Kate’s 2¢: “November man. Books 4-6” by Bill Granger

“November man. Books 4-6” by Bill Granger

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

The British Cross

   Oh my, the tangled  deceptive webs we do weave!  I’m still not sure who was telling the truth. There sure were a lot of dead bodies, double and triple crosses mixed in with love and more deceptions.

“The Zurich Numbers”

   This begins with a brief re-cap of “The British Cross”, then begins a new intrigue, where you know the November Man will have to become involved  to clear up the human trafficking or is he messing up an NSA black op?

   I wonder what the writer’s process is to keep all the dead or alive, friend or foe characters straight.

“ Hemingway’s Notebook”

   Much of this story surrounds the mystery of a notebook the real Hemmingway may or may not have left and been found by the possible current owner.

From Wikipedia:

Bill Granger (June 1, 1941 – April 22, 2012) was an American novelist from Chicago specializing in political thrillers. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Joe Gash and Bill Griffith. He worked at the Chicago Tribune and other Illinois newspapers.

Granger lived most of his life in Chicago, on the city’s South Side. He attended St. Ambrose Catholic School until 1955. Next, Granger attended DePaul University, where he was a student newspaper editor of The DePaulia. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English in 1963.[8] During his student years he was a copy boy with The Washington Post”, where he met his wife Lori.

Military service and writing career[edit]

From 1963 to 1965, Granger served with the United States Army before his writing career that span from the 1960s to 2000 with several Chicago newspapers:[8]

• 1963-1966 Reporter with United Press International Chicago bureau

• 1966-1969 Reporter with Chicago Tribune

• 1969 Began teaching journalism classes at Columbia College, Chicago

• 1969-1978 Reporter and columnist with Chicago Sun Times

• 1971 6-month leave from Sun Times to Europe and later covering Belfast civil war for Newsday, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times news service

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

November man. Books 4-6 DB103992

Granger, Bill. Reading time: 26 hours, 0 minutes.

Read by Dwayne Glapion.

Spy Stories

Books four through six of the series, published between 1983 and 1986. In The British Cross, a defecting Russian agent dangles a Gulag prisoner in front of the November Man. Also includes The Zurich Numbers and Hemingway’s Notebook. Sequel to November Man, Books 1-3 (DB 103520). Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 1986.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Stargazer” by Anne Hillerman

“Stargazer” by Anne Hillerman

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

–Drugs, alcohol, poverty, violence. The seeds of the problem were planted before she or Maya or anyone of their generation took a breath.

–The heritage of historical trauma loomed large over all Native people.

–It was a tribute to the Navajo Nation that so many of their traditions survived the force marches, boarding schools, and prejudice.

–Leave undisturbed the spirits of the ancestors that cling to these places.

–Everything is considered living and sacred. The entire universe is a living, sacred organism; existing in a constant, regenerating cosmos.

   We learn many Navajo words as Bernie investigates the why and how of her friend, Maya’s confessing of murdering her estranged husband. We also learn about many of the Navajo customs and beliefs, such as the star ceilings in caves.

   I enjoyed this story, with its descriptions of the beautiful country-side and mountains.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anne Hillerman is an American journalist from New Mexico, and a New York Times best-selling author. The daughter of novelist Tony Hillerman, she continued her father’s series of Joe Leaphorn-Jim Chee novels following his death.

She is the daughter of novelist Tony Hillerman and his wife Marie Unzner, and was married to photographer Don Strel who died in 2020. Anne has served as arts editor and editorial page editor, as well as writer, for The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper and the Albuquerque Journal.[1] Her first books were primarily about travel, local New Mexico points of interest, and restaurants. She and Strel collaborated on Santa Fe Flavors: Best Restaurants and Recipes and Gardens of Santa Fe.[2]

Leaphorn and Chee novels[edit]

Tony Hillerman, who died in 2008, was best known for his Leaphorn and Chee mystery novels.[3] Tony Hillerman’s Landscapes: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn was begun by Anne before his death, and includes his comments. With Anne gleaning locale details from her father’s novels, and her husband taking the photographs, she intended it as a book to draw in readers of his novels, a guide for the reader to visualize the New Mexico and Arizona sites from the perspective of the two main protagonists Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee.[4]

After her father’s death, Anne continued the Leaphorn and Chee series, but Leaphorn’s involvement is curtailed in the first chapter of the first book, Spider Woman’s Daughter. Leaphorn is the victim of an assassination attempt, spends half of the book in a coma, and later was severely limited in his ability to communicate. Chee and Bernadette Manuelito are the crime solvers from that book forward in the series, with Leaphorn mentioned sporadically in the background but never fully active in the investigations. Spider Woman’s Daughter garnered the 2014 Spur Award for Best First Novel from the Western Writers of America, and landed on the New York Times Best Seller list.[5][6][7]

She followed that with three more in the series, Rock With Wings,[8] Song of the Lion[9] [10] and Cave of Bones, released April 2018, all of which have also been on the New York Times Best Seller list.[11]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Stargazer DB103440

Hillerman, Anne. Reading time: 9 hours, 22 minutes.

Read by Darrell Dennis.

Suspense Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Officer Bernadette Manuelito’s day starts out normally, but then she is asked to investigate the disappearance of her former friend and roommate Maya. Maya confessed to murder before disappearing. But nothing adds up for Bernie. Her investigation leads to a rift with her husband, Jim Chee. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.

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Kate’s 2¢: “A Birdsong tutor for visually handicapped individuals: by Lang Elliott

“A Birdsong tutor for visually handicapped individuals: by Lang Elliott

Kate’s 2¢:

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I really enjoyed taking a walk to hear the birds and their calls as well as learning about their favorite habitats.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

A Birdsong tutor for visually handicapped individuals DB29485

Elliott, Lang. Reading time: 2 hours, 12 minutes.

Read by Lang Elliot. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Hobbies and Crafts

Animals and Wildlife

Nature and the Environment

An auditory guide to the sounds made by birds and other wildlife. Following an introduction to a variety of natural sounds, including a full mixed chorus of woodland birds, Lang conducts different field trips to acquaint us with various habitats of the sound-makers. With practice, the listener will be able to identify singers from the eastern United States and Canada.

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Kate’s 2¢: “A private cathedral” by James Lee Burke

“A private cathedral” by James Lee Burke

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

–Who ever thought we’d die.

–What about those moments when you strip your gears, whether you’re chemically loaded or not, get lost inside the immensity of creation and see too deeply into our ephemerality and our penchant for greed and war and willingness to destroy the big blue marble; and for a brief moment, you scare yourself so badly you wonder why you didn’t park your porridge on the ceiling a long, long time ago.

   The many voices of the reader, Will Patton, added much drama to this story. Even when he whispered, the volume wasn’t too soft to hear and the loud yells, didn’t blister my eardrums. He really has the voice of ‘the God-father’ down pat.

   I enjoyed this para-normal detective mystery story, although, I didn’t dare read it at bed-time.

From: Wikipedia

James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for Black Cherry Blues.

Will Patton, audio version for 22 books written by best-selling mystery writer James Lee Burke.

From:  https://24.fandom.com/wiki/Will_Patton:

Will Patton was born in Charleston, South Carolina. His father was Bill Patton, a playwright and acting/directing instructor, who was also a Lutheran minister and served as chaplain at Duke University. Patton attended the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and The Actors’ Studio in New York City, New York.

Patton began his career in 1979, appearing in the film Minus Zero. Other films in which he has appeared are No Way Out (with Eugene Robert Glazer), Romeo Is Bleeding (with Michael Wincott and James Cromwell), Copycat (with Kelvin Han Yee), The Postman (with Dylan Haggerty), Entrapment (with Kevin McNally and David Yip), Gone In Sixty Seconds (with Lombardo Boyar), and The Mothman Prophecies (with Lucinda Jenney).

On television, Patton has had recurring roles in shows like VR.5, The Agency (with Kathleen Gati), and Numb3rs (with Navi Rawat). Most recently, he has been known for his role of Colonel Weaver in TNT’s sci-fi series Falling Skies.

From NLS/BARD/LOC                      :

A private cathedral DB100489

Burke, James Lee Reading time: 11 hours, 32 minutes.

Will Patton

Mystery and Detective Stories

After finding himself caught up in one of Louisiana’s oldest and bloodiest family rivalries, Detective Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encountered: a time-traveling superhuman assassin. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Enemy At The Gate” by Vince Flynn; Kyle Mills

“Enemy At The Gate” by Vince Flynn; Kyle Mills

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   As a reader, I suspend my credibility so the story can carry me along to where-ever.  Then, after I’m back to reality, I begin to wonder how can one man take such brutal punishment and still walk the next day.

   This story had a lot of ‘current’ issues, which makes it believable or at least probable.  Scarey thought.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Flynn was one of seven children born to Terry and Kathleen Flynn,[3] and a graduate of Saint Thomas Academy (1984) and the University of St. Thomas with a B.A in Economics (1989).

Early career[edit]

After graduating, Flynn went to work for Kraft Foods as an account and sales marketing specialist. In 1991, he left Kraft to pursue a career as an aviator with the United States Marine Corps. One week before leaving for Officer Candidate School, he was medically disqualified from the Marine Aviation Program.[4]

In an effort to overcome the difficulties of dyslexia, Flynn forced himself into a daily writing and reading routine. His writing influences included Leon Uris, Tom Clancy, Ernest Hemingway, John Irving, Robert Ludlum, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Gore Vidal.[4]

Writing and media career[edit]

His newfound interest in such novels motivated him to begin work on a novel of his own. While employed as a bartender in the St. Paul area, he completed his first book, Term Limits, which he then self-published.[5]

“I had just finished reading The Government Racket: Washington Waste from A to Z, by Martin L. Gross. It is without a doubt the most disheartening and enlightening book about politics that I’ve ever read. I was out jogging one day wondering what it would take to really change Washington, when my thoughts turned to a friend who had been shot and killed in Washington, D.C., several summers earlier. As I continued running, a story started to unfold.”[citation needed]

Pocket Books published the hardcover edition of Term Limits in 1998, and the mass market paperback of Term Limits in 1999, which spent several weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Subsequent works, including Flynn’s 1999 novel, Transfer of Power, his 2000 novel The Third Option and his 2001 novel Separation of Power, also appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, with Separation of Power reaching as high as No. 7.[citation needed]

Flynn’s fifth novel, Executive Power, was published in hardcover by Atria Books in May 2003, followed by his sixth novel, Memorial Day in 2004, his seventh novel Consent To Kill in October 2005, his eighth novel Act Of Treason in October 2006, his ninth novel Protect And Defend in 2007, and his tenth novel Extreme Measures in 2008. With the exception of his first novel Term Limits, his works centered around counter-terrorism agent Mitch Rapp. His 2008 release, Extreme Measures, became the ninth novel in the series.

Flynn wrote six New York Times bestsellers for Atria Books, and had a contract for four more. He remembered deciding between following the path that was the most uncomfortable—continuing with what looked to be a promising career as a commercial real estate leasing agent—or taking a big risk and starting a new career as a writer: “I look back on it now and I couldn’t be happier with my decision, but at the time I remember a lot of people thought I was nuts.”[6]

In February 2008, Flynn agreed on film and book projects with CBS Corporation units CBS Films and Simon & Schuster/Atria Books. Lorenzo di Bonaventura was negotiating to produce Mitch Rapp films. The first film, American Assassin, was released on September 15, 2017. Atria Books got worldwide rights to four books by the author.[7] In August 2010, Flynn signed a two-book deal for a new series that he would have co-written with Brian Haig, a retired Army lieutenant colonel.[8] He was a frequent guest on The Glenn Beck Radio Program on the Fox News Channel, and on Dan Barreiro’s radio program on Twin Cities station KFAN.

Personal life[edit]

Flynn lived with his wife, Lysa, and their three children in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul) area.[3]

Illness and death[edit]

On February 1, 2011, in his fan newsletter, Flynn announced that he was being treated for advanced Stage III prostate cancer.[9] He died of a rare form of aggressive prostate cancer in Saint Paul, aged 47, on June 19, 2013.[3][10]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kylemills.com

Kyle Mills (born 1966) is an American writer of thriller novels including Rising Phoenix, Fade, and The Second Horseman. Several of his books (Rising Phoenix, Storming Heaven, Sphere of Influence, Free Fall and Darkness Falls) include a character Mark Beamon, an FBI special agent. He also wrote The Ares Decision (2011), The Utopia Experiment (2013), and The Patriot Attack (2015), the eighth, tenth, and twelfth installments of the Covert-One series, originally created by Robert Ludlum.[1] He is the current writer of the Mitch Rapp series of novels after original author Vince Flynn died in 2013.[2]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Enemy at the gates DB105383

Flynn, Vince; Mills, Kyle. Reading time: 8 hours, 38 minutes.

Read by George Guidall.

Suspense Fiction

Spy Stories

Political Fiction

Bestsellers

CIA operative Mitch Rapp is tasked with a special assignment to protect the world’s first trillionaire, Nicholas Ward, while luring in the mole who is targeting Ward. Rapp and CIA director Irene Kennedy are dragged into the secretive world in which governments, multinational corporations, and the hyper-wealthy trade in power. Sequel to Total Power (DB 100955). Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2021.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Hollow Inside” by Brooke Lauren Davis

“The Hollow Inside” by Brooke Lauren Davis

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I enjoyed this story. It had an interesting middle and I approve of the final scene.

http://www.brookelaurendavis.com

Bornin Richmond, Virginia

Brooke Lauren Davis is the author of THE HOLLOW INSIDE (Bloomsbury YA, spring 2021), and she never quite knows what to say when people ask her where she’s from. An unruly child in suburban Virginia, a surly teenager in rural Ohio, and a bewildered college student in small-town Indiana, she’s now a hopelessly book-obsessed adult in Louisville, Kentucky. She loves stories of all kinds, from plays, to ballets, to TV shows, to memories rehashed over the dinner table. When she’s not writing, she can usually be found annoying her cats, haunting bookstores, or shouting Jeopardy! answers at the TV.

From nls/bard/loc       :

The hollow inside DB104223

Davis, Brooke Lauren. Reading time: 10 hours, 27 minutes.

Read by Gabriella Cavallero.

Suspense Fiction

Young Adult

After years on the run, sixteen-year-old Phoenix and mom Nina travel back to Nina’s hometown to get revenge on the man she says ruined her life. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2021.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Judge’s List” by John Grisham

“The Judge’s List” by John Grisham

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Sometimes, Grisham’s stories seem to get bogged down when there is a trial, but, there’s no trial in this story. It moves right along within the mystery, investigation, and conclusion. Well done.

John Ray Grisham Jr. is an American novelist and attorney, best known for his popular legal thrillers. His books have been translated into 42 languages and published worldwide. Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and received a J.D. degree from the University of …See more

   Grisham, the second of five siblings, was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to Wanda (née Skidmore) and John Ray Grisham.[3] His father was a construction worker and a cotton farmer, and his mother was a homemaker.[10] When Grisham was four years old, his family settled in Southaven, Mississippi, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee.[3]

As a child, he wanted to be a baseball player.[8] As noted in the foreword to Calico Joe, Grisham gave up playing baseball at the age of 18, after a game in which a pitcher aimed a beanball at him, and narrowly missed doing the young Grisham grave harm.

Grisham is a Christian who has described a salvation experience at age 8 as “the most important event” in his life.[11] After leaving law school, he participated in some missionary work in Brazil, under the First Baptist Church of Oxford.[12]

Although Grisham’s parents lacked formal education, his mother encouraged him to read and prepare for college.[1] He drew on his childhood experiences for his novel A Painted House.[3] Grisham started working for a plant nursery as a teenager, watering bushes for $1.00 an hour. He was soon promoted to a fence crew for $1.50 an hour. He wrote about the job: “there was no future in it”. At 16, Grisham took a job with a plumbing contractor but says he “never drew inspiration from that miserable work”.[13]

Through one of his father’s contacts, he managed to find work on a highway asphalt crew in Mississippi at age 17. It was during this time that an unfortunate incident got him “serious” about college. A fight with gunfire broke out among the crew causing Grisham to run to a nearby restroom to find safety. He did not come out until after the police had detained the perpetrators. He hitchhiked home and started thinking about college. His next work was in retail, as a salesclerk in a department store men’s underwear section, which he described as “humiliating”. By this time, Grisham was halfway through college. Planning to become a tax lawyer, he was soon overcome by “the complexity and lunacy” of it. He decided to return to his hometown as a trial lawyer.[14]

He attended the Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Mississippi and later attended Delta State University in Cleveland.[3] Grisham changed colleges three times before completing a degree.[1] He eventually graduated from Mississippi State University in 1977, receiving a B.S. degree in accounting. He later enrolled in the University of Mississippi School of Law to become a tax lawyer, but his interest shifted to general civil litigation. He graduated in 1981 with a J.D. degree.[3]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The Judge’s list DB105337

Grisham, John. Reading time: 11 hours, 37 minutes.

Read by John Grisham.

Suspense Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Legal Issues

Lacy Stoltz, from The Whistler (DB 86026), is thinking about leaving the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct when she’s contacted by Jeri Crosby. Jeri’s father was murdered twenty years ago and believes a current judge was behind it. Lacy must discover the truth. Violence and strong language. Commercial audiobook. 2021.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Return” by Nicholas Sparks

“The Return” by Nicholas Sparks

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Perhaps, the benefit of this story is to shed some light on the issues a person faces with PTSD and what strategies could be useful in coping with the physical and emotional feelings.

   The reading time of this story, according to my Victor Stream Reader, is 9:59:03.

nicholassparks.com, WIKIPEDIA:

Nicholas Charles Sparks is an American novelist, screenwriter, and philanthropist. He has published twenty one novels and two non-fiction books, all of which have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 115 million copies sold worldwide in more than 50 languages.[1]

Eleven of his novels have been adapted to film, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven (on all of which he served as a producer), The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John, The Last Song, and The Notebook, with a cumulative domestic box office totaling more than $574M.[2]

Sparks lives in North Carolina, where he contributes to a variety of local and national charities. In 2011, he launched The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to improving cultural and international understanding through global education experiences for students of all ages. [3]

Sparks and his then-wife Cathy lived together in New Bern, North Carolina, with their three sons and twin daughters until 2014. On January 6, 2015, Sparks announced that he and Cathy had amicably separated. They subsequently divorced.[11] Sparks still resides in New Bern.

Philanthropy[edit]

Sparks donated nearly $900,000[12] for a new, all-weather tartan track to New Bern High School along with his time to help coach the New Bern High School track team and a local club track team as a volunteer head coach.[13]

Sparks contributes to other local and national charities, including the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame by funding scholarships, internships and annual fellowships. The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, launched by Sparks in 2012, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to improving cultural and international understanding through global education experiences for students of all ages was launched in 2011. Between the foundation, and the personal gifts of the Sparks family, more than $15 million dollars have been distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects.[14] In 2008, Entertainment Weekly reported that Sparks and his then-wife had donated “close to $10 million” to start a private school, The Epiphany School of Global Studies.[15][16]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The return DB100846

Sparks, Nicholas. Reading time not available.

Read by MaryBeth Wise.

Mystery and Detective Stories

Human Relations

Bestsellers

Romance

When he is sent home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin Trevor Benson inherited from his grandfather seemed a good place to regroup. Trevor feels a connection with local deputy sheriff Natalie Masterson. Some descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2020.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Last Patriot, A Thriller” by Brad Thorr

“The Last Patriot, A Thriller” by Brad Thorr

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   John Polk  did an excellent job of reading this fast moving spy and counter-spy story.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (September 2019)

   bradthor.com: Bradley George Thor Jr. (born August 21, 1969)[citation needed] is an American thriller novelist.[1] He is the author of The Lions of Lucerne, The First Commandment, The Last Patriot, and other novels. His latest novel in the Harvath series, Near Dark, was released in July 2020. Thor’s novels have been published in countries around the world. He also contributed a short story entitled “The Athens Solution” to the James Patterson-edited anthology, Thriller. Thor also makes frequent appearances on Fox News and The Blaze.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The last patriot: a thriller DB71529

Thor, Brad. Reading time: 10 hours, 42 minutes.

Read by John Polk. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Suspense Fiction

If the ancient prophet Mohammed’s lost revelation can finally come to light, militant Islam will be defeated. This secret, which is connected to Thomas Jefferson, draws Scot Harvath back into covert operative work after a nine-month hiatus with his injured girlfriend. Violence and strong language. 2008.

Kate’s 2¢: “Every Last Secret” by Torre Alexandra

“Every Last Secret” by Torre Alexandra

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Well done. Nina got what she deserved and got the man, too!  But, what about Cat and what she deserves. She sure lived up to her name.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Torre A Alessandra Torre is an American novelist best known for contemporary romance.[1][2][3] Torre is a New York Times, USA Today,[4] Wall Street Journal[5] and Amazon International bestselling novelist.[6] Alessandra is the Bedroom Blogger for Cosmopolitan.[7] She has been a guest columnist for the Huffington Post, RT Book Reviews, and was featured in Elle Magazine.[1] In 2017, she created Alessandra Torre Ink, an online community for authors, which offers webinars, courses and the Inkers Con conference. [8]

In 2015, her novel The Girl in 6E was optioned for film by EuropaCorp.[9] In 2017, her novel, Hollywood Dirt was released as a full-length movie by PassionFlix.[10] R Every last secret

www.alessandratorre.com

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Every last secret DB103215

Torre, A. R. Reading time: 9 hours, 28 minutes.

Read by Maggy Stacy.

Suspense Fiction

Psychological Fiction

Cat and her husband William live in the privileged California community of Atherton. When new neighbors move in, Cat does the right thing and welcomes them to the neighborhood. But wife Neena soon sets her eyes on William and everything Cat has. Except Neena doesn’t know Cat’s secrets. 2020.