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BITE-SIZED WHODUNNIT
BRINGS BACK THE INTRIGUE FAST-PACED, HEART-
MYSTERIES WRITTEN IN THE OF THE COLD WAR IN A
STOPPING READ
Jim “Zig” Zi garowski lovingly puts to rest our
VEIN OF AGATHA CHRISTIE
THRILLING NEW WAY
fallen men and women at Dover Air Force Base.
After his parent’s death, Jonas Kirk found
himself with a wealth of money, but no
direction in his life. He traveled around the
world looking for direction, but finding none
still, returned to his small town of Woodland
Park. It was there that he found interest in the
newspaper clippings on homicide, and entered
himself into college at Hamlin to study
criminology. Following college, he met
Sergeant Chester Devin after coming across
what appeared to be a homicide while at a
friend’s party. This collection follows his tales
of solving crimes with the sometimes-reluctant
help of Devlin and ensuring that Lady Justice
and Mr. Scales are given their due, as
murderers are punished. Dick Snyder provides
an expressive, almost lyrical narrative to the
stalwart Jonas Kirk. Bite-sized whodunnit
mysteries classically written in the vein of
Agatha Christie are quickly devoured in THE
JONAS KIRK MYSTERIES.
~Kris Miller, TopShelf Reviews
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It’s late January 1988, and CIA agent Tracie
Tanner is still reeling from the Moscow mission
where she barely escaped with her life. Her boss,
CIA Director Aaron Stallings, has received intel
that there is a secret Soviet military base in the
Ural Mountains. Stallings gives Tracie what
appears to be a simple mission: travel to Bashkir,
extract as much information as she can about the
base and return home in four days. But once
Tracie gets to the location, she sees something
that changes her mission entirely. Ryan Smith,
the CIA agent that saved her life during the
Moscow mission, has been captured and is being
held prisoner in this secret military base in
Bashkir. Tracie vows to save his life as he did hers
or die trying. Ever smart and cunning, Tracie
Tanner, faces a moral dilemma in this one that
will eternally haunt her. Taut with tension and
packed with bone-chilling scenes that leap off the
pages, The Bashkir Extraction brings back the
international intrigue of the cold war in a
thrilling new way. With each piece he puts back together, he likes to
think he also puts back a piece of his shattered
heart. So, when Zig sees the name Nola Brown
come across his desk after a plane crash claiming
seven lives, he breaks both the military’s and his
own rules for the chance to work on the girl who
saved his daughter’s life, giving him an additional
eleven months to spend with his now deceased
daughter. There’s only one problem: upon
beginning his job he finds that the woman lying
before him is not Nola. Further befuddling, is
that three people signed off that she was. A note
found hidden on the unidentified woman’s body
confirms that Nola saw something on a mission
she shouldn’t have; a mission named Operation
Bluebook dating back to the days of Harry
Houdini, and one that may get Nola killed for
real next time. Near broken characters are at the
heart of this high-octane suspense thriller amidst
a web of deceit and lies. The Escape Artist is a fast-
paced, heart-stopping read that will keep you up
until the wee hours of the morning.
~Kris Miller, TopShelf Reviews ~Kris Miller, TopShelf Reviews
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