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Marlow: Papa’s Legacy

Bill Craig has done it again. His latest book, Marlow: Papa’s Legacy, is a fast paced, page turner like all of the other books in the Marlow series:

Papa's Legacy cover for Swords

A break in at the Hemingway museum leads to a lot of speculation on the coconut telegraph. Nothing appears to have been taken and the only damage is to an old desk that Ernest Hemingway had used. The Key West Police Department writes it off as routine vandalism. Except Katrina Morrow doesn’t think so. Katrina is a Hemingway scholar and suspects that the break in had a specific purpose, so she hires Marlow to look into it. As he begins his investigation, some sinister characters show up and try to scare him off. But Rick Marlow doesn’t scare easily, and as the stakes rise, he becomes more determined to find the truth, even as it leads south to Cuba and a deadly confrontation over what might be a lost Hemingway manuscript

 

Science Fiction at its best

Nicolas Gilmartin Teranzi

If you are a fan of Science Fiction then I have a couple of books that you will find totally enjoyable: Lost Planets And Rediscovered Science Fiction Manuscripts: Illustrated and A Footnote to History.

The former is an anthology of short stories by such current writers as William R. Burkett, Jr., C.J. Daniels, Bruce Silton, and lesser known works by Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allan Poe, Philip K. Dick, and John W. Campbell. Every one is a winner, highly recommended.

A Footnote to History is by William R. Burkett, Jr., an award winning Science Fiction writer who hit it out of the park with his novel, Sleeping Planet. Footnote is an interesting and absorbing novel about time travel and will have you longing for the next book. And, yes, there will be another.

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Great Summer Reads

Many of you will think it’s too early to hear about wonderful summer reads; books that you take to the beach or the pool and move right along with stressing you at all. But, here in Key West it’s been summer for a few weeks now. Yup, temperatures in the mid-80’s and the wind has picked up.
Here are my picks to make your lounging in the sun that much more enjoyable:

Kidnapped in Key West by Norah Jean Perkins & Susan Haskell. Imagine a picture perfect Key West day, the wedding is all set to start on a lovely beach and then….things go suddenly wrong.

If You’re Ever in Key West…by Jane Dawkins. This delightful modern day romance will have you turning pages trying to figure out the next event in the life of the British woman of a certain age and her younger lover.

The Sad Demise of Henry and Other Key West Musings by Jack Mazur. This book typies the other type of good summer reads; short stories that capture your imagination and make the page fly by.

You can find all these books and more at AbsolutelyAmazingEbooks.com both for your favorite E-reader or in paperback.

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Chuck Newman

Just when you thought the art of the short story was dead!

If you’re a fan of the short story genre, as I am, then you also probably know that it is perhaps the most difficult form in which to write. The ability to fully develop characters, plot, and pacing within a limited number of pages is not shared by all writers.
R.K. Simpson shows us that he is just that, master of the genre, with his debut book, Webley .45 and Other Short Stories. There is real diversity in the short stories that make up this most enjoyable collection.
We hear the confession of a black man who has “passed” as white for much of his life, and we watch a gay man struggle to be honest with his partner, his father, and himself. On the lighter side, there are endings that surprise us and the chronicle of a practical joker. These characters will live on long after you’ve read this wonderful book.
Webley .45 and Other Short Stories is available in eBook and paperback from AbsolutelyAmazingEbooks.com After you’ve enjoyed this collection, have a look at William R. Burkett’s short story collections: Snowing a Little in Paris (and Other Tales of the Cold War), Mean Grey Old Morning, Newspaper Gypsy, and The Pea-Green Boat (and Other Unsettling Stories).
Literature at its finest.

Let me know what you think at Tech@absolutelyAmazingEbooks.com
Chuck Newman

Philo Gubb, Correspondence School Detective

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Philo Gubb,
Correspondence School Detective
by Ellis Parker Butler,
$3.99 ebook; $14.95 paperback

Not only is Mr. Philo Gubb a professional wallpaper hanger, he’s also a graduate of the Rising Sun Detective Agency’s Correspondence School of Detecting. As well as being a book-trained master of disguise, Philo is pretty good at solving crimes. Here are 17 of Philo’s most successful cases, including “The Eagle’s Claw,” “The Un-Burglars,” “The Progressive Murder,” and “The Anonymous Wiggle.” Philo Gubb is a new kind of “deteckative” that you’ll love. “Funny and clever,” says Byron Rupert McCafferty, pop culture guru, Online Critics Corner.

Border Crossing

by Joe Famularo

I just read John Leslie’s BORDER CROSSING and it is a great read. Usually, I’m able to identify with most heros in books I’ve read, but in this one, I felt I WAS Del, its main character. John Leslie draws such a magnificent portrait of him in everyway. I loved Del’s time with Carly, an early girlfriend, his mother Raye, and as the story moves on, his love for Marisa. John writes so plainly and so movingly:”When Marisa smiled, Del felt a ripple of heat go through him”. So did I. You should read this book before it is made into a movie.
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