FLEEING THE
DRAGON
1930s-1940s Shanghai Mystery Series
SHANGHAI, CHINA. 1945. What if you are ordered to solve a complicated crime, under almost impossible conditions, and will face unthinkable repercussions if you fail to promptly deliver the solution?
That is what happens to Shanghai-based private investigator Sun-jin when the exiled president of China orders him to find out who tried to assassinate his wife when she was on a secret diplomatic mission for him in Japanese-occupied Shanghai.
With the clock ticking, Sun-jin quickly learns that solving a crime in an enemy-occupied city — even a city you know like the back of your hand — is neither easy nor safe. There are curfews to deal with, informants everywhere, patrolling enemy soldiers to avoid, and restrictions on visiting parts of the city.
Will Sun-jin be able to ask his questions, visit prohibited places, fend off informants, and poke his nose where it doesn’t belong, and still avoid being accused by the Japanese of spying for China?
Will he solve the mystery in time to avoid punishment by China’s president?
FLEEING THE DRAGON is a fast-paced historical mystery, full of twists and turns, that dishes out the exotic flavors of Shanghai in the final year of World War II.
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No Place
To Hide
Trace Austin Suspense Thriller Series
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THE PRESIDENT WANTS YOU DEAD?
You do the thing you were trained to do. You fight back or you die.
That’s the situation ex-Navy SEAL Trace Austin faces when the President of the United States decides to eliminate the five people who know his deadly secret — a secret so disturbing that should it ever be revealed, it will send the President to prison for the rest of his life.
Trace knows the President’s secret. He is one of the five people the President must eliminate before he leaves Office and gives up his powers as President.
But Trace will not go quietly. He will fight back against all efforts to get rid of him in this edge of the seat, action-packed second book in the Trace Austin suspense thriller series that is full of twists and turns you won’t see coming.
Because Trace has no other choice.
When the President of the United States wants you dead, there is no place to hide. You resist or you die.
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THE DOG WHO PLAYED CENTERFIELD
Steve’s Children’s Book
(With 8-1/2 year-old Owen M. Roth)
A DOG WHO PLAYS BASEBALL? HOW CAN THAT BE?
Well, Parker the dog doesn’t actually PLAY baseball. After all, he’s a four-legged animal. But Parker really understands baseball from having watched so many Little League teams play over the years.
So, instead of playing baseball, Parker coaches a boy named Max who plays centerfield for the Kansas City Royals in the Riverdale Little League.
Parker has made it his hobby to memorize the strengths and weaknesses of the Little League batters. He uses this information to position Max in centerfield for each hitter on the other team. He does this by pushing and nudging Max into the correct position.
Now Parker is looking forward to helping Max when Max’s team plays its arch rival in the game that will decide which team goes to the Little League regional playoffs.
But then something awful happens. Just before this important game, the town’s dog-catcher snatches Parker in his net and hides him from Max’s team. No one knows where Parker is.
So Max is back on his own in the outfield, not sure where to position himself in centerfield for different batters.
Will Max find Parker or will he be on his own, wandering around the outfield, when his team plays the big game?
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