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Paradise in Ruins: A Novel (View) of the Pacific War
Price range: $3.99 through $26.99Paradise in Ruins offers readers a look at the Pacific Theater of World War Two by introducing them to military and naval leaders from both sides of the conflict, as well as local populations of the Pacific islands whose lives were suddenly disrupted by the brutal events that exploded eastward from Japan in 1941.
Perhaps you had family members among the many thousands of young men and women who got transported across the Pacific Ocean to those mysterious islands that they were ordered to recapture from the Japanese.
If you have occasionally wondered what Grandpa (or Grandma) did in the war, you are not alone. The generation that experienced World War Two is notorious for not speaking about what they saw and learned in that previously unimagined multilingual, multicultural environment. They just didn’t know how to describe their adventures to loved ones at home afterwards, so they chose silence instead.
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Brides for A King: Fathers, Daughters and the National Interest: England & France 1660-1
Price range: $3.99 through $24.99Luke is ordered by the King to investigate the intrigues and deaths surrounding the King’s forthcoming marriage-with particular emphasis on England’s foreign policy and national security.
The increased attacks on past mistresses and potential wives might be central to these concerns or stem from the simple jealousy of women anxious to obtain the King’s favour or lying about their past relationships, conflicts often within the same family; or do these current problems stem from events that occurred during the King’s decade in exile; or the current greed and ambition of powerful noble dynasties.
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The Black Thistle: A Scottish Conspiracy
Price range: $3.99 through $24.99In 1651, a fatally wounded Scottish trooper is found by an English patrol. Before he takes his last breath, he reveals the details of a major plot being hatched against Scottish leaders and English generals within Clarke Castle the same castle where many kidnapped Scots are being held.
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Who Drew The Two?
Price range: $3.99 through $23.99IN THE SMALL WEST TEXAS TOWN OF BURSON the murder of one of the richest young men in the city has the entire community in a whisper.
As police chief Ward Thompson and sheri Buck Jones combine their services to identify the killer and find the motive for the murder, five of the city’s prominent business owners become entangled with the events that lead up to the tragic event.
With a varied cast of characters including the owner of the local diner, the bank president’s secretary, and the murder victim’s widow, the epic story of a small town is revealed and no corner of it le unscathed.
Weddings, divorces, and second weddings leave a suspicious trail that may lead to the identity of the of the murderer. West Texas high school football, square dancing, gambling in Las Vegas, and hunting and fishing trips in a strange way, contribute to solving the case.
AS A CURIOUS WEB OF INTERRELATED
EVENTS UNFILD, THE QUESTION REMAINS
WHO DREW THE TWO?
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The Happy Harrow Murder Trilogy: Murder to Music, Murder in Marriage, Murdered Mothers
Price range: $3.99 through $22.99Murder to Music Rick Harrow, a British racehorse trainer, and his Kentucky-born wife, Happy, are thrilled when twin opera stars, Fran and Carla Purcell, enter their yard. Shortly after the twins buy horses, Carla is murdered. Three more famous artists in the music world are murdered, as Happy hones her skills as a sleuth to find the serial killer, her quest taking her to Australia, Scotland and Monaco. Murder in Marriage Rick Harrow, now the father of three, and his wife, Happy, become embroiled in a double death, which the police cannot decide is a suicide/murder, or what? While working as a horse trainer and buyer in Miami, Rick had strayed from the marital bed while Happy gave birth to their third child. Rick has had a scorching affair with Lois Blair, a wanton wife from the central-Florida town of Sunblair. On Christmas morning, Lois’s step-son arrives at the Harrow’s rented Miami cottage, and accuses Rick of having murdered his father. Had Rick killed the Senior Blair, an eminent attorney and scion of the founders of Sunblair? Had he murdered Lois as a cover-up? Happy travels to the central-Florida horse country, to Disney World, and into a swamp area to do her sleuthing. Murdered Mothers Rick Harrow, who has come up in the world of valuable racehorses thanks to winning races, particularly one in Tokyo with his Kentucky-born wife Happy in the saddle, suffers through an excruciating experience in Miami before being thrust into the throes of an horrific series of murders in Kentucky. There, in what was the peaceful town of Honeyville, the Harrows are caught up in four murders by a serial killer who targets new mothers. Meanwhile, they attend the equine Olympic events in Hong Kong, travel to Dubai, where again a femme fatale enters their lives in the shape of Mafalda, an Egyptian seductress who veers from international playgirl to Muslim Fundamentalist.
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Killing Blue Eyes
Price range: $3.99 through $21.99Killing Blue Eyes
A repulsive murder, the strange resurfacing of an Ancient Biblical Event, and a perplexing threat long hidden from the world mysteriously collide; bringing together an improbable team of dedicated law-enforcers. Focused on the hunt for the elusive Serial Killer called ‘Blue Eyes’; the team quickly realizes this man, or whatever he is, not only proves resilient, but possesses a strong contact within the dark confines of the Spiritual Realm. And at the very center of it all stands Clayton Cooper, Marshal of the small Indiana town of, Brooke. Cooper is taken by surprise and left bewildered when the world’s most formidable killer calls him personally; as if old friends. Pursuant to the contact, the Marshal is visited by Special FBI Agent Bob Lemus, informing him he has now become the agency’s most promising hope of ever capturing the cold-blooded killer… the FBI’s number one target and magically elusive psychopath known around the world, as ‘Blue Eyes’.
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The Angelic Assassin: Criminals and Conspirators
Price range: $3.99 through $19.99In 1652 politicians secretly plan to disband the army. Its commander Oliver Cromwell sends Luke to foil these plotters, and find the murderers of three excise officers who stumbled across illegal ammunition that could be used against the army and its supporters. Luke uncovers a combination of corrupt politicians, powerful criminals, a bevy of would-be beautiful assassins, foreign agents and an unhinged religious leader whose various interests endanger Luke’s life, and threaten the army’s existence.
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Picture Them Dead
Price range: $3.99 through $17.99When his Uncle Hobart passes away, private eye/actor Sam Ryan must travel to California, at his aunt’s request, to attend the reading of the will.
Due to his fear of flying, Amtrak is his only way to get there. Unfortunately, Sam’s plans quickly go astray when he meets Marilyn Williams, a stunningly gorgeous model, on the train. When she learns about Sam’s profession, she says she wants to hire him for a case.
Before Marilyn can explain her case, she is found dead and the police are eyeing Sam as their number one suspect. With only the few words he exchanged with Marilyn and a gold key that she left in his possession, Sam sets out to clear his name. He quickly finds that there are people out there who are willing to kill to keep the secret, but with the help of some new friends, Sam will not quit until he unearths the truth.
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The Boat Detective
Price range: $3.99 through $17.99Colton James was a New York City Policeman. His motto was always “Give an underdog a step up in life.” Thanks to a sizeable trust fund left by his family, he quit the city police, and after ten years, he moved out west and opened his investigation agency and got his P.I license in Los Angeles. He also bought himself a beautiful Grand Banks, 42-foot twin diesel engines Yacht. He Loved living on it and called it “The Who Done It.”
The first client was Mrs. Gloria Cambell, whose husband was killed in a plane crash. Not just any plane crash but Flight 93 on 9/11. It was just faith that put him on that flight at that time. Before Charles went on that faithful flight, He told his wife Gloria that she would leave town and go into hiding if anything happened to him. He tried to get his brother away from a small-time thug in Philly. His name was Albert Gardeano. So, when the plane crashed, she followed his instructions and went to Los Angeles. When Gloria arrived, she rented a condo down at Marina Del Rey. Then she got word from her husband’s brother. He had said Mr. Gardeano had moved here because it was closer to his work. He had an office in North Hollywood, on Lankershim Boulevard. Things were Hot in Philly, so he moved the business to L.A.
Shortly after she moved into the Condo, she saw a couple of men following her around. They look familiar to her. She recognized them as the men she saw in her husband’s office back in Philly. She went hunting for a P.I. that could help her. She finds a Private Detective that lives on a boat in Marino, where she rented a condo, and the journey begins.
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Local Yokels
Price range: $3.99 through $16.99The close brotherhood of the fire service is shown when Bootknife and the Local Yokels of Uville face the most challenging week of their lives. A weeklong stretch of structure fires has turned this into the busiest consecutive fire period in the department’s history. Bootknife and his fellow firefighters will use all of their skills to battle these blazes, saving lives and protecting their neighbors’ properties. Although rushing into danger becomes second nature to these “brothers in battle,” a partial collapse within one house fire will leave three of them struggling to survive.
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Two Souls
Price range: $3.99 through $14.99This is where Two Souls met with the Devil Serpent. This is when he sold his
soul to it. He sold his soul for power.”
Davila delivers a highly charged, exciting adventure in this novel.
His narrative is intelligent and multilayered.
– The U.S Review of Books
Death born of the Devil. . .The human soul is like doorway that can lead us to the realm of hell. Or very easily take us to the door that leads to the light. Two Souls contains the element of horror, fantasy and Fiction. From the first page it takes you into a different world. An engrossing story where the action is quick paced, the edge of your seat kind. The tale is powerful and intense. In contains suspense and love that will keep you turning the pages until the mystery of the golden amulet and Two Souls is resolved.
David Davila was born in Austin, Texas and served 6 and ½ years in the U.S.M. Corps. After getting out of the Marine Corps he went to live in Portland Oregon with his wife Rosalee where he was employed by the postal service and wrote his first novel Two Souls. Returned to Austin, Texas and finished the remainder of fifteen years employed by the U.S. Postal Service.
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The Fifth Day Lady: Can She Make It Work?
Price range: $3.99 through $14.99Josephine goes undercover as a rich married woman in Siesta Key in Florida, where she purposely meets a dentist named Julio, suspected of having too much money as a dentist with a million-dollar polo team. A former barrel racer in rodeos at an early age, can Josephine help Julio, hurt on the field, win a Polo match in West Palm? Josephine also risks exposing her cover with military skills in a chopper attack by a Miami drug king. And Julio’s mother, Lucia, jealous and suspicious, plans to kill her.
In Buenos Aires, Josephine, at odds with her affection for Julio, convinced Julio that his mother smuggles drugs through her business. With a huge network discovered, new members join the mission to stare down death. In a final drug war, can the team destroy a smuggling system when no one else could? -
Sin: Walk of Shame
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99SIN; WALK OF SHAME is a story that I created as an adolescent about the Seven Deadly Sins and the people in Hell who must find the Seven Heavenly Virtues in order to escape slavery by the Sins. Their journey through the various parts of Hell in their enslavement to SIN and see the workings of all of the Sins as well as the Virtues against the Sins. This story is a precursor to other stories that I have created and hope to spread a message with, as well. I hope that the stories I create are influential to those who read them.
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