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Around the Globe with KALI VAN BAALE

This week, I transport Kali Van Baale and myself to a place neither of us has been to - Amsterdam. The day is cool, the bicyclists are out in force, and as I conduct my interview, we're visiting all the museums, including the Van Gogh museum. She mentions he is her favorite artist. Plus, she has a connection to the city as her husband is Dutch.

1. Who is…

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Added by Stephen L. Brayton on August 19, 2011 at 7:10am — No Comments

A Bad Night's Sleep

By Michael Wiley

http://www.michaelwileyonline.com/index.html

Plot

Private detective Joe Kozmarski is hired to play security guard at a new housing construction site that is experiencing its share of burglaries. When the thieves arrive, they turn out to be...cops. After shooting and…

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Added by Stephen L. Brayton on August 15, 2011 at 7:23am — No Comments

Around the Globe with JERRY HOOTEN

This week, my landlord, after starting 15 months ago, finally completes putting in my central air conditioning...right in time for the cool down. Sigh! Today, I hop in my transporter, pick up author Jerry Hooten, and we're off to Cabo San Lucas where we partake in margaritas in the El Squid Roe bar. It's where i snapped his picture for this week's…

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Added by Stephen L. Brayton on August 12, 2011 at 7:23am — No Comments

You're Next

By Gregg Hurwitz

http://gregghurwitz.net/

Plot

Because of mysterious circumstances, Mike Wingate, age four, was dropped off at a foster home by his father, who subsequently disappeared. Growing up a ‘hard knocks’ life, constantly in trouble with the law, he finally gets his life on the right path. Years…

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Added by Stephen L. Brayton on August 9, 2011 at 7:23am — No Comments

Around the Globe with ELIZABETH KOLODZIEJ

Yeah, I know, I couldn't pronounce her name either. On our way to a spot away from the main crowds on a southern Italian beach, this week's author taught me how to say her name. After a few tries, she congratulated me on my efforts. So, now I get to teach all of you how to properly say her name. Ready? Let's try it together... Ee-liz-uh-beth. Very good. Oh, her surname?… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on August 5, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

House Divided

By Mike Lawson

http://mikelawsonbooks.com/

Plot

Political intrigue so thick and complex you need a road map to chart its course. A cast of characters so numerous you need a score card to separate the teams of bad guys. Way too many people with way too much power, so one little glitch could cause the entire…

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Added by Stephen L. Brayton on August 1, 2011 at 7:01am — No Comments

Around the Globe with YVONNE EVE WALUS

With Iowa enduring a July heat wave, I so want to get in my transporter and go to someplace cool to interview this week's author. However, the controls are jammed and I'm stuck. So this week's questions are asked and answered hrough a series of instant messages. Where is my author? I'll let her tell you.

1. Who is Yvonne Eve Walus and what makes you the most fascinating person in your city?

Hi! I’m writing this on my laptop at one of Auckland’s boat clubs. The sun… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on July 29, 2011 at 3:32am — No Comments

East on Sunset

By Ken Mercer

http://kenmercer.com

Plot

Will Magowan, after being fired from the LAPD for substance abuse, only wants to enjoy his new job in security at Dodgers stadium. He wants to try to provide some comfort and prosperity for his pregnant wife. However, Erik Crandall, an ex con addicted to steroids, is out of prison… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on July 25, 2011 at 6:52am — No Comments

Around the Globe with OPHELIA JULIEN

Finally, we get a little rain try to cool off things around here, but I'm off to the land of cheese with this week's featured author. She gives me directions and soon we're basking in chairs a stone's throw away from Green Bay (the water, not the town) sipping cool refreshments.

1. Who is Ophelia Julien and what makes you the most fascinating person in your city?

I'm still trying to figure out who I am myself! At the moment, I'm a writer/student/grandmother raising a… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on July 22, 2011 at 7:39am — No Comments

Adrenaline

by Jeff Abbott

http://jeffabbott.com

The title of this book pretty much sets the pace for this action packed thriller. Within it pages are all the best aspects of a very enjoyable good versus evil plot: intrigue, spies, double crosses, foreign locales, technology used for nefarious purposes, a good hearted hero, and the obligatory nasty bad guys.

Plot

CIA agent Sam Capra barely escapes a bombing in one of the Company's London… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on July 18, 2011 at 7:51am — No Comments

Around the Globe with MARGOT JUSTES

Up early on this Friday morning, knew the day would be another hot one, so I dash to my transporter to meet this week's author Margot Justes. Where? Well, I'll let her tell you as an introduction/answer to my first question.

1. Who is Margot Justes and what makes you the most fascinating person in your city?

I’m an author, and while researching my next novel, I found myself in the middle of the Sahara desert surrounded by nomads who cannot speak English. You came to… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on July 15, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Messages

By Weyman Jones

www.weymanjones.com

Plot

Katherine Lyons, the owner of a professional meeting planning company is convicted of killing her younger lover. Her son, Michael, is convinced she’s innocent, chalking up the killing (and a couple others) to someone involved an animal rights organization that is protesting a drug company client of Lyons’. During his investigation, Michael encounter his father who he hasn’t seen in years, a… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on July 11, 2011 at 6:39am — No Comments

Around the Globe with MARTIN BARTLOFF

This week's featured author had no specific destination in mind for our interview, so seeing he was from Germany, I kindly asked him if he'd mind if we visited several places of interest in the old…

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Added by Stephen L. Brayton on July 8, 2011 at 8:02am — No Comments

Deed to Death

By D.B. Henson

Plot

Realtor Toni Matthews does not believe her fiancée, Scott, killed himself at his construction site. The police won't listen, Scott's brother is contesting the will, and Toni soon finds herself in mortal danger when she starts discovering clues that point in a different direction than suicide.

Who killed Scott and who's trying to kill her? The brother? Scott's supposed girlfriend? A construction worker who disappeared after Scott died? Scott's partner? Toni… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on July 5, 2011 at 6:52am — No Comments

Around the Globe with JO ANNE ALLEN

On this very hot (but sunny) day in Iowa, I quickly get into my air conditioned transporter, set the controls for Grand Junction, Colorado, to pick up this week's author, Jo Anne Allen. Then we do a short skip over to Vail. I haven't been here in over three decades. Oh, the memories...breaking the car key off in the ignition (Dad and I couldn't lock the door the entire trip); tennis; white water rafting (Dad fell out of the the boat); and a very weird memory of the longest lasting strawberry… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on July 1, 2011 at 9:27am — No Comments

The Amateurs

The Amateurs

by Marcus Sakey

A financial trader, a travel agent, a hotel doorman, and a bartender walk into a bar to steal some money... Sounds like a joke, right? In Marcus Sakey's “The Amatuers,” there are no laughs when a 'game' turns serious.

Plot

Alex – Bartender at a restaurant. Has an ex and a daughter. Barely making ends meet. He and Jenn have a sexual relationship.

Ian – Financial trader, snorts cocaine, gambles.

Mitch – Doorman for a… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on June 27, 2011 at 6:50am — No Comments

Around the Globe with JEN HILBORNE

This week I set the transporter's controls for the Fijian Islands. Soon, author Jen Hilborne and I are swinging in hammocks, sipping cocktails, enjoying a nice island breeze, and gazing out on a deliciously blue ocean. What could be better than this? Oh yeah, learning more about a cool mystery author.

1. Who is Jen Hilborne and what makes you the most fascinating person in your city?

Jen Hilborne is a mystery writer and a native Brit escaping the cold for the warmer… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on June 24, 2011 at 6:54am — No Comments

Around the Globe with JEFFREY MARTIN

This Friday morning I transport to pick up Jefrey Martin, and once again, I end up getting nudged out of the way of the control settings and soon we are whisked away to parts unknown. (What is it with these pushy authors, think they can take over my transporter anytime they feel like? Lol Just kidding.) Anyway, I'm a little wary because we've ended up at a strange house somewhere in possibly forgotten territory and...well, I'll let the Mr. Martin take it from here.

Today, I’m… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on June 17, 2011 at 7:05am — No Comments

Around the Globe with JOHN DESJARLAIS

So, after a night of heavy storms, the weather is cooler, but not uncomfortable. I hop in my transporter and I'm off to the state next door to talk with this week's author and to do a little bird watching.

1. Who is John Desjarlais and what makes you the most fascinating person in your city?

I’m a mild-mannered, absent-minded college professor in his 50s, married 33 years and a recent convert to the Catholic Church who kills people in his spare time. Well – in fiction.… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on June 10, 2011 at 7:25am — No Comments

Around the Globe with DIANA BLACK

I step into my transporter on this hot Friday morning to pick up this week's featured author, Diana Black. I ask her where she wants to be interviewed and I hesitate before I put in the coordinates. Oh wow!

Soon, we are in the desert, strapping ourselves into a very large machine and before I can change my mind...

"Well, Ms. Black, here we are."

"Thanks, Stephen, for agreeing to do the interview on this awesome first commercial flight into outer space! Pictures of the… Continue

Added by Stephen L. Brayton on June 3, 2011 at 7:14am — No Comments