Jeff Bailey Reviews I Wake The Dead In Westerlin Park by Ayden Lockwood

 Not too many things are better than well done paranormal fiction, and I Wake the Dead in Westerlin Park by Ayden Lockwood delivers. It’s sharp and well-paced. There are no lags in the pace of the story. The added atmosphere of the old south (think Fried Green Tomatoes) is rich with a South Florida flavor. It’s spooky without needing a bloody hand reaching out of a cabinet. I think that the subtle humor adds a nice balance. The main characters, Holly and Nick, feel like old friends, and have a believable chemistry. As they are cleaning the tombstones of Holly’s family graveyard in Florida, they are noticed and come under the protection of two of Holly’s family ghosts. Ayden inserts his love for the splendor of the ocean, the magic of film and theater, and the joy of lifelong learning into his stories. I mean anybody that likes Hockey can’t be all bad. Five full stars.

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Jeff Bailey on Writer's Block

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William Wright reviews The Defect by Jeff Bailey

 

William Wright reviews The Defect by Jeff Bailey

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Jeff Bailey Reviews The Positive Trait Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi.

 Conspiracy thrillers are my all-time favorite genre to read partly because I’m a conspiracy thriller writer and partly because I just like a well thought-out, twisty, conspiracy. AJ Blanc delivers. In Pandora’s Gift, several government intelligence agencies are trying to take the lead in the investigation into the death of an American intelligence operative. No, it’s not just another unsupported rivalry between agencies. The operative worked for each agency, on the same project, but from different perspectives. The urgency stems from the possibility of releasing ‘Skynet’s’ evil big brother (look it up). The order: destroy everything immediately, if you can find it.

The rivalry was imminently believable. The characters were as solid and real as any I’ve met in my reading. The premise of Pandora’s Gift was so contemporary that the whole subject matter seems to be in the news every day. Lastly, AJ Blanc’s novel seems to ask the question, “What could go wrong?’ Way to take events out of today’s news and craft a superb thriller.
I highly recommend AJ Blanc and all his thrillers. I’m on to another one. Five stars.

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Jeff Bailey Reviews The Positive Trait Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi

 

 

 Jeff Bailey Reviews The Positive Trait Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi.

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Jeff Bailey Reviews The Obsidian Dagger by Brad Lamar

 Excellent, engrossing, and so real. The Obsidian Dagger by Brad LaMar is an action fantasy that follows a family to Ireland and Scotland in search of their family roots. The teenage brother and sister find more than they bargained for. The tale is classic good versus evil with a twist that will blur the lines. I only know a little about the folklore of Ireland and Scotland, but this story seemed to be true to the legends. That made it all the more enjoyable. LaMar is a master of dialog and captured the teen-speak perfectly. I’d swear that These are the teenagers from up the street in my neighborhood. I’m glad to see that this is a series because I see a whole lot more story to tell. For me, Brad LaMar and The Obsidian Dagger is pure five star fun.

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Joseph Dubey Reviews The Defect by Jeff Bailey

The Defect by Jeff Bailey

 Remember Three Mile Island and the meltdown they had? Well here is some more heart stopping action about a nuclear power plant, the Desert Canyons, a bunch of terrorists that have infiltrated the staff there, and a well-rehearsed plan to dump radioactive sludge into the river to create one of the biggest ecological disasters in southern California history. And what does a relief valve and a cold shutdown of the power plant have to do with it? And do Lenel and Brian finally get hooked up? Guess you'll have to get the book and read it to find out. I'm glad I did. Another good book by this author.

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The Levitation Game by Sharon Wagner, The Back Story

 

The Levitation Game by Sharon Wagner, The Back Story.

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Above and Beyond: Radio Silence by William Wright, The Back Story

 Death slaps your face, how hard depends on circumstances. A W.W. II veteran raised me, a quiet man with strong moral values and work ethic who demanded excellence, not just of himself but of me. To put my upbringing in a Reader’s Digest format, let’s say my father did raise me up. Writing his war story helped me understand the man’s hardened approach to life and why he cut very few any slack.

Above and Beyond: radio silence unfolds from a young man’s perspective. A boy loses his mother to consumption during the Depression. His hardened father shows little sympathy while struggling with his own demons and burdened with raising five children. When the war comes, many of my father’s generation had very little to lose, except their lives.

Our book is about the inner battle in a time of outrageous world events and conflict. Written as a work of creative nonfiction, we paged through flight records, war memorabilia, reflected on verbal anecdotes shared by the veteran in his later years, and did vast amounts of research. Our research focused on life near the bases where he served as well as the events of war. We immersed ourselves as best we could in the story. There were emotional times during the writing, times of guilt and shame for not appreciating more fully the experiences endured by a boy as he develops into a man. A man who struggled to turn me into a man while protecting me from the abuse he endured and never sharing his stories of deprivation. We must remember, cherish, and understand the Greatest Generation. What made these men and women? Why did they view the world so differently? Our book shares not just the threats and violence of war, but the hearts of those living under the circumstances.

Our mission in writing this story is to honor all veterans who served in the history of our nation, whether in war or peace. We support veterans’ organizations; we didn’t write this work to cash in on the suffering and sacrifice of others. My editor/spouse is a 9-year veteran of the U.S.A.F. We give away copies and have donated our total proceeds to organizations such as the Veterans Breakfast Club, where we took part in book signings. Above and Beyond: radio silence is now available at the library of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Colonel Mark C Vlahos (U.S.A.F.-Ret.) and author of Leading the Way to Victory gave the book advanced praise. Your support will help veterans.

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Jeff Bailey Reviews Deadly Vision by Todd Severin

Medical thrillers can be the best thrillers, especially when they are eminently contemporary, like the controversies surrounding AI in today’s marketplace. Deadly Vision by Todd Severin is just such a thriller. Deadly Vision opens in the middle a high stakes surgical procedure. The developer of an AI that could have performed the surgery with a lot less risk is a witness. It took me two chapters for my reading pace to recover from the high-speed-read that the first scenes induced. The images that the description of the AI surgery induced were breathtaking. Phrasing like, ‘Just what I need before the most important presentation of my life, a starched cotton decapitation’ made the read even better. As a debut release, it was one of the best. Five stars for Todd Severin and his imaginative creation, Deadly Vision.

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Camren Buron Reviews Not On MY Watch by Jeff Bailey

 

I had the pleasure of reading "Not on My Watch", by Jeff Bailey. The basic premise is one that is quite frankly, scary in its believability, because we have a number of crazies in this country with very similar ideas to the antagonists in this book. The hero is US Marine Cassandra Sing, who gets caught up in a theft of nuclear weapons from an Oklahoma military base by supremacists wanting to return to the original ideas of the Constitution, although apparently without the racist rhetoric that most such people in real life today embody. The action is tense, and is occasionally interrupted by flashbacks in Sing's life, showing her progression into the Marines. It embodies her determination, strength, and devotion to her duty, which should be an example for all US military personnel. The flashbacks sometimes came at unexpected moments, but this isn't a bad thing. Occasionally, it did cause me to lose track of where the main story was, but I picked it up again pretty quickly. If you, or anyone in your family, has been in the military, they'll see a lot of themselves in this story. For those who haven't, this story is a good way to better understand their mentality and commitment. Kudos to Jeff Bailey for an outstanding story! I'm looking forward to reading his next one.

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Kerry Kennedy, Today's Featured Author

Kerry Kennedy, Today's Featured Author

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Jeff Bailey Reviews Pool Man by Dan McDowell

Jeff Bailey Reviews Pool Man by Dan McDowell.

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To AI or not to AI by Jeff Bailey

To AI or not to AI, that is the question.

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Kerry Kennedy Reviews The Defect by Jeff Bailey

 Kerry Kennedy Reviews The Defect by Jeff Bailey

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Jeff Bailey Reviews Red Notice by Bill Browder

 Red Notice by Bill Browder is an autobiography of the first foreigner to make it as a successful investor in post-communist Russia. Second, it’s the history of the Magnitsky Act. Sergei Magnitski was a Russian, activist lawyer who died in the Russian Prison system. While I love a well-conceived spy thriller, Red Notice was over the top. It was all true. Bill Browder lived this story. Red Notice is a MEMOIR. There is a strong story element wrapped around, international banking, finance, and Investments. I Highly recommend Red Notice to any lover tog this genre of thriller. Can’t wait to read Browder’s other books.

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Jeff Bailey Reviews Buster, The Bridger Mountain Bear by Wayne Edwards

 

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The Judas Robe by Larry Rodness, The Back Story

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Jeff Bailey Reviews Agent Scorned by Ephraim Clark

 

Agent Scorned is Ephraim Clark’s best yet, by far. The characters are tight and there is no wasted space or side-stories. I feel I know Brad James and his counterpart Chuck, realistic not perfect. It’s why I liked Indiana Jones, humanly accomplished and vulnerable. The bad guys are equally well developed and real. In Agent Scorned, there is a suicide in Paris and Brad James gets involved - twisty, unpredictable. Just what I want in a conspiracy thriller. I’ve read all of Ephraim Clark's thrillers and enjoyed each one. One last point, ‘write what you know’ as the adage goes. Well, Ephraim Clark obviously lives in, and knows, Paris, intimately. The rich references to street names, districts and businesses (bars) adds so much color to the books. I felt like I knew Paris after my first read. I felt like I was returning to somewhere I’ve lived before as I read Agents Scorned. I guess the first book left quite an impression. While the stories are stand alone. I would recommend reading Cult Stalker first and then read the books in the order published. The familiarity with Paris added a lot to my enjoyment of the story. Well done Ephraim Clark.  I highly recommend Agent Scorned.

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Brad LaMar, Today's Featured Author

Brad LaMar, Today's Featured Author

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