Mystery/thriller novels and enchanting juvenile fiction series
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Mystery/thriller novels and enchanting juvenile fiction series
Mystery/thriller novels and enchanting juvenile fiction series
Mystery/thriller novels and enchanting juvenile fiction series
I grew up in a military family, graduated from the Air Force Academy, and then had a 28 year career in the Air Force. It was a life style that had me moving every three or four years, but also one that exposed me to the people and cultures of numerous countries in Asia, Europe, and to most of these United States.
Dive into the thrilling adventures of Jim West, the captivating protagonist of my ten published mystery/thriller novels. Join him as he unravels complex plots and navigates suspenseful twists that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Follow Clint Smith, an American assassin, as he is sent around the world hunting terrorists posing an immediate threat to the United States. In this five book series, Clint faces lone wolf terrorists, foreign government agents, and transnational organizations. If you like action, Clint Smith is your man.
When Jim West, a former Air Force Special Agent with the Office of Special Investigations, moves back to New Mexico, his goal is simple: start an easy going second career as a professional lecturer on investigative techniques to colleges and civic organizations. He never envisioned that a demonstration of forensic hypnosis on stage with a state university student would stir up memories of an 18-year old murder mystery. When the student is murdered three days later, West finds himself ensnared in a web of intrigue that pits him and the small town’s authorities against a ruthless, psychotic killer.
An aggressive reporter for the town newspaper seeks out West for help with the story, but after one of her co-workers is murdered, she quickly aligns her efforts with West and the Sheriff to solve the murder. As West works closely with her, he begins to wonder if this could be the first real relationship for him since his devastating divorce a few years earlier. The killer, though, has other plans leading to an inevitable, riveting confrontation
It was one of those phone calls former Air Force Special Agent Jim West never wanted to receive--an old friend calling to ask if he could drive down to Ruidoso, New Mexico to help locate the friend’s daughter who has disappeared while on a ski trip in the mountains. Once in Ruidoso, Jim discovers a sinister coincidence that changes everything. It appears that someone is abducting and killing one young blonde every year around Christmas. The race is on--can Jim locate his friend’s daughter in time? But why is this happening and who’s doing it? Jim can’t wait for the local authorities to raise the priority of their search, or for the pending blizzard to pass. In his haste he puts himself in the killer’s sights. Will he, too, suffer from a cold winter’s kill? Cold Winter's Kill was selected as a Finalist for the 2010 Eric Hoffer Award.
Former Air Force Special Agent Jim West’s goal of a peaceful, relaxed life, after a twenty year career in the military and an unexpected, devastating divorce, is once again interrupted by an old friend reaching out for help. Not knowing how to say no, West once again finds himself leaving his New Mexico home and Chubs, his pet dog, in the hands of neighbors, while he heads off down the highway, this time to San Antonio, Texas.Once in San Antonio, West faces the challenge of solving the murder of an old friend’s wife. The police, and even his friend’s defense lawyers, believe they have already arrested the murderer – his friend! Loose Ends Kill was selected as a Finalist for the 2011 Eric Hoffer Award and won the Silver Medal for fiction/mystery at the Military Writers Society of America 2011 conference.
A three day golf trip that was supposed to be fun and relaxing turns into disaster when, on the drive up to Colorado Springs, Jim and his "friend" Edward "Perry" Mason discover a dead body in the men's room at a roadside rest stop. A heart attack and two dead bodies later, Jim discovers that murder can become personal! Forget the golf, Jim just wants to go home. Unfortunately, the police want him to hang around, while the killer would be happy if Jim left. In fact, the killer wants him gone - one way or the other. Jim's only saving grace is a smart and savvy cop who believes in him. The fact that she has eyes that captivate Jim ain't bad either. The ultimate confrontation takes Jim out of his comfort zone and into a role he has only played out once before! But is it a role that he can survive?? Another Colorado Kill won the Military Writer's Society silver medal for fiction/mystery at the 2012, and won the Silver Medal for general fiction in the 2012 Stars and Flags national book contest.
In this book, Jim West travels to a small, remote hunting lodge in the Pecos Wilderness area in New Mexico to rendezvous with an old friend and do some hiking. His friend stands him up, and Jim is about to return home when a murder occurs in the lodge. Law enforcement jumps in, and Jim’s early departure plans are scrubbed. When a second murder occurs less than twenty four hours later, things really start to get dicey. Both crimes were intricately planned to mislead the authorities, no one appears to have a motive for the killings, and everyone has an alibi. Up against a wall with time running out, the deputy-in-charge asks West to be their man on the inside, but West is adamant that this is not his case to solve. Since his retirement from the Air Force, however, Fate has had her own plans for West. Why should this be any different? No One Else to Kill was a winner in the 2013 Eric Hoffer Awards.
This Jim West mystery/thriller, the sixth in the series, finds Jim traveling to the Texas Hill Country to attend the grand opening of a friend’s winery and vineyard. Upon arriving in Fredericksburg, Jim witnesses a brutal kidnapping at a local coffee shop. The next morning while driving down an unpaved country road to the grand opening, he comes across an active crime scene barely a quarter mile from his friend’s winery. A Fredericksburg policeman who talked to Jim the day before at the kidnapping scene recognizes Jim and asks him to identify the body of a dead young woman as the woman who was kidnapped. Jim does, and as a result of this unwelcome relationship with the police is asked the next morning to identify the body of another murdered person as the man who had kidnapped the young woman. A third murder throws Jim’s vacation into complete disarray and draws Jim and a female friend into the sights of one of the killers.
This Jim West mystery/thriller, the seventh in the series, finds Jim traveling to Fabens, TX, in an effort to locate an old acquaintance who had written Jim a cryptic letter asking for his help in finding a briefcase. In Fabens, he discovers that someone has murdered his friend. Jim provides a copy of the letter to the local police explaining that he has no idea where the briefcase is or how to decipher the sets of numbers provided in the letter. Figuring there is nothing more he can do, Jim starts his trek back home. He plans to spend a night or two relaxing at the Lodge in Cloudcroft, NM, on his way only to find that he is being followed. An ominous, unidentified phone caller gives Jim an ultimatum - find the briefcase and turn it over to him within a week. A violent confrontation in Cloudcroft verifies Jim's worst suspicion, a Mexican drug cartel wants the briefcase. The confrontation also brings the FBI into the picture. They also want Jim to continue his search. The search takes Jim to the New Mexican ghost town of Chloride where the final confrontation takes place and Jim finds out who the bad guys really are.
Jim West hopes to escape on a cruise for a few days of romance and relaxation, but murder, mayhem, and an old girlfriend follow him on board. The eighth book in the Jim West series, this thriller brings back some popular characters from previous books. Deputy Rose Luna (Greed Can Kill) joins Jim on a five day cruise out of Galveston, TX, and on the second day of the cruise, the couple encounters Sarah Stone (Dead Men Can Kill). Sarah Stone is now Sarah Lassiter having gotten married on the ship right before it left port. When Sarah’s new husband is murdered on the second night of the cruise, the cruise changes from a relaxing vacation to a race to catch the killer before everyone disembarks in three more days.
Jim West joins fifteen other retired USAF officers in what is supposed to be a fun week of golf in Myrtle Beach, SC. However, someone murders one of the group after the first round of golf, and what is supposed to be a fun week turns deadly. Knowing West's past as a criminal investigator in the air force, the other golfers press West to ferret out the murderer. When the police learn about West's past, they too press West to be their "eyes and ears on the inside." West has no interest in the role but realizes he is stuck with it. His role, though, comes with danger and someone attempts to kill him the following night. As the week rolls on, the group begins turning on itself, and suspects along with motives start popping up. The noose around the killer starts tightening, but the days of the week keep passing without an arrest. Finally, the killing snaps under the stress and decides to kill himself, taking West with him.
An old friend of Jim West is murdered in Big Bend National Park, Texas. The authorities have no witnesses and no leads. West is contacted by his friend's wife, now his widow, who asks him to meet her in Alpine, Texas. She's been asked to go there and identify the body, and she wants Jim there to support her. Although he'd rather not, Jim travels to Alpine and does what he can to help her. A joint investigative team has been established to run the investigation, and as the murder occurred on federal property, the FBI has the lead. A second seemingly unrelated murder occurs at the same location. At the same time, Jim is thrilled to discover that his long-distance romance has gotten closer when FBI Special Agent Rose Luna joins the team. When his friend's widow disappears and is later found dead, things begin to get personal. The son of the second victim arrives in Alpine. He's a retired police officer from San Antonio and starts aggressively interviewing his dad's acquaintances. The team asks Jim to stay with him to keep him from hurting anyone. A role Jim doesn't like, and one that soon puts the two into the crosshairs of the killer's sights.
A terrorist team has just set off four explosive devices in an international airport close to New York City. The leader of the terrorists, Ahmad Khalin, survives the attack and plans to attack a second U.S. airport within the month. As Khalin makes his escape from the New York area he is involved in a shooting in Connecticut. Clint Smith, a U.S. government agent assigned to an ultra-secret agency, is at a restaurant across the street when the shooting occurs. He responds to the scene to see if he can help, but Khalin is gone. On a hunch, Teresa Deer, Smith’s boss, sends Smith after Khalin. Smith’s pursuit takes him to Bar Harbor, Maine; Wiesbaden, Germany; the Costa Brava, Spain; Northern Scotland; Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada; and finally into Saskatchewan, Canada, where the final confrontation takes place. Throughout the pursuit, a number of interesting characters add to the subplots and try to survive their involvement in the chase.
Someone is killing off the world's rich and famous. The murders are sophisticated, are happening on different continents, and the world's intelligence agencies are at a loss for an explanation. On a hunch, Teresa Deer sends Clint Smith to Basel, Switzerland, where the Bilderberg Group, a loose knit group of the world's richest, is holding its annual meeting. Smith begins to pick up a trail that leads him to the Mediterranean before contact is lost and Smith returns to the U.S. The trail is picked up again in Las Vegas and takes Smith to Whidbey Island, Washington. The chase is marred by ambush and death, and near the end Smith realizes that he may no longer be the hunter, he has become the prey.
The Assassins is the 3rd book in the Clint Smith series: A disputed election has divided the nation, and a handful of senior, government officials have conspired to have the North Koreans assassinate the US President. Believing the assassination attempt to be only days away, Theresa Deer, Director of the Special Section, a small unit whose existence is known by only a few in the U.S. government, sets out to interdict the man intent on providing the North Koreans vital information about the president’s itinerary to South Korea. While Deer succeeds in her mission, she is severely injured and finds herself being hunted by the North Korean assassins who still intend to assassinate the president. Clint Smith is sent to Korea to help Deer get back to the U.S. and finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the North Koreans. With no one in the U.S. government to turn to for help, and the South Koreans now also hunting them, getting out of South Korea alive is looking unlikely
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The Treasure is the fourth book in the Clint Smith thriller series. After a successful mission in South America, Clint heads to Las Vegas on vacation and to dig up a stagecoach strong box he had found in the desert earlier but had not opened. Upon inspection, he finds some old gold coins in mint condition and some well-preserved documents. He gives the contents of the strong box to a lawyer to find buyers. One of the documents, unfortunately, creates a maelstrom of violence and murder, and puts Clint squarely in the cross hairs of some Chinese assassins. Clint leaves Las Vegas to keep out of the spotlight, only to find himself going to Alaska in an attempt to rescue a female police officer who had been assigned to protect him in Las Vegas.
The Scientists is the 5th Clint Smith novel. Clint is a hunter, a government assassin, employed by a very small, ultra secret agency. Someone has been kidnapping scientists from various countries. All are tops in their field and experts in the modernization of drones. As the world’s security and intelligence services make little progress in solving the disappearances, Clint is put on alert. Three separate drone attacks occur, resulting in a number of deaths. Once the lethal drones are perfected, the kidnapped scientists’ usefulness comes to an end. While Clint’s mission does not include rescue, he’s given the green light to go after his target. His success may prevent some of them from dying.
My Enchanted Coin series is a collection of four short novels in the Juvenile Fiction category. The plot in each book evolves around a 14 year-old finding a magic coin. Upon discovery, the teenager sees that (1) the coin has her/his name on it, (2) the coin is inscribed with the words “Magic Coin” and a number identifier, such as 17 of 51, (3) and includes instructions for the coin to be tossed into the fountain by the Tree of Life. The coin also seems to have a shine to it and feels like it has a slight electrical charge.
The teenager searches the internet and discovers there is a Tree of Life at Disney World. By chance, or magic, they each discover their parents have planned a trip to Disney World. Upon tossing the coin into the small fountain, the teenager is instantly transported to a distant world, or in one case to a seemingly abandoned giant space ship. There our main characters encounter other teenagers from other worlds and must overcome a variety of challenges. With the coin now in the fountain back on Earth, will they ever be able to return home?
I grew up in a military family, graduated from the Air Force Academy, and then had a twenty eight year career in the Air Force. It was a life style that had me moving every three or four years, but also one that exposed me to the people and cultures of numerous countries in Asia, Europe, and to most of these United States.
In the Air Force, I specialized in criminal investigations and counterintelligence gaining significant insight to the worlds of crime, espionage and terrorism. My field of work brought me into close contact and coordination with the investigative and security agencies of many different countries and with the FBI and CIA. This background has helped me develop the fictional plots and characters in my books.
In addition to my degree from the Academy, I also have a Masters in International Relations from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. I am a full-time author now, with seventeen mystery/thrillers and four middle grade fantasies already published. I also published a YA science fiction book on Kindle Vela. My next book should be released in the middle of this year. I'm very proud to announce that the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) selected me as its Author of the Year for 2013. No One Else to Kill won First Runner-Up in the Commercial Fiction category for the 2013 Eric Hoffer Award. In 2024, Curiosity Can Kill was awarded a Gold Medal by the Public Safety Writers Association. Many of my other works have won a variety of awards.
I live in Garden Ridge, Texas, with my wife of 52 years, and an ornery cat named Cinco.
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