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John Wayne Falbey

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St. Augustine, FL, The United States

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Thriller, Suspense, Mystery

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I write thrillers dealing with international espionage and geopolitical intrigue. My debut novel, Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening, has become an international best seller on Amazon.com and was endorsed by Compulsory Reads. I followed it up with Endangered Species, The Year of the Dog, The Dogs of War, A Deadlier Breed, and In The Beginning. All are thrillers in the Sleeping Dogs series. I’m also the author of The Quixotics, a tale of gunrunning, guerrilla warfare, and suspense in the Caribbean. A native Floridian and former transactional attorney, when I’m not writing, I’m a real estate investor and developer in Southwest Florida. I invite you to visit me at www.sleepingdogs.biz/connect.html, where you can sign up for my highly irregular newsl ...more

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	Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening 3.93 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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
	Endangered Species Part 2: A Sleeping Dogs Thriller 4.40 avg rating — 25 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
	Endangered Species Part 1: A Sleeping Dogs Thriller 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014	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
	Endangered Species Part 5: A Sleeping Dogs Thriller (Endangered Species:A Sleeping Dogs Novel) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015	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
	Spare Me, Kill the Rest: A Sleeping Dogs Thriller (The Sleeping Dogs Book 8) 4.50 avg rating — 6 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
	Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening: Part Two 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	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
	Sleeping Dogs: Part 1: Part One 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	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 Quixotics 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening: Part Five 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	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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