HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Hey thriller fans,

2024 has been a rough year, one could say full of "fiction fodder." It started with my football team, the San Francisco 49ers, losing the Superbowl, and it's only gotten worse. Since this is a newsletter and not a memoir, there's no space for details, but, ugh, even my dog died last week.

So, Thanksgiving is a good time for me to regroup and remember the importance of gratitude. As an author who writes global thrillers, I watch the news, and have seen the heartbreaking challenges war has brought to Ukraine and the Middle East. When traveling the world, I've seen entire neighborhoods comprised of tin shacks with dirt floors. I have witnessed wide-eyed children who have to beg on the streets for enough to eat. I've known people forced into homelessness, and others who have lost loved ones this year.

When viewed from that perspective, my year has been tough, but not that bad.

I have a comfortable roof over my head, a big yard, and tasty food to eat.

Loved ones surround me.

And the books!

I'm truly grateful for the stories that keep me sane, whether it's the one I'm working on now for you, or the unputdownable thriller from another author that I got lost in for a few days last week.

Books have always helped me through tough times, and that's why I write. To pay it backwards... and forwards.

Because sometimes we all need a little escape.

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Tomorrow, as I gather around a table full of food to celebrate the season of thankfulness, know that I'm feeling grateful for every one of you. Thanks for being on this writing journey with me.

PS - My next book isn't quite done, but the new 'buy direct and save store' will be ready soon in case you need a bargain Christmas present or some cool VanOps gear. I'll keep you posted!

As always, thanks for your kind reviews!

VanOps #1 - The Lost Power: Maddy Marshall and her twin brother Will Argones must find Alexander the Great's priceless Egyptian weapon before a hostile state seizes the power and cripples the United States.

VanOps #2 - Solstice Shadows: A computer-app designer. An encrypted relic. Can she and the VanOps team decipher the dangerous code before extremists trigger a high-tech apocalypse?

VanOps #3 - The Doomsday Medallion: Sixteenth-century French prophet Nostradamus predicted the Great Fire of London, Napoleon’s conquest, Hitler’s rule, and the atomic bomb. Can the VanOps team keep the old seer’s secrets out of blood-stained hands?

Cleopatra's Vendetta - A Stryker Thriller: Tim and Angie Stryker must shake the deeply buried pillars of western civilization to save their daughter from an unspeakable fate.

VanOps #2 and #3 are free for just a few more weeks in Kindle Unlimited. Cleopatra's Vendetta is available wherever books are sold. All are available in print and audio, as well as e-book.