Shadows" and the novella "PAIN" were recently published by Dark Regions Press. "CLAN" and "The Hungry" (co-written with Steven W, Booth) are also on Kindke and Nook. "The Dead Man: Kill Them All" we be released by Amazon.com via their new publishing company Thomas and Mercer. Harry can be contacted via his web site www.harryshannon.com. He is also a member of Top Suspense Group www.topsuspensegroup.com
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July 10, 2011
This was my first Mick Callahan book and it certainly won't be my last. Indeed I'll most likely go straight from here to Amazon to buy up copies of the rest of the series. Callahan, a former Navy SEAL turned therapist turned TV/Radio talk show host may describe himself as ONE OF THE WICKED but such is the life of a man who has dedicated his life to rescuing people including friends old and new from actual bad guys. The question is who are the bad guys of this story and the answer is your journey to discover.
With a cast of characters that only Harry Shannon could pull together, the story pulls you in and grabs your attention from the get go. It takes you on a wild ride of cops and robbers, gangsters and their women, thugs and drugs, a half sister Mick never knew existed and an ex-flame who happens to be a cop as they all try to keep ahead of each other to get their hands on the same incriminating evidence without getting killed. Oh yeah: He also fights to stay sober and maintain his integrity.
Mick Callahan opines that, "People constantly amaze me with their resiliency and capacity for change" and that it "keeps the work so interesting and rewarding." In my opinion it is Harry Shannon's gift for insightful characters and engaging prose that makes this book a thrilling read you won't want to put down.
With a cast of characters that only Harry Shannon could pull together, the story pulls you in and grabs your attention from the get go. It takes you on a wild ride of cops and robbers, gangsters and their women, thugs and drugs, a half sister Mick never knew existed and an ex-flame who happens to be a cop as they all try to keep ahead of each other to get their hands on the same incriminating evidence without getting killed. Oh yeah: He also fights to stay sober and maintain his integrity.
Mick Callahan opines that, "People constantly amaze me with their resiliency and capacity for change" and that it "keeps the work so interesting and rewarding." In my opinion it is Harry Shannon's gift for insightful characters and engaging prose that makes this book a thrilling read you won't want to put down.
November 26, 2008
Psychologist Mick Callahna owes an old Navy buddy from way back. When Bud "Bone" Stone somes to collect, it doesn't seem like that6 big a deal. What could be so difficult about keeping an eye on Bone's ex-mistress while Bone takes care of some business? Mick should know better, because these kinds of favors usually turn into a big problem. And so this does.
Bone is trying to find some guys who ripped him off in a drug deal. Somehow, the major players turn out to be way higher up the gfood chain than anyone expects: Russian Mafia, major Mob, and possibly some governments. Mick gets beaten up, the ex-mistress is abducted, and then things get crazy.
Shannon can plot with the best of then, although hard-core readers of the genre will see some of the twists coming. Mick is a psychologist, which doesn't make him any better at dealing with his close relationships than most of us, just better at recognizing that he's being an idiot or a jerk. He's also a recovering alcoholic, trying to keep it together. His love life doesn't contribute to his stability, and neither does his past - both of which come back to kick his butt. Mick is a stand-up guy, trying his best to do the right thing; certainly this is a stock character, but Shannon makes him more interesting than some, more believable than most. ONE OF THE WICKED is the third in the Mick Callahan series, a series for lovers of thrilles.
Bone is trying to find some guys who ripped him off in a drug deal. Somehow, the major players turn out to be way higher up the gfood chain than anyone expects: Russian Mafia, major Mob, and possibly some governments. Mick gets beaten up, the ex-mistress is abducted, and then things get crazy.
Shannon can plot with the best of then, although hard-core readers of the genre will see some of the twists coming. Mick is a psychologist, which doesn't make him any better at dealing with his close relationships than most of us, just better at recognizing that he's being an idiot or a jerk. He's also a recovering alcoholic, trying to keep it together. His love life doesn't contribute to his stability, and neither does his past - both of which come back to kick his butt. Mick is a stand-up guy, trying his best to do the right thing; certainly this is a stock character, but Shannon makes him more interesting than some, more believable than most. ONE OF THE WICKED is the third in the Mick Callahan series, a series for lovers of thrilles.
October 4, 2008
My new thriller from Five Star, 11/08
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