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Bobby Underwood
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The Wild Country (The Wild Country, #1)
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The Trail to Santa Rosa (The Wild Country, #2)
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Whisper Valley (The Wild Country, #3)
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The Turquoise Shroud (Seth Halliday #1)
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Winsome Creek: A Bar~S Western
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Grover's Creek
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I Died Twice
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Saturday's Children
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The Strangler's Tune
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Surfer Girl
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Passing on the Positive
Boosted by a couple of nice new reviews for two books which are very special to me (Atelier and Softer Than Rain), as I gear up to begin working again on the new Seth Halliday novel, The Deadly Green Hills, I thought I’d share the positivity by putting together a fairly large book promotion which will kick in at the end of January.
Over 40 titles in my canon, from novels and novellas, to novelettes Read more of this blog post »
Over 40 titles in my canon, from novels and novellas, to novelettes Read more of this blog post »
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The Long Gray Goodbye (Seth Halliday #2):
"Seth Halliday, Book 2
Ah, Bobby Underwood’s prose! His wax lyrical writing truly shines through in his masterful use of metaphors, irony and occasional puns. These elements create vivid imagery and stimulate thought. e.g., …the lights of the Eiffel To" Read more of this review » |
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Hitchcock and Herrmann: The Friendship and Film Scores that Changed Cinema:
"Some thirty years ago I read and relished Steven C. Smith’s biography on radio/theater/film composer Bernard Herrmann. What a delightful surprise it was to witness the author having written still another book on Herrmann, this time focusing on possib"
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The Forgotten American Volunteer Group: US Volunteers in the Colombia–Peru War, 1932:
"This is a detailed study of the acquisition of military planes by Columbia during the 1932 war between Columbia and Peru. It is not about the War; it is not really even about the American Volunteer Group. I compliment the author on the high-quality r"
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| Evan Hunter is better known today as Ed McBain, because of the 87th Precinct series. He wrote Blood Relatives in 1975, nearly twenty years after the inaugural book in the series, Cop Hater. From the opening scene as a bloodied girl runs through the r ...more | |
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is on page 21 of Curiosity Spares the Butterfly: “Memories continue to enter my mind like patches created by sunlight between the branches of trees, vaguely recalling snippets of my time in Greece”
“It seems that I had catapulted into the world from some type of cannon which had me landing in Athens because I seem to remember my childhood from that time onwards: the time we spent in Greece in 1977 and our life after in Sydney, Australia.” 
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Thanks so much for your kind words, Anthea. Before I completed writing this gentle and wistful Christmas fantasy, I had already begun working on The W
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Having read this one in the Spenser series a couple of times over the years, I’ve always felt it was actually one of the better entries in the series in its own way. This time around only reaffirmed my opinion of it. Like Stardust, Walking Shadow begi ...more |
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“For death is a spider's web, and once caught within its silky strands, our only hope of escape is to kill the spider.”
― The Sensual Sea
― The Sensual Sea
“A delicate scent hung in the air as we strolled down the long boulevard toward the Opera House holding hands. Paris had come to life in a very special way, the lights of the Eiffel Tower a gentle reminder that nothing mattered once that starry blanket covered the great city, except love. Love was the reason Paris existed. For those lonely in their soul, their heart a barren wasteland starving for nourishment, she offered hope. For those like Caroline and I, lucky enough to have found each other and begin the healing process to repair our brokenness, Paris was a bastion to love's transforming power. A year ago I could not have pictured myself holding hands with someone as nice as Caroline, as lovely and unpretentious. She was pretty, but her soul made her beautiful. I loved everything about her, including her damage.”
― The Long Gray Goodbye
― The Long Gray Goodbye
“She had aged with style and beauty. In soft romantic lighting, I could still see the magnificent girl from Mexico who had saved me with her love. When the lighting was less sentimental and somewhat more revealing, she was perhaps even more magnificent. The years had added a velvety richness to her physical beauty, a resonance to her inner loveliness that made her even more spectacular. She was a woman in every sense of the word, yet so much of the young girl remained in those dark and lovely eyes it made you feel young again too.”
― Just Beyond Love
― Just Beyond Love
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“No government anywhere has a right to commit a genocide, ever.
There is no justification for a genocide.
I can’t believe this even needs to be said or is even considered the least bit controversial to state.”
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There is no justification for a genocide.
I can’t believe this even needs to be said or is even considered the least bit controversial to state.”
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“It was raining hard the evening Holly died. One of those summer rains that seem to come from nowhere and catch all but the most compulsively weather-conscious off guard. She was beautiful, Holly, and much too good for me by a long stretch. Big soulful eyes. A beautiful face framed in a flowing mane of brunette hair that would lift along the edges at the slightest breeze. Full soft lips that conveyed warmth and sunshine when she smiled, and tender sensuality when they brushed across mine in the quiet darkness of our bedroom. It is no exaggeration to say that I worshiped the ground my wife walked on — perhaps less secretly than would have been wise had it been any woman but Holly. For whatever reason, she adored me, and ours was a mutual admiration society. She thought me the finest man who’d ever walked this earth, and could not imagine going through life with anyone other than me. I thought the world a better place for her being in it, and each time she rose from our tangled sheets to dress in the morning, I was certain birds began to sing songs of joy simply because she was awake.”
― The Memory of Rain
― The Memory of Rain
“Cesca sipped from her coffee cup as she peered through the windshield into the darkness. Rain was falling hard on a San Francisco she didn’t recognize from her own universe, or from her time in the other Matt’s universe. The real darkness here had nothing to do with night. This San Francisco mirrored the moral corruption and decay of the society which inhabited it. She and Ariel had been here two days, scouring streets filled with perversion and hopelessness; alleyways inhabited by the homeless and mentally ill; sex shops catering to every perversion imaginable and unimaginable; sidewalks teeming with drug addicts and male prostitutes — some dressed as women; street corners inhabited by once lovely young women prematurely aging from selling their bodies to all takers — male and female; children of both sexes, from as young as seven and eight, dressed by pimps to attract pedophiles who cruised this part of the city nightly. Many of the children would be sold on the spot, never to be seen again. Sun-faded and now graffitied wall mosaics of galvanizing yet transient political cult personalities, erected by their blinded followers centuries ago, marked this alternate world’s gradual slide into an ethical, and finally moral abyss, from which it had never crawled out.
"God, I can’t believe this is San Francisco,” whispered Ariel from the seat next to Cesca. “I feel like I need to run a bar of soap over my soul.”
― The Dreamless Sea
"God, I can’t believe this is San Francisco,” whispered Ariel from the seat next to Cesca. “I feel like I need to run a bar of soap over my soul.”
― The Dreamless Sea
“She didn’t have to say that it wasn’t our time, that a whole new world had opened up for her in Mexico. She didn’t have to say that she was just beginning her journey, while I was already weary from mine because of all those I’d lost along the way.” — The Sapphire Sea”
― The Sapphire Sea
― The Sapphire Sea
“It was after midnight by a mile when I slid off the bar stool at O’Malley’s and began to walk home. O’Malley’s is an old Irish pub and though I wasn’t Irish, nor did I drink like a lot of other newspaper reporters I knew, I stopped by for a Coke nearly every evening. I liked listening to other reporters — and cops, who also frequented O’Malley’s — shoot the breeze and relate old stories that hadn’t been completely true the first time they’d been told.
O’Malley’s was just somewhere to go which made every guy sipping a beer or doing shots feel a little less alone in a city like Los Angeles. Some of them still had wives, but you could tell they were lonely. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been hanging around a bar at that hour; they’d have been finding solace in soft flesh and perfume. Maybe their wives would have been finding some solace too, and more of them would have stayed married. Most of those guys, cops and reporters alike, were working on their second or third marriage. I didn’t think they were working hard enough, but maybe that was because I didn’t have anyone to go home to.”
― City of Angels
O’Malley’s was just somewhere to go which made every guy sipping a beer or doing shots feel a little less alone in a city like Los Angeles. Some of them still had wives, but you could tell they were lonely. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been hanging around a bar at that hour; they’d have been finding solace in soft flesh and perfume. Maybe their wives would have been finding some solace too, and more of them would have stayed married. Most of those guys, cops and reporters alike, were working on their second or third marriage. I didn’t think they were working hard enough, but maybe that was because I didn’t have anyone to go home to.”
― City of Angels
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Paula wrote: "Hi Bobby! Thanks so much for the friend request! :)"No problem! I'm not around here much any longer, but I'll still check in from time to time. Thanks for accepting, and sorry I didn't see this when it was posted. :-)
Hi Bobby! Thanks so much for the friend request! :)
Luís wrote: "Thanks Bob for accepting. I hope getting more attention to the thriller-crime specific genre! All the best, Luís."No problem! Always great to connect with others who love books, enjoy reading. :-)
Carol wrote: "Your comment in your last book states "a simpler time." That's very profound. I guess I have similar beliefs, and I miss them very much. To use that concept in your writing really touched me, and I..."Thanks.
Your comment in your last book states "a simpler time." That's very profound. I guess I have similar beliefs, and I miss them very much. To use that concept in your writing really touched me, and I hope that perhaps a time will come when our work and family, religion, whatever is stressing us will calm down. Best to you and your wife.
Carol wrote: "How cool that you are able to read some of James' books. I'm still seeing if I can locate a copy. Enjoy"I'll see how it goes, since I always give an honest opinion, and never let my acquaintance or friendship, or the opinions of others about a book influence me. I do, however, try to keep in mind the audience a particular book is aimed at, which isn't always me, and give some latitude as to how it will strike that audience. Reviews on this one put me off for a while, because it's an extension of that Goodreads anti-author vibe. If a guy or gal wants to stick something on their personal profile, fine, their business, but Goodreads has it's own guidelines for authors, and I don't personally feel that within a review of a book, other authors need to be told how to "behave" by another reviewer, especially since they most likely do not work for Goodreads. I've been reviewing for over thirty years on Amazon and have never seen anything resembling that. It's put me off reviewing this author's book for some time, which probably isn't fair to the writer, who had nothing to do with reviewers' comments. But nonetheless...
How cool that you are able to read some of James' books. I'm still seeing if I can locate a copy. Enjoy
Joe wrote: "Hi Bobby,I was going to add this to your review of "Bridge of Sighs and Dreams" but wasn't sure if it was the place to get it off my chest. So bear with me as I place it here.
Another great review..."
Yes, there were bad leaders supported for one reason or another, but the perspective of the book, as was Hans Fallada's Little Man, What Now? was more simple and intimate, just about everyday people trying to survive war in general, disconnected from what nations and governments are doing, but suffering for their decisions. Their foolishness in supporting and putting into power the governments which brought on the war, of course, is not really dealt with, which is a different book. I did feel a bit of that simplistic vibe that America and the Allied forces were wrong for pounding Italy in order to liberate Europe, and the world, because people were hurt. But many more would have been hurt had they not, however we might hate the casualties and the cost. The alternative is in fact, unthinkable. Before the war was 2/3 over, America was providing 70% of the food for Britain (it's in Vera Lynn's book, among others), and once it was over, it was America which shouldered the bulk of the price for rebuilding all of Europe, with surviving sons and daughters, fathers and mothers in the US paying for the Marshall Plan. Most people on the ground, however, are far removed from actual war, and why it's happening. Not all of them were fans of Mussolini, there just wasn't much they could do about it, and then the war came.
Sandra wrote: "Hi Bobby!I hope you have a Wonderful 2018!
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You too, and thanks so much! Sorry I didn't reply earlier, but never saw this!!! :-)
Hi Bobby,I was going to add this to your review of "Bridge of Sighs and Dreams" but wasn't sure if it was the place to get it off my chest. So bear with me as I place it here.
Another great review Bobby. War is hell, and Mussolini brought it to Italy, but the Italians didn't mind him when he made the trains run on time, or made great concessions to the Church, or bombed the Ethiopians with mustard gas. I'm sorry Bobby, for I didn't mean to preach. I do want to read this book because I like WWII history, and I do respect great works by talented authors. I just figure the Italians got what they deserved for what they did to Ethiopia and siding with Hitler.
Sandra wrote: "Hi Bobby,Thanks for the friend-invite! :)"
Thanks for accepting! Always great to find others who love books. :-)
Stacey wrote: "Hi Bobby! I'm looking forward to reading your books. I think I'll start with The Turquoise Shroud. Thank you for the friendship!"Hi Stacy! Thanks for accepting! Looking forward to checking out All your reviews. Always nice to connect with other book lovers. :-)
Hi Bobby! I'm looking forward to reading your books. I think I'll start with The Turquoise Shroud. Thank you for the friendship!
Candace wrote: "Bobby,Thanks for the friend invitation. Best luck with your writing.
Happy Reading,
Candace"
Thanks for accepting. Always nice to connect with people who love books, and love to read. :-)
Bobby,Thanks for the friend invitation. Best luck with your writing.
Happy Reading,
Candace
Stacy wrote: "Thanks for the friend invite!"Thanks for accepting! Always great to connect with people who love books and reading. :-)
Bobby wrote: "Majenta wrote: "Hello, Bobby! Thank you for contacting me. Congratulations on your books! Happy Monday, have a great week. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from ..."
Thanks! Sorry, but I only just now saw this! It didn't pop up in red under my notifications deal for some reason. Best wishes and nice to be in touch! - Bobby
Majenta wrote: "Hello, Bobby! Thank you for contacting me. Congratulations on your books! Happy Monday, have a great week. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta"
Thanks! Nice to be in touch! Best wishes. :-)
Hello, Bobby! Thank you for contacting me. Congratulations on your books! Happy Monday, have a great week. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
Jane wrote: "Bobby I cannot find the reviews I left re Beyond Heaven's Reach, The Unlocked Window, and Lover's Tide. No idea where they went. Anyway, I picked out those stories I really loved, though I enjoyed ..."Thanks so much! I saw a rating for The Unlocked Window collection, the homage to the great pulp writers of mystery and suspense, but that's all. Maybe there was a glitch? I guess if they don't show up, and you haven't saved them to documents or something, you can just click on whatever star you gave them and rate them. Even just a rating is much appreciated. :-)
Linda wrote: "Thank you so much for your lovely review, Bobby. :)"No problem! It was great fun to read! Also posted it on Amazon US, UK, AU and Canada. Hope it does well, charming little story. :-)
Thank you so much for your lovely review, Bobby. :)
Bobby I cannot find the reviews I left re Beyond Heaven's Reach, The Unlocked Window, and Lover's Tide. No idea where they went. Anyway, I picked out those stories I really loved, though I enjoyed every one of them. I love your easy writing style and observations of people and time and place. Such a captivating selection of stories which grabbed me and took me with them to the last words. Thanks so much for sharing them with me and if you find my reviews let me know. I am mystified. Happy 2017 and much continued success. Jane x
Jane wrote: "Bobby thanks so much for watching the YouTube of my Flash Fiction piece, Changing the Guard; hope you enjoyed it. Thanks also for reading my recent blog post. Did it bring back memories for you and..."Jane, - Enjoyed the fiction and the blog. My mom in America is most definitely not with the technology. She would simply be lost with a computer, and even has trouble sometimes with a cell phone she has just so I can cal and stay in touch. She is more the Murder She Wrote type, although in her 80s now. I send her the books because she likes to read them. I think in some ways simpler was better, though. Hard to imagine being without the computer, but I'd simply write on a typewriter like I used to. I'm sort of a dinosaur myself, don't own a cell, and don't want to. Technology, rather than widening our sphere, I believe, has created disengagement because people no longer actually speak and cultivate relationships. In many ways, technology, in my opinion, has created a disconnect of humanity. Einstein once wrote that he feared the day when technology grew faster than society, which would, in his words, create a generation of idiots. LOL If you browse through television channels, or simply watch people in mass staring down at their cell phones as they walk, or eat at a restaurant, or do anything, I have to wonder if Einstein's fears have already come to pass. Is it the culturally shallow world which made it conducive to technology taking precedence over human interaction and using the imagination, or thinking, or was it the other way around, and technology brought it about? Who knows. But maybe the good old days really were the good old days. As for me, I'll keep reading and writing. LOL Looking forward to your new book release in May!
Bobby thanks so much for watching the YouTube of my Flash Fiction piece, Changing the Guard; hope you enjoyed it. Thanks also for reading my recent blog post. Did it bring back memories for you and growing up with grandparents/parents using these items? Do you have an elderly techy? How are things?
Jane wrote: "Bobby, thanks for reading my blog and the short stories (flash fiction there) I hope you enjoyed them. Appreciated. :)"You're welcome! Sorry I only now saw this post! They place them at the bottom of my profile page and I didn't notice it. Enjoy both the blog and the short stories. Hope they keep coming! :-)
Bobby, thanks for reading my blog and the short stories (flash fiction there) I hope you enjoyed them. Appreciated. :)
Dianna wrote: "As a friend and fan I'm currently reading a number of his books and each has left me emotionally and psychologically changed for the better. He takes you with him so you can see,smell and hear the ..."Thanks so much! I write in different genres, as well as a few continuing series, but try above everything else, to tell a truly involving story that also transports the reader there, whether it is a time and place, a tender emotional moment, or action-filled scene with tension and excitement. Hopefully all my work is lent a cinematic quality through description. Nothing beats a book for transporting you into another world. Hopefully as a writer, I accomplish that. It is the most important thing a writer does, I believe.
As a friend and fan I'm currently reading a number of his books and each has left me emotionally and psychologically changed for the better. He takes you with him so you can see,smell and hear the world you're in. Not many authors can do that consistently. Do not pass up an opportunity to read one of his books,for it certainly won't be your last.Dianna Slowey-Thomas
