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ken-kuhlken's picture
Apr.17.2009
THE DO-RE-MI, a Northern California folk festival, 1972Evergreen is a different town than the last time Clifford Hickey visited, only a year ago. Then it was an Eden, a garden of peace and delights, of music and lovely hippies sharing all they had. Now it's the site of a range war. Bikers have...
ken-kuhlken's picture
Apr.13.2009
San Diego, 1942Following Pearl Harbor, Tom Hickey and a partner open a supper club, Rudy's Hacienda, in downtown San Diego, a few blocks from the harbor. The club begins to make Tom wealthy. He's glad to be making money. His wife Madeline, part gold-digger, has wearied of living in decent but...
ken-kuhlken's picture
Apr.12.2009
The Loud Adios, San Diego, 1943 Private Investigator Tom Hickey, now an army corporal military assigned to the U.S./Mexico border, accompanies Private Clifford Rose to a Tijuana nightclub where Clifford claims they will find his sister Wendy. The nightclub is aptly named Hell. Wendy, dancing naked...
robert-gregory-browne's picture
Jan.02.2009
Starred Review - Publisher's Weekly:  "[A] taut psychological thriller with hints of the supernatural and an ending that will leave readers speechless." THE SOULS OF THE DEAD Naked. Incoherent. Covered with blood. That’s how Detective Frank Blackburn finds her—a beautiful Jane Doe...
SFKaufman's picture
Dec.02.2008
NATO headquarters in Brussels is blown up by unknown terrorists who demand an exorbitant amount of money from the Allies. If their demand is not met within 72 hours, they will start to kill world leaders in alphabetical order. Bruno Falesco, head of Interpol, needing fast action and absolute...
chip-kidd's picture
Nov.26.2008
“Um...so what exactly is a Cheese Monkey?” Good question. But strictly off-limits. We can tell you that The Cheese Monkeys is a witty and effervescent coming-of-age novel about headless waterfowl, fake plastic babies, and the basic tenets of graphic design. It’s 1957, long before computers have...
hywela-lyn's picture
Nov.11.2008
When Jestine Darnell is rescued from her sabotaged starship by the crew of the Destiny her only objective is to complete her mission and keep her promise to save a world from slavery. Love is the last thing on her mind. However, she has not counted on losing her heart to Kerry Marchant the ship’s...
cheryl-l-snell's picture
Oct.13.2008
When Alice marries Ramesh, her new mother-in-law, named Shiva for the Hindu god of Creation and Destruction, usurps the young woman’s authority in her own home, never letting her forget her lowly place in the Indian joint-family. On one annual visit, the power struggle between the women is...
SFKaufman's picture
Aug.29.2008
Hanshi is the highest rank attainable in the martial arts world. To receive this rank a man must be a very skilled and field-proven warrior, an exemplary teacher and a leader of men. But he is also a person. He prefers anonymity unless something extraordinary brings him to the forefront where he...
antoine-wilson's picture
Aug.27.2008
All Owen Patterson wants is a normal life, a happy marriage, and a stable family. But following the brutal and random murder of his brother-in-law, that dream is shattered. A year later, his wife is still in mourning and his in-laws won't talk about anything but their dead son. The murderer, Henry...