All Blog Posts Tagged 'suspense' (749)

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The Kindle version of The Tithing Herd releases today--a classic tale of revenge and redemption as a guilt-ridden former lawman strives to rescue the woman he loves from bandits holding her as ransom for a herd of cattle. …

Having dropped out of a fiction-writing program to attend medical school 30 years ago, Jim Bailey has returned to storytelling. The End of Healing combines his life-long love for literature, history, and ethics with his deep knowledge of the experiences of patients and physicians within our broken healthcare system. Jim is professor of medicine and…

*New* Release! SEASON, UNFORGETTABLE, Contemporary Romance/Suspense

About Season, Unforgettable

Season Scrimshaw isn't selling the land her parents left her when they died, not even to the gorgeous Rann Brogan who saved her life in the forest. Especially not after she finds out he was in the woods to survey her property.…

It’s my pleasure to have former-detective-turned-author Chris Karlsen here today, as I have been a fan of her books for some time now. Chris is better know for her historical time-travel romance and romantic suspense series, but this her latest novel,Silk, set in Victorian London, introduces her to the world of mystery and…

Joel Fox has spent over 30 years in California politics, serving on numerous state commissions, working on many ballot issue campaigns, and advising candidates. An adjunct professor at the School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University, Fox has authored hundreds of opinion pieces for numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal,Washington Post, USA…

Mixed Messages - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish



She went directly to her grandmother's grave and stooped down to clear away the debris that covered the inscription on the tombstone.  She heard a noise behind her that sounded like light footsteps making their way through the…

As Ann Kern starts her new business as an interior decorator, the temperatures have risen, tulips and daffodils are in bloom and there’s a feeling of endless possibilities in the air. She has no idea that her world is about to be turned upside down.

When Janis Riley, a woman for whom money is no object, contacts Ann to redecorate her house, Ann is elated. But…

Dead Man Ohio - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish…

January 28, 2015 (LOS ANGELES, CA) – Brett Garcia Rose announced today that the kindle version of his book Noise, a mystery suspense thriller, has been lowered to 99 cents on Amazon. Noise will only be listed at this discounted price for a limited…

Avenue of the Dead - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds, A Book and A Dish



The remaining hours of that first day of the investigation proved as frustrating as they did fruitless for the two detectives.  Little progress was made by any of those involved in the investigation.  A painstaking search…

Brilliantly gripping mystery.

Firstly, I have to say that if you are looking for a book to grab your attention right from page one and then keep you hooked right through to the very end, then this is definitely the one for you.…

"The dream and its outcome"

An excerpt

'This emergency session is convened to discuss the drastic changes that should be considered in our policy concerning the axis of evil.' The brand new elected defense secretary declared with much pathos. 'May I proceed sir?' He asked the president.

'Sure Chuck go ahead,' the president answered with a…

A headline appeared this morning November the 23^rd in Ma'ariv (Israeli paper), quoting the New York Times:

"Dead end it the nuclear talks in Vienna, the West suspects the existence of a secret Iranian nuclear  facility."

The short excerpt below appears in my thriller "THE GLOBAL THREAT" published with Amazon.com

"The U.N.…

At the beginning of the 80s of the previous century (the 20^th) I've written a collection of short stories, which were dedicated to the world of art in my country.

Although these short stories were my very early creation, which have been defined as imperfect; I aspired to have it published and I roamed between our prominent…

Summer Tempest – Synopsis

The plot of this novel relates the era of the late 90s up to the beginning of the current century. The two protagonists are Yoske (Joseph) Solan and Erella Zingman Abrahams, both of them and their relatives and friends represent the generation that was born at about the time…

Blended lit flashes is a collection of selected excerpts plus short stories of my 14 books and thrillers. The collection includes 20 selected excerpts of 4000 up to 6000 words each, in some cases up to three successive chapters; and 8 short stories. Most of the excerpts and the short stories categories are…

'THE GAMBIT' is an anthology of twenty five short stories. This third anthology of mine incorporates three groups of short stories based on my imagination, experience and knowledge. Here is a short excerpt of one of its short stories: 'There's a surge of thousands of Sunni terrorists from…

The thriller that opens up my 15th book "A PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE" is a gripping actual espionage thriller as far as I'm allowed to judge. Its word count is 15,455 words, while the entire book includes 21 additional short stories of suspense and adventure, which have been written since the beginning of 2013. The entire book word count is 36,135…

The death sceinece

During a clandestine meeting in the old city of Jerusalem, not far from the holy shrines to Islam, Christianity and Judaism; Samir Mashrawee is persuaded in a sophisticated brainwash procedure to murder his ex rector in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and thus gain the right to become a member in a terror…

My 14^th thriller "The global threat" is a thriller that describes possible geopolitical developments in the very near future. Its plot encompasses the era from mid 2014 up to the end of July 2016. The book's various protagonists are the decision makers in several states all over the globe, which are linked to each other by mutual and…