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A heinous murder. A brutal crime. As the identity of the victim is discovered, the mysterious heritage of many Marchen residents is revealed. Jack Rabbit and his partner Hunt Lapsis, race to stop a murderer, while discovering that not all is as it seems and fairy tales may in fact be true. This novel is nearly complete and will come in around the 70,000 word mark. My best guess is I will have it fully edited and ready for createspace publishing by Mid-June. Seeking some feedback on content and how many chapters would an author usually post on a website such as this.

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This is the sequel to "The Devil's Grin", a Victorian crime novel published in September 2012 and workshopped here. Although being a sequel, this novel should be able to stand alone. The heroine - Anna Kronberg - is a German woman who is hiding in the Sussex Downs until she is abducted and used for the development of germ warfare by London's greatest criminal, James Moriarty.

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“Art Terror” is the second in a series that began with “Holy Terror.” Which has been reviewed on this sight? In part. As a result of the comments I did a rewrite of “Holy Terror.” It is now at the publisher and I am awaiting the galleys. I had already started “Art Terror”, but because of the comments on “Holy Terror”, I began again from scratch and here is the Prologue. The entire series relates the escapades of a shadowy, amorphous, and international group of charismatics that have the unofficial name of “The Kingdom.” “Art Terror” is a thriller that takes place in the world of international terror and how it is funded by art theft and forgery. The Kingdom in concert with MI5, Interpol, British CID and the FBI try to bring this operation down. But with complete deniability by the agencies. The Prologue is how a lifelong confidence man, Percy, is involuntarily recruited into this band of charismatics. And the dangerous adventures they live. All comments appreciated

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Synopsis Benji Jensen is a young man with a bright future, doted on by his wealthy grandmother. So when Grandma Ruth asks him to exact revenge for an old family wrong, the death of Benji’s father, Benji readily agrees. Grandma Ruth had done all the planning, and found the perfect opportunity – what could go wrong? Benji is plunged into an increasingly bizarre set of adventures mirroring Murphy’s Law, where the simplest things go wrong; where nothing is ever quite as it seems, and where everyone keeps secrets. Desperate to make sense of the confusion that has become his life, Benji seeks out an elderly aunt who had been estranged from his family. From his aunt, Benji learns of his family’s checkered past, and that Grandma Ruth has a very personal reason to hate the man she blames for Benji’s father’s death. This is being rewritten after the first draft showed me what the story actually was.

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Some years ago an acquaintance and his family moved into a high-crime neighborhood in a bad city. I visited once, and never went back. A week after my visit a child was killed in that neighborhood. The experience left me chilled at the idea of living in such a terrible place. This poem was a finalist in The Faulkner Literary Contest in 2012

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1 of the 1000 other drama's happening in NYC that night. Thank you all for the reviews. Better now?

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Gran De Daddy will be a short novella about the kidnapping of a young boy and the Grandfather who is hell bent on rescuing him. The antagonist is a ruthless psychopath. The grandfather is simply crazy. Phil Cohen is a retired Black Ops hit man. His Grandson is kidnapped. At his daughter's request, he goes to Atlanta to help her, and her husband Maury, deal with the crisis. The kidnapper hires various criminal types to assist him, contacting them through email and sending them to drop points to pick up instructions and cash. The kidnapper insulates himself from detection by ensuring none of his hired help know or meet him or each other. Phil, nicknamed Gran De Daddy by his grandson, has the ability to transform his thoughts into the thoughts of the criminally insane. As the story progresses you find he is virtually insane himself. He deduces that the kidnapper will play a double cross, and instead of setting up a real time and place to make the transfer of Michael for the ransom money, he will arrive at their house with Michael. With a gun to Michael's head, he will force the father to make a wire transfer of the ransom amount. Once the transfer is made, the kidnaper will kill Michael and the parents, making it seem like murder/suicide, and then set fire to the home to cover possible evidence and hinder any investigation. Phil thinks the perp has used this mode of operation many times, making him proficient in the execution of the crime. Phil is frustrated, when every avenue he pursues in his desperate search comes to a dead end. His desperation and anger reach a fever pitch after his daughter and son-in-law receive one of Michael’s fingers by way of FedEX. He comes to realize he is dealing with an intelligent psychopath. This is Phil's story of desperation, murder, and revenge wrapped around a blossoming romance between him and a young woman he rescues from an abusive boyfriend. He leaves a trail of death as he weeds through the chaff to get to the man who dared to harm his grandson. The action sequences are believable and the climatic ending is explosively violent. While this is fiction, many of the events in this novel are taken from real life incidents I have experienced. Working at sorting out my tense shifts. I want this to be first person, present tense.

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It has been five years since Grace Rendea, M.D.'s children were abducted. Grace is beginning a new life with eighteen-year-old Caleigh and eleven-year-old Dane. She works as a psychiatrist in a mental health clinic, goes to the gym and is overly protective of her children. Somehow, they manage to get caught up in murder. Thanks to those who read an earlier version. I've made a few changes - some of the names, and the location has been changed to Minnesota.

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This is a typical man meets girl clown story with mobsters and comic mayhem. Any advise is appreciated

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I wrote with a killer headache one night and decided to post, obviously prematurely. This piece is based upon an actual event. Poetic license has been used and the names have been changed to protect the guilty. This also serves to protect this humble writer who served as jury foreman. Caution: this is a graphic portrayal, although not nearly as graphic as the pictures of a snuffed innocent child that the jury was forced to endure. As always, any and all reviews, no matter how critical, are welcome.

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In some recent reading I looked into the lives of folks who have spent a lot of time in prison. That reading and the little quote from Ms. Oates' cited novel brought out the idea for this little poem. Comments welcome.

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**This is my first novel and the story is finished. I'd like to publish someday so any outside thoughts or edits would be great. Thanks!** Matt Caddigan is a 30 year old real estate agent living in Long Island. Once a talented college athlete, the negatives in Matt’s life are piling up. He finds himself in debut and stuck in a dead end job. By chance, he meets a strange woman; Isobel Kloss. A gifted artist and a cunning businesswoman, she may also be a master theif responsible for snatching a famous painting from the walls of a museum. As her world clshes with his, Matt’s life gets turned upside down. With the FBI and Isobel’s sinister employer closing in on him, Matt finds his life at risk, but he also finds new reasons to fight for it.

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The letter lay on the table like a bomb about to explode. Eight years after the fact, retribution had caught up with them.

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While on summer break, young elementary school teacher, Ava Bryant, sets out to fix up her newly acquired home, willed to her ex-fiancé , Earl, by his aunt and given to Ava as a consolation for him needing to “move on” and “have more personal space.” While working on her new home, Ava encounters Bo, who says he’s an old friend of Earl’s. After learning that the two are no longer together, Bo offers to stay and help Ava fix up her house. Ava accepts, but she can’t shake the feeling that something sinister lies beneath Bo’s toothy grin and quiet, easy manner. When her feelings prove correct, Ava takes self-preserving actions that she never thought possible that will change the course of her life forever. Looking for any type of feedback--the good, the bad & the ugly.

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This is the second Detective Casey Lattimer novel in the series of seven. Background since you do not have access to the first novel. When homicide detective Casey Lattimer touches the dead, she experiences their last moments of life; all of their emotions playing out, the fear, denial, and pain, until they take their last breath. And sometimes, if the dead saw them, she also sees their killers.

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Proof that what is one man's trash is another man's treasure. ********** I actually wrote this five years ago, but the story ran out of steam. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

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SHELTERED is a novel about a handful of schizophrenic psychiatric patients that live together in a secure hospital, based on my extensive life experience of mental hospitals, jails and sheltered workshops. Although SHELTERED is a comedy, it is based mostly on fact and does not hold back from the grim truth of being a forensic patient charged with a serious crime. This is not the grandiose crap that TV constantly vomits up; there's more than enough truth to make you feel uneasy without stupid theatrics.

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A prominent cat is murdered in a world of talking animals.

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“I had my first psychic dream when I was nine. Psychic implied power, and powerful wasn’t a word I’d use to describe myself. I couldn’t foretell the future or conjure visions at will, but I couldn’t think of a more fitting word to describe what I sometimes saw in my dreams.”

For 23-year-old Mackenzie Hill, tossing her life down the garbage disposal is easy after a painful incident shatters her life. Her heart is bleeding, and moving to Watcher’s Point is a chance to start anew, only she isn’t prepared for the guy who walks out of her dreams and into the flesh. Literally . . . because she’s been dreaming about this sexy stranger for years.

Mackenzie is even less prepared to face the dark nature of her dreams. They’ve turned disturbingly gruesome, full of blood and murder, and when they begin to coincide with the media’s headlines, she and Aidan realize her visions might be the key to stopping a madman from killing again.

Only Aidan has painful secrets of his own, and perhaps the biggest danger of all is falling for him.

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This is the second novel in a series, designed to stand alone as well as be a sequel. The FBI in Lubbock are hot on a terrorist trail and need extra help with a separate investigation involving the death of a young woman in the witness relocation program. The SAC calls San Fran to get Boston back to find out who murdered the paid companion of an elderly widow living in the middle of nowhere on a ranch named Spurlock. A private jet brings Boston, along with Skip, back home not only to find out who murdered the victim but to change the coroner's ruling from suicide to murder. To save the FBI money, Boston decides he and Skip will stay in his family's palatial home for the duration of the investigation. He didn't expect the decision would bring up old memories and open old wounds....

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A story of a deluded woman!

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I have absolutely no experience in writing, but a lot of my friends say I have some talent. I am aiming to get this book published and perhaps make some money for Law school. Please send me your constructive comments. Thanks. PS. If you think of a better name for this story, let me know!

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Frisbee Rat knew something was strange when Greg allowed Fiona to have a Ladies Lunch... ABOUT TO BE PUBLISHED ON AMAZON AS A SHORT STORY.

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a little detective story for your afternoon reading pleasure. introducing my new favorite action crime-fighting hero i just invented right now today! too obvious on the crime execution??

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Detective Andrew Johnson has a mutilated murder victim in a San Francisco apartment, who for a moment, appeared to come back to life. The evidence doesn't follow a clear path until he discovers that the victim wasn't who he thought she was.

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Just having fun with crime writers. flo has to have fun once in awhile as a child at child. Actually think growth was stunted at age ten. Any and all feedback except serious! ha

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Thanks go to all of my reviewers! I have taken your points into consideration and edited my story accordingly. Revised August 24, 2011 ******* A frustrated man who inherits a paint store from his father struggles with real life, and death. *******

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This is my excursion into lawlessness as I was arrested when I was stood up by my date--Senator Ted Kennedy.

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The Lost is a story about five people, four living on the fringe of society and one becoming involved in their lives. Support characters are as important as the main characters. It is told through a multiple limited third person point-of-view. Each "book" contains 5 "cycles", 25 chapters. The first "book" deals mainly with the individual stories of the characters and plot introduction. The second "book" deals with interactions and plot development. The third book deals with consequences and resolutions. I welcome positive comments and advice, but also areas of improvement. I have less objective distance from the project than you do, so if I don't know what isn't working from a reader's point of view, it is harder to fix.

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Pamela Miller, flutist, is about to return to Australia after a concert tour in the UK. As she approaches Cardiff for her last performance, a seemingly innocuous incident occurs on the train, which appears to have no bearing on her future. After the concert, Pam and her cousin, Marigold, hire a car and drive to Cardigan where Goldie visits friends, while Pam tours the nearby Iron Age Fort where she is attacked.

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A botched drug raid took her father’s life when she was 7. On her 13th birthday she witnessed her mother’s murder. Alone in the world, Jennifer Blade set out to even the score. At 33, enmeshed in a game that knows no rules, she is about to fulfill her quest when everything unravels. Fleeing for her life, she heads to the mountains of upstate New York, where she unexpectedly finds new reason to live and a threat to die. Steve Sanders, a 38-year-old psychologist with a predictable life, is on a fishing trip in the mountains. Little does he know that all vacations are not created equal. Catch and Release, a 76,000-word romance/suspense novel, is the story of two lives from vastly different backgrounds, drawn together by fate and a common love of the great outdoors. The crossing of Jennifer’s and Steve’s paths releases an explosion of love, passion, adventure, and ultimately a reason for a shared journey. Within 24 hours, they catch a few trout, have a passionate affair, shoot and kill a man, are involved in two gun battles, receive wounds, and end up in Miami, Florida. All this, and as Steve says, they still have six days of vacation left. Their relationship touches long-buried feelings in Jennifer, and shatters the mundane existence suffocating Steve.

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CODE 30, the police designation for crime scene with extreme or imminent danger, is a riveting mystery about the intricacies of a major crime investigation. The terror builds as the investigators follow the unknown path of an insane bomber who continues to move one step ahead of their search, forcing them to face the reality of living in a time of terrorism. Detective Shane Murphy, a 40 year old senior officer with Special Case Investigations, is thrown into the maze of confusion as he attempts to sort out the facts before the perpetrator strikes again. While his personal life crumbles around him, as his wife informs him of her decision to pursue a divorce, Murphy finds assistance with the arrival of Stacy Landou, a 38 year old Special Agent with Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The case becomes more complicated when the local press begins to hound Murphy and suggests he is failing in his investigation. With Shanes's career, marriage, and reputation seemingly out of control, the bomber continues to move one-step ahead of the investigation. Signal 30 is published in eBook and paperback and I am looking for reviews.

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Snow in the high desert can only lead to one thing, one car smashing into another. That is Kate's last thought before her truck slides down a hill into a very expensive looking BMW. Even better is how the guy yells at her and basically calls her an idiot for not knowing how to drive in the snow. So why does she offer to fix the damage to Sam's car for free? Well, Sam wanting to call the cops and report the accident might have something to do with it. Kate has a serious aversion to law enforcement, and for good reason. Not that she's about to explain that to Sam. All she wants to do is fix his car up and forget it ever happened. The problem with that is that once Sam calms down and apologizes she can't seem to get him out of her head. It's dangerous for her to get close to anyone. The closer she lets him in, the more likely he'll figure out exactly what she's hiding. ***This is my first ever NANO project so any and all feedback is appreciate. Is it interesting enough to keep going with. Is the romance too slow? Are you intrigued by the secrets Kate's hiding? ***I'm posting edits so my poor new readers don't have to see the mess! Thanks for reading!

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Early this year I heard a news report on CNN about a sentence carried out somewhere in the Middle East. Certain details seem to linger in my mind. Comments welcome.

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Vicarious is chick-lit on steroids married to guy-spy thriller on Midol. The result is PMS meets AK47 where barbs fly faster than bullets.

Avery Bonelli was an investigative journalist with Pulitzer ambitions until Logan Nash destroyed her credibility and made her Chiquita non grata in the journalism world. Now he's back with a bullet in his shoulder and a scoop that can put her back in the big leagues. All she has to do is stay alive.

When an international terrorist escapes justice on a technicality, the country wants blood. Avery just wants the exclusive … and Logan has it. He also has ulterior motives, a familiar hazard when fraternizing with the Y chromosome. But having just broken off an engagement, Avery has no interest in Logan’s pecs … or his 21st digit.

But you can’t go cold-turkey on men. Not when Ben & Jerry are calling your name from the frozen foods aisle and Logan's the one holding the scoop.

Avery is about to uncover the truth behind the terrorist trial, which threatens a political conspiracy that permeates every branch of government, from the FBI to the White House. Assassins are gunning for her and she doesn’t know why. The only guns she carries are a pair of 34Bs in a Victoria’s Secret holster. She’s forced to get Logan’s help. They break into a maximum-security stronghold, steal top-secret research, and run for their lives. Caught between a terrorist and a military commando, Avery will have to trust her life to the man who just might want her dead.

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Theresa Blue is a forensic accountant by day...talented jazz saxophonist by night. When her old accounting professor pulls her into a case he's working on, Terri discovers there's much more than meets the eye to "Miss Vonnie's Little Tykes Dayschool.

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"We Own The President" (set a few years in future; 116,000 words) Why it’s unique: father-daughter buddy story meets 007-type thriller... Harry Evans works for secret government agencies, sees himself as the last line of defense against the evil people in the world. He’s good at it. Kate Evans, studying for an MBA at Wharton, is contemptuous of her father and has as little to do with him as possible. After all, he’s nothing but a killer... Readers get a big swirling thriller--mad-genius twins try to "own the President"--plus entertaining inter-generational conflict. Harry Evans, daughter Kate, and her friend Carmen are increasingly in the center of the vortex, not sure what is real or where their loyalties should be. The country is coming apart. President Simpson declares war on Mexico, and hints at worst. Kate and Harry, alone against the world, start to function as partners -- but don’t try to tell Kate that. The question is, can these two alphas stop squabbling long enough to save the country from a conspiracy to seize control of the president and to accomplish this in a way that conceals what has happened. Any feedback is welcome.

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Ever wonder what it's like to kill someone from half a mile away? Neither did this guy... I'd appreciate any feedback!

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A Brooklyn teacher named Charlie Maiks retells at gunpoint the story behind his current predicament while in a separate but related story line a character's life in Argentina during the Dirty War develops into one of the root causes of the Charlie's nightmare.

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The story begins with mystery writer, William Tyler, contemplating his life in the midst of a citywide blackout. When he is confronted by a figure from his past, he makes a decision that will change his life forever.

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A bored teenager resorts to petty crime for entertainment.

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Revision of the story from a first person point of view. A morality tale with a twist. Any and all feedback welcome.

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A hit man prepares himself to carry out his contract. This is another "shard" in the Hard Cold Kiss Goodbye series where the reader is invited to produce the overarching plot.

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In the back of an old department store killers meet to get the work for the week. One of them has made a mistake. Conrad takes care of things in the end.

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Lisa Kaamp operates a small childcare business out of her home in the sleepy little town of Nogeksum, Michigan. Highly respected and known for going the extra mile for her daycare kids, Lisa thought she had handled every daycare emergency possible. But nothing prepared her for the nightmare she now faced. Lisa awakes one morning to find herself bound and gagged, four strange men in her home, and the daycare children being held hostage in the next room. Terrorized by her captors as the authorities work to meet the ransom deadline, she tries negotiating with the men for the release of the children, and soon realizes that at least one of them has no intention of letting anyone go. With the deadline quickly approaching, Lisa must do the unimaginable to protect the children and get everyone out alive.

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This is a spoof of the career of a notorious fugitive and his mistress and of the attempts of the FBI to find them, and also of aspects of contemporary U.S. life such as our preoccupation with and ignorance of nutrition and exercise, and a banking industry that facilitates easy movement of proceeds from criminal activity. Although I hope it is funny, I changed the genre from humor to literary fiction because deeper meaning emerged in the first 18 chapters. I very much appreciated reviews on the first submission, hope this is improved, and welcome any and all suggestions.

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Within the last bastions of democratic society called bluezones, beyond the chaotic slums and destitute refugee camps, exists a technology that could either push civilization further into the abyss, or bring forth its salvation. - Struggling to save his innovative hybrid techno-finance company from malign threats leftover from twenty two years of severe economic depression a young uberman ends up fighting for his life against ruthless enemies. - Corporate banksters are increasingly adopting unscrupulous strategies and tactics. - Dangerous slumlords have infiltrated every facet of the economy and run their gangs like small quasi-nations. - Rebellious artificial intelligent entities, which may or may not believe the human world actually exists, are going rogue. - And the bluezone government, so obsessed in asserting its authority, is willing to risk all out civil war. - Not that James Tucker, a war veteran and corporate uberman by the age of nineteen, and a staunch proponent of alternative economic theorem, minds putting his life on the line. At stake is the destruction of his country, the disillusionment of his fans, and the prospect of betraying a promise he made to his daughter. - THE BLUEZONE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN - - This near future tale addresses the key elements of what constitute real power in society, loyalty and honour as opposed to money and violence. ************* I am looking for feedback on individual chapters, especially ones that haven't received any reviews. On things like grammar, structure, character and dialogue, as well as an indication of where the chapter stands on the boring barometer. (Revised Title; 07/01/13)

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Time for another installment...I had so much fun the first time around.

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The Hard Cold Kiss Goodbye is flash fiction in form, but this has a twist: it will comprise a number of self-contained "images" (or scenes, if you prefer). The reader is invited to assemble the final number of "images" into a narrative string that you find pleasing. In this way, you become the producer of your own experience of The Hard Cold Kiss Goodbye.

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The Hard Cold Kiss Goodbye is flash fiction in form, but this has a twist: it will comprise a number of self-contained "images" (or scenes, if you prefer). The reader is invited to assemble the final number of "images" into a narrative string that you find pleasing. In this way, you become the producer of your own experience of The Hard Cold Kiss Goodbye.

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Data dealer Black Lucas is given an offer he can't refuse. Recover the lost data herds of Korean crime warlord, Kim Sung, or wind up dead in seven days. He is joined by data jackal Mambo Ahmed in a desperate race against time in their search for legendary console cowboy Hot Zephyr. Along the way they must confront the mysterious Stemper Tashfin.

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I have re-hashed this over and over and incorporated all the latest terrific reviews and suggestions into it. Please tell me if I've gotten it right this time :( BTW The spelling is the Australian version of English! We use s's instead of z's LOL

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Hotshot Sydney detective Max Beckett wakes up in a seedy hotel room with two dead bodies, and police hammering at the door. He flees the scene and sets in train a series of events that plunges him into the twisted worlds of a deranged serial killer, Russian mobsters and a band of terrorists preparing to launch an unprecedented attack on Australian soil. Only Max and a sexy Russian intelligence officer can save the day in this desperate race against time. A rollicking good read that adds the name of Max Beckett to the pantheon of crime noir heroes.

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