This week I’m taking a wee moment to promo a couple of friends and their
new releases. Being honest, I haven’t read either of these books but I have
read other stuff by both of these guys and can vouch for their writely skill.
First up is B.R. Stateham and he’s followed later on by Darren Sant.
Turner Hahn and Frank
Morales Are Back
Homicide detectives Turner Hahn and Frank Morales are back on duty in their
new novel, Guilt of Innocence.
The two are investigating a couple of murders which pushes them to the
limits of their wits. One case involves the death of a very successful corporate
lawyer. A high priced corporate lawyer who happens to be married to a woman who
heads the largest cosmetics firm in the country. How the murder took place is
perplexing enough. But as more bodies begin to drop Turner and Frank soon
realize they are facing a maniacal mastermind who may very well be smarter than
both of them combined.
Twists and turns, dead ends and red herrings . . . with an ending that will
truly be surprising. This case has it all. And this is only case number one!
Case number two involves the disappearance of a young girl fifteen years
earlier. A Cold Case File. Except it is not a cold case any longer. The girl
has returned. And now lies on a cold metal table in the morgue. Someone has
gone out of their way to make the homicide look like a suicide. Apparently a
crime syndicate is frantic to make sure neither Turner nor Frank find out the
facts surrounding the girl's disappearance fifteen years earlier. A hit man is
in town grimly eliminating everyone who may have known the girl. A hit man with
orders to possibly rub out Turner and Frank as well.
And again the real killer is someone whom no one would have ever suspected.
BIO
B.R. Stateham is a sixty-four year old curmudgeon who writes genre fiction. With an antiquarian's body yet with the mind of a fourteen year old boy, the author's imagination still wanders down dark alleys and mean streets looking for a dangerous rendezvous or dons a Federation uniform and straps on his waist a 20 megawatt laser blaster to go out and hunt Martian grave robbers.
B.R. Stateham is a sixty-four year old curmudgeon who writes genre fiction. With an antiquarian's body yet with the mind of a fourteen year old boy, the author's imagination still wanders down dark alleys and mean streets looking for a dangerous rendezvous or dons a Federation uniform and straps on his waist a 20 megawatt laser blaster to go out and hunt Martian grave robbers.
When branch manager Giles Macintosh arrives to open
up one morning and finds an injured bum and his battered dog lying in the
doorway of the bank, he little suspects what lies in store for them all.
Giles does the decent thing and calls for help, then puts the incident out of his mind. However, having been witness to things he cannot explain, he feels drawn to the man and tries to track him down … only to find he has vanished.
But who is the enigmatic, homeless Frank? Why are two very nasty men trying to find him? Why has a prostitute been abducted? And what does the future hold for Giles’s seriously ill son, Jake?
As the story unfolds, the tension increases and the true nature of Frank’s amazing secret begins to be revealed. The stakes are high as the criminal and the supernatural come together for a final, inevitable showdown.
Giles does the decent thing and calls for help, then puts the incident out of his mind. However, having been witness to things he cannot explain, he feels drawn to the man and tries to track him down … only to find he has vanished.
But who is the enigmatic, homeless Frank? Why are two very nasty men trying to find him? Why has a prostitute been abducted? And what does the future hold for Giles’s seriously ill son, Jake?
As the story unfolds, the tension increases and the true nature of Frank’s amazing secret begins to be revealed. The stakes are high as the criminal and the supernatural come together for a final, inevitable showdown.
BIO
Darren Sant was born in 1970 and raised in Stoke-on-Trent in
Staffordshire which is in the United
Kingdom Hull
in East Yorkshire in 2001.
A life long avid reader he always wanted to be a writer. However, teenage years, girls, work, pubs and football provided adequate distraction until his late twenties. After attending a few creative writing classes he started writing poetry. After moving toHull
He became interested in writing again when his friend, Nick Boldock, introduced him to the Radgepacket series by Byker Books. These anthologies had a gritty urban feel to them and prided themselves on being "Industrial Strength" fiction. He has now contributed to three of the Radgepacket anthologies:
A life long avid reader he always wanted to be a writer. However, teenage years, girls, work, pubs and football provided adequate distraction until his late twenties. After attending a few creative writing classes he started writing poetry. After moving to
He became interested in writing again when his friend, Nick Boldock, introduced him to the Radgepacket series by Byker Books. These anthologies had a gritty urban feel to them and prided themselves on being "Industrial Strength" fiction. He has now contributed to three of the Radgepacket anthologies:
Coming soon I have Daid Thomas / Tom Cain
Next week the usual witterings, half-baked theories and rants
I've read both novels recently. Both are instantly engrossing and well plotted throughout. Both are the kind of book that let you settle into your favorite chair, grab a cup of coffee and prepare to thoroughly enjoy the ride all the way 'til the last page. 5 stars to both.
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