Just got back from a cruise on the Nile River in Egypt. Temples, tombs, and mummies! Very cool. Now I’m ready to get back to work. I’ve finished the manuscript for the new Travelers thriller. I just have to tighten it up and choose a title, and I’ll be ready to send it off to the editor. In the meantime—
February 3 (today) through February 9 (Monday) Travelers eBooks 1-7 and KD Thorne eBooks 1-3 are discounted from their usual prices to $0.99 US. That’s seven thrillers loaded with complex scams and double crosses as the Travelers try to outwit and rob other criminals and three suspense-filled adventures as Thorne and Blunt risk their lives tackling intricate national security cases.
So if you need to get caught up on either series, now is your chance.
Here’re the links to the Amazon series pages, where you’ll find the discounted books as well as the more recent ones.
I’m in the middle of moving, which means I’m not making any progress on the new Travelers book. I hope to be back to writing next week.
In the meantime, to show my appreciation to all of you, Travelers eBooks 1-6 and KD Thorne eBooks 1 and 2 are discounted to $0.99 US until October 13. That’s six thrillers loaded with complex scams and double crosses as the Travelers try to outwit and rob other criminals and two suspense-filled adventures as Thorne and Blunt risk their lives tackling intricate national security cases.
So if you need to catch up on the early books or have a friend who’d like to give them a try, now is your chance.
Here’re the links to the Amazon series pages, where you’ll find the discounted books as well as the more recent ones.
As promised, there’s special eBook pricing from April 22 through April 26 to celebrate the release of the new Travelers thriller, The Contract Killers, which is only available on Amazon.
Travelers book one is free, Travelers books 2-6 are $.99, and The Contract Killers (book 11) is $2.99. Here’s the link to the series page where you can see all the deals.
When you make your living robbing criminals, you never know when your time is going to run out.
After the Travelers cheated the Orange Hill Cartel, the cartel sent a team of contract killers to hunt them down. Now every job the Travelers try, the killers close in, disrupting the scam just as the Travelers are about to cash out.
So the Travelers have gone to ground in the Colorado mountains, hiding in a cabin up a dirt road. After they run out of money, they take a short-term job robbing an embezzling banker in Rocky Shore, Missouri, hoping to get in and out before the killers can find them.
But when the killers crash this job, the Travelers barely escape after a shootout on the city streets. Can they stay one step ahead of the killers long enough to hatch a plan to deal with them and get the Orange Hill Cartel off their backs for good?
The Contract Killers is a cat-and-mouse cross-country race against time. If you like unpredictable plot twists, criminal shenanigans, and nail-biting suspense, you’ll love the eleventh novel in the Travelers series.
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So there you have it. Hoping The Contract Killers is the best Travelers book yet! So pick up your copy at the discounted price and catch up on the earlier books if you haven’t read them yet.
Got back from my daughter’s wedding last week, so I’m a little bit behind. (The wedding was great, everything went as planned, had a chance to visit with relatives I haven’t seen in a while. Lots of fun!)
Still finishing up the last few details for the release of the new Travelers book, The Contract Killers.
Here’s the description:
When you make your living robbing criminals, you never know when your time is going to run out.
After the Travelers cheated the Orange Hill Cartel, the cartel sent a team of contract killers to hunt them down. Now every job the Travelers try, the killers close in, disrupting the scam just as the Travelers are about to cash out.
So the Travelers have gone to ground in the Colorado mountains, hiding in a cabin up a dirt road. After they run out of money, they take a short-term job robbing an embezzling banker in Rocky Shore, Missouri, hoping to get in and out before the killers can find them.
But when the killers crash this job, the Travelers barely escape after a shootout on the city streets. Can they stay one step ahead of the killers long enough to hatch a plan to deal with them and get the Orange Hill Cartel off their backs for good?
The Contract Killers is a cat-and-mouse cross-country race against time. If you like unpredictable plot twists, criminal shenanigans, and nail-biting suspense, you’ll love the eleventh novel in the Travelers series.
As per usual, there will be special pricing on some of the earlier books in the series, as well as a discounted price on The Contract Killers, during the first few days after the release. I’ll let you know all the details when the release date is certain.
Travelers book 11, now titled The Contract Killers, is off with the editor. After he has his say, I’ll tidy it up. Hoping for the best Travelers thriller ever.
Meanwhile, two items of interest.
First, the KD Thorne thrillers (eBook versions) are on sale February 11 through 15. Book one is free and books 2-4 are $.99 US. So if you haven’t read them and you want to check them out, now is your chance. Here’s the link to the series page:
Second, I read The Hot Spot by Charles Williams (Originally titled Hell Hath No Fury, 1953). A drifter’s plan to rob a bank in a small town goes sideways. Add a a femme fatale and a hardened adversary, and you have a classis noir, where the hero’s hopes and desires lead him into an intricate web of events where he’s in a constant struggle to outsmart his enemies and the cops.
Beautifully plotted, with an ending you won’t see coming. You’ll have to overlook the casual sexism of the early 1950s, but outside of that, this is an excellent read.
Wishing my US friends a happy Thanksgiving. I’m making good progress on the new Travelers book. This time around, the Travelers are being chased by hit men employed by the Orange Hill Cartel, and they have to find a way to outsmart them and keep the cartel from hiring new killers. And the Travelers, of course, have to make a living. Lots of balls in the air. Hoping to make it an exciting page turner. If you want to see a complete list of my books, you can check them out here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Michael-P.-King/author/B00W81SHBI
Meanwhile, here’re two thrillers I read this month.
First, Devil’s Peak (Benny Griessel Mysteries Book 1: 2008) by Deon Meyer. A well-written police procedural that takes place in post-apartheid South Africa. Police detective Griessel, a roaring alcoholic who’s been kicked out by his wife, is on the trail of a vigilante who is murdering child killers. And that’s just the beginning of his trouble as he wades through his personal problems, office politics, and public outcry for immediate capture of the vigilante.
Lots of South African local color, tight description, and intense action make this a fun, fun read.
Second, The Green Ripper (Travis McGee Book 18: 1979) by John D. MacDonald. The Travis McGee books are critically acclaimed, but I’ve never read them, so I thought I’d check one out. This one won the National Book Award.
On this outing, McGee’s girlfriend dies from a bizarre illness that turns out to be murder, which sends the heartbroken McGee down a rabbit hole into a world of brainwashed cultists bent on terrorism in the US.
Well drawn characters, complex plotting, and surprising action make for a read that you won’t want to put down.
There’re special discounts on the eBook versions of the Travelers books 1-5. That’s The Traveling Man: free, The Computer Heist: $.99, The Blackmail Photos: $.99, The Freeport Robbery: $.99, and The Kidnap Victim: $.99.
These discounts run through November 2, so if you haven’t read the early books and want to catch up, or you know someone who’d like to try them, now’s your chance.
Got the manuscript for the new KD Thorne book, The Hidden Mine at Agua Dulce, back from the copyeditor. He made some valuable suggestions, so I’ve got a little more work to do.
In the meantime, from May 6-10 Travelers books 1-5 will be discounted. So if you need to catch up with the Travelers, now is your chance. I’ll send out an email with the details next week.
And here’re two thrillers from the 1980s that I read last month, where the men are still macho and women are beginning to assert themselves.
A Trouble of Fools (Carlotta Carlyle Book 1, 1987) by Linda Barnes. Carlyle is an ex-cop newbie private investigator in Boston, circa late 1980s, so the background is drugs, guns, the Italian mob, and the last vestige of support for the IRA.
Carlyle is hired by an Irish spinster to find her missing brother, who drives for the cab company that Carlyle used to drive for after she left the police force. The case turns from missing person to something much more dangerous after the spinster is attacked and her home ransacked. Finding out the who and the why takes Carlyle down the back alleys of Boston where she has to use all of her connections and street knowledge to figure out what’s really going on and put a stop to it.
Interesting characters and a complex point of view make for fun reading, particularly after Barnes gets the various plot threads moving.
Second, Rafferty’s Rules (Rafferty P.I. Book 1, 1987) by Bill Duncan. Rafferty is a wise-cracking ex-cop PI working the mean streets of Dallas, Texas, so there’s a slight comic element playing against the hard-boiled style.
Rafferty is hired by a wealthy couple to find and bring in dead-or-alive the outlaw bikers who kidnapped, raped, and brainwashed their daughter. Rafferty wastes no time kicking the hornet’s nest of local outlaw bikers to get on the trail of the thugs he’s after, and pretty soon things turn from ugly to brutal as he tracks his prey across rural Texas. A fast-paced, tightly plotted thriller.
Just a short note. Enjoying the northern hemisphere fall colors and making good progress on the new KD Thorne book. I’ll have more to say about it as I get closer to being finished.
In the meantime, Fall discounts on Traveler books 1-5.
From today November 7 to Sunday November 12, the Travelers eBooks 1-5 will be $.99 (US). After that, they go back to their usual prices. So if you need to catch up on the earlier books in the series, or you know someone who’d like to give them a try, now is your chance.
Here are the universal links to your favorite bookstore:
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:
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.
