I just got back from my son’s wedding in northern California. He and his now wife put together a beautiful ceremony in the redwoods. As you can imagine, we had a wonderful time visiting with family and friends, which we never get to do enough of. And I got a chance to enjoy the ocean, which is a big treat for a Midwesterner like me. But now it’s back to work.

In July, I wrote a little bit about how the Travelers series got started. This month, I want to focus on The Computer Heist: The Travelers Book Two.

Always, in every book, one of the key concerns is how to make it different from what has gone on before, while still being part of the Travelers universe. Each book needs to be exciting and suspenseful and not easy to figure out. That’s why we’re reading, right? For the pure escape. And that’s the value I want to deliver to you.

So here the crime involves the theft of a computer program and the machinations of everyone who has something at stake at the software company. Instead of the Travelers being completely on the inside of the con, and having to hold off competitors, (as they are in The Traveling Man) they find themselves having to discover what the con is really about if they are, in the end, going to get paid for their efforts and stay out of jail.

And part of what they have to figure out is who the other players are and what their level of criminality is, because they don’t want to harm anyone who’s not in the game, or as they would say, anyone who’s a civilian. And they want to gain the advantage over the other players by knowing what their limits are, which will increase their ability to manipulate them.

If you haven’t yet read The Computer Heist, The Blackmail Photos, or The Freeport Robbery, the eBooks are all on Amazon Countdown Deals until Tuesday September 18. So if you want to catch up on the series, now’s the time. Here’s the link to my author page with all the listings: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00W81SHBI

And if you know someone who would like to read The Traveling Man: The Travelers Book 1, the eBook is free on Amazon today through Friday 14 September so that new readers can find out about the series. Here’s the link: http://amzn.to/1Nnd373

All of you who are caught up with the series (Thank you!), rest assured that I’m hard at work on the new book, tentatively titled The Murder Run, and hope to have something more to say about it next month.