I'm out of the office for a few days, will resume blogging on Friday.
Meanwhile, here's a plug for one of my novels, The Summer Boy. It's set on a ranch in Texas where I worked one summer when a junior in high school. Here are a few quotes from readers:
"A darn good read. Pacing was good, story questions abounded, tension was always present, ebbing and flowing and keeping the reader off guard."
"The tension begins on page one and escalates, breathlessly, until the final, deadly confrontation. There are no slow parts, no boring middle, just a steady ratcheting of the stakes for these believable, likeable characters."
"The story is alive. I kept reading even when my eyes were closing at night."
"Wow . . . the tension never ended and it seemed to come from all directions. I spent the day reading as I couldn't stop."
Here's the blurb.
The air was as still as it was hot-only the whir of a grasshopper's flight troubled the quiet. Jesse felt like an overcooked chicken, his meat darn near ready to fall off his bones. Mouth so dry he didn't have enough spit left to swallow, Jesse croaked, "That guy tryin' to kill us?"
Turns out the answer is "not yet." A ranch hand is murdered and bad things start happening to Jesse, just an average kid working on a ranch the summer of 1958.
And then there's Lola . . . the boss's daughter is a firecracker of a girl, and her bold ways send death their way. It will take all of their heart and courage to survive.
To check it out on Amazon, click here.
Later,
Ray