Michael P. King

The Travelers are back!

To celebrate the release of Grifters’ Hopscotch: The Travelers Book 10, from today (August 11, Friday) through August 16 (Wednesday) the Grifters’ Hopscotch eBook will be $2.99 US and the Travelers Books 1-5 will be $.99 US. After that, Grifters’ goes back up to $4.99 US and the other books to their usual prices. So if you need to catch up on the earlier books, or you need the discount on the new book, now is your time.

Here are the universal links to your favorite bookstore:

Grifters’ Hopscotch: Book 10: $2.99 US https://books2read.com/u/31VEZW

Traveling Man: Book 1: $.99 US https://books2read.com/u/bzoz6n

Computer Heist: Book 2: free https://books2read.com/u/bP9Vzz

Blackmail Photos: Book 3: $.99 US https://books2read.com/u/3LDZd5

Freeport Robbery: Book 4: $.99 US https://books2read.com/u/m2Vz67

Kidnap Victim: Book 5: $.99 US https://books2read.com/u/38Z2YL

I’ll send a reminder with the universal links on August 16.

In case you haven’t seen the description of Grifters’ Hopscotch:

It all started with a simple blackmail scheme.

The Travelers, con artists who specialize in stealing from criminals, find themselves short on cash and plan on making a quick $100,000 blackmailing a prosecuting attorney with a taste for call girls. Convincing a call girl to partner with them was easy, but they hadn’t counted on the dogged persistence of a rule-bending FBI agent and the maliciousness of the criminals whose help they need to make their escape.

Broke and on the run, they must outmaneuver the FBI while they set up an even riskier robbery to recoup their losses. And in the meantime, a criminal gang they’d scammed previously is back on their trail, seeking revenge.

Grifters’ Hopscotch is a fast-paced thriller that will keep you guessing. If you like criminal intrigue, ingenious suspense, and unpredictable plot twists, you’ll love the tenth novel in the Travelers series.

Happy reading!

The Travelers are back!

Some of you have already found and purchased Grifters’ Hopscotch: The Travelers Book 10 at full price, which I really appreciate. From August 11 (Friday) through August 16 (Wednesday) the Grifters’ Hopscotch eBook will be $2.99 US and the Travelers Books 1-5 will be $.99 US to celebrate the release. After that, Grifters’ goes back up to $4.99 US and the other books to their usual prices. So if you need to catch up on the earlier books, or you need the discount on the new book, now is your time.

I’ll send a reminder with the universal links to your favorite bookstore on August 11.

The last few years, I’ve been writing the KD Thorne thrillers because I wanted to try something new. Readers have enjoyed them, and I’ve had fun writing them, but I really love writing the Travelers thrillers and, judging from the reaction to Grifters’ Hopscotch thus far, a lot of you love reading them.

Here’s the description:

It all started with a simple blackmail scheme.

The Travelers, con artists who specialize in stealing from criminals, find themselves short on cash and plan on making a quick $100,000 blackmailing a prosecuting attorney with a taste for call girls. Convincing a call girl to partner with them was easy, but they hadn’t counted on the dogged persistence of a rule-bending FBI agent and the maliciousness of the criminals whose help they need to make their escape.

Broke and on the run, they must outmaneuver the FBI while they set up an even riskier robbery to recoup their losses. And in the meantime, a criminal gang they’d scammed previously is back on their trail, seeking revenge.

Grifters’ Hopscotch is a fast-paced thriller that will keep you guessing. If you like criminal intrigue, ingenious suspense, and unpredictable plot twists, you’ll love the tenth novel in the Travelers series.

Happy reading!

The Hunt for the Ransomware Hackers, the third KD Thorne thriller, is out now. Whoo-hoo!

To celebrate the release, all three KD Thorne eBooks are discounted until December 3, so if you need to catch up, now’s your chance.

Click the universal link to choose your favorite store.

 KD Thorne 1: The Hunt for the Hijacked Nerve Agent $0.99

https://books2read.com/u/bMwaXv

KD Thorne 2: Murder at Mercy Creek $2.99

https://books2read.com/u/mYyn6V

KD Thorne 3: The Hunt for the Ransomware Hackers $2.99

https://books2read.com/u/3GWLDO

And here’s The Hunt for the Ransomware Hackers blurb:

Ransomware attacks on hydroelectric dams in the US. The power grid disrupted. Downstream communities flooded. Who are these mystery hackers?

The hackers operate in cyberspace, their messages and the ransom money bouncing between countries until their trail disappears off the grid in Eastern Europe.

As National Defense Agency operative KD Thorne and her partner Jeffery Blunt track the hackers from dam to dam across the US, the hackers create a web of misinformation to conceal their identities and hide their stolen money.

Can KD and Blunt cut through the subterfuge and lay a trap to catch the hackers before they rob their last target and disappear with the ransom cash?

The Hunt for the Ransomware Hackers is a fast-paced thriller you won’t be able to put down. If you like surprising plot twists and no-holds-barred action, you’ll love the third novel in the KD Thorne series.

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I hope you enjoy the new book. And I’d love to hear what you think.

Murder at Mercy Creek, the second KD Thorne thriller, is out now. Whoo-hoo!

To celebrate the release, the eBooks for Murder at Mercy Creek and The Hunt for the Hijacked Nerve Agent (KD Thorne Book 1) are each $2.99 (US) for the next seven days. After that, they go up to $4.99. (The paperback for Murder at Mercy Creek will be out shortly.)

Here’re the universal links to your favorite store:

Murder at Mercy Creek: https://books2read.com/u/mYyn6V

Hunt for the Hijacked Nerve Agent:  https://books2read.com/u/bMwaXv

And here’s the Murder at Mercy Creek blurb:

A few fingers sticking up out of freshly dug dirt…

After an undercover FBI agent working for an interagency taskforce is found dead in a county park, National Defense Agency operatives KD Thorne and Jeffery Blunt are sent to Mercy Creek, Iowa, to run a parallel investigation into drug running, gun smuggling, and police corruption.

Who’s running the guns and trafficking the drugs? How was the undercover agent discovered? Which cops can be trusted and how many are on the take?

As KD and Blunt follow the money trail and contraband up and down Interstate 35 from Iowa to south Texas, the traffickers push back, eager to protect their anonymity and their business. Will KD and Blunt unravel the conspiracy before the traffickers find the opportunity to put them in their graves?

Murder at Mercy Creek is a swiftly paced thriller that will keep you reading into the night. If you like unpredictable plot twists and nail-biting suspense, you’ll love the second novel in the KD Thorne series.

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I hope you enjoy it. And I’d love to hear what you think.

Happy reading!

As promised, The Murder Run: The Travelers Book 6 eBook is $0.99 through February 3. So if you need to catch up on the series, now’s your chance. Here’s the universal link to your favorite store:

 https://books2read.com/u/mdzyPE

The description:

Never cheat a partner. Always get revenge. . .

The Traveling Man takes on a quick and easy safecracking job…easy until his partners are murdered and he’s on the run.

His wife is trying to settle into her new role as a rich man’s girlfriend, so she isn’t at his side.

Who are these killers who are after him? And how are they connected to the government agency that wants the envelope he took from the safe?

With the help of a new associate, he tracks the killers until he’s steered into a trap. They think he’s cornered, but he’s still got one ace up his sleeve. . .

The Murder Run is a gritty, hard-boiled crime thriller. If you like criminal intrigue, surprising plot twists, and high-speed action, you’ll love the sixth novel in the Travelers series.

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By the way, this is the first book to make mention of Clara Garcia and the National Defense Agency, the organization that KD Thorne and Jeffery Blunt work for in the KD Thorne thrillers.

The new KD Thorne thriller, Murder at Mercy Creek, should be out as an eBook in about two weeks.

All for now. Happy reading!

The Hunt for the Hijacked Nerve Agent, the first KD Thorne thriller, is out now. Whoo-hoo!

(You may notice that the title has changed since the last time I mentioned it. I got some great advice from my editor, and I always try to listen to great advice.)

To celebrate the release, the eBook is $2.99 (US) for the next seven days. After that, it goes up to $4.99. (The paperback will be another six weeks.) Here’s the universal link to your favorite store: https://books2read.com/u/bMwaXv

And here’s the blurb:

Stolen nerve agent. Scheming terrorists. Federal agents running out of time.

A deadly nerve agent has been stolen from a federal containment facility. When the National Defense Agency is tasked with recovering it, operative KD Thorne and her partner Jeffery Blunt are put on point. Find the nerve agent. Eliminate the threat.

KD Thorne knows trouble.

Four tours in Afghanistan, a stint at NASA that went sideways, a marriage gone bad. She needs to work to keep her head on straight.

But as she and Blunt track the nerve agent from pharma executives and a military contractor team through white supremacists to a European far right faction, her personal life comes unraveled.

Can KD and Blunt stop the terrorists and retrieve the nerve agent before it’s released and innocents die?

The Hunt for the Hijacked Nerve Agent is a fast-moving thriller that will keep you turning pages. If you like pulse-pounding action and surprising plot twists, you’ll love the first novel in the KD Thorne series.

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I hope you enjoy it. And I’d love to hear what you think.

Happy reading!

Just a quick note. 

If you know someone who’d like to try the Travelers series, The Traveling Man eBook is currently free and The Computer Heist eBook is $.99 through January 25. Here are the universal links:

The Traveling Man https://books2read.com/u/bzoz6n

The Computer Heist https://books2read.com/u/bP9Vzz

That’s all for now. Happy reading!

Back in the day—you know, back when you wandered through bookstores just checking things out—I used to spend some time at the remainder table. (The table of deeply discounted books at the front of the store.) I’d sometimes find a book at that table that seemed interesting enough to take a chance on. If I liked it and it was in a series, I’d probably go to the library, check out the first one or two of the series and give them a read. Then if I was hooked, I’d start buying the rest. You’ve probably done something similar.

With eBooks, my pattern is pretty much the same. Lots of eBooks are occasionally free or discounted, so I’m always on the lookout for an opportunity to check out a series I think might be fun. One way I do this is by subscribing to eBook promotion sites, such as Bookbub or Early Bird Books, where I can check out discounted or free books just like I’m at the remainder table.

Last month, I picked up two books this way: Palm Beach Nasty by Tom Turner and A Dangerous Man by Robert Crais. Got a chance to read them both last week.

Palm Beach Nasty is the first book in Tom Turner’s series featuring police detective Charlie Crawford. I’d read Palm Beach Bedlam (book 8) previously, so I was interested in seeing how the series opened. Palm Beach Nasty did not disappoint. It was a fun read and effectively develops the key characters and overall ambiance of the series. So if you like straight-ahead, fast-paced thrillers with a Florida vibe, you might want to give this series a look.

A Dangerous Man is Robert Crais’s new Elvis Cole/Joe Pike book. (I was surprised to find it discounted.) I’ve read a lot of these books, but it’s been a while, so I’d forgotten just how much I enjoy them, particularly the ones that mainly focus on Joe Pike, who plays Hawk to Elvis Cole’s Spenser (If you catch the Robert B. Parker analogy). Pike is a hard-charging, take-no-prisoners kind of guy, and it’s always a pleasure to see Crais run him through his paces. 

One last note. If you know someone who’d like to try the Travelers series, The Traveling Man eBook is currently free and The Computer Heist eBook will be $.99 for a few days later this month. I’ll send a short email when the dates are set.

That’s all for now. Happy reading!