What a Great Early Christmas Present!!!
I am thrilled to announce that Maskirovka—The Russian Science of Deception—is a BestThrillers Book Awards finalist for 2023! I am honored to be recognized among such a great list of authors. Thank you BestThrillers and all the judges.
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The Western Flyer Returns to Monterey!!
To all you John Steinbeck fans, Carol and I were thrilled to be invited to the Welcome Home of the Western Flyer in Moss Landing. The Western Flyer was the famous sardine fishing seiner John Steinbeck wrote about in his book, The Log of the Sea of Cortez, where he accompanied marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, on a scientific collection expedition in 1940. The Western Flyer was almost lost to history when John Gregg found it in 2015 and started the Western Flyer Foundation to restore the vessel for its new purpose: marine research and environmental education. It will be home ported in Monterey. The shipwrights at Port Townsend, Washington have done an incredible job on the restoration. It is a beautiful vessel. We were so pleased to meet John Gregg and his family, the foundation board members, Executive Director Sherry Flumerfelt, Chirs Chase who spearheaded the restoration, guests, and the relatives of John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts. I was had a chance to speak with Dr. Gregor Cailliet, my professor of marine ichthyology at Moss Land Marine Laboratory in 1975! What a great evening. I hope you will check out the foundations website and consider joining or donating to this wonderful organization. https://www.westernflyer.org |
Hi Friends,
I had the great opportunity to record an interview on Rich Ehisen’s In Their Own Words podcast. What a thrill! Rich is an award-winning journalist, editor, and a great interviewer—smart, witty, fun, and he brings out the best stories. I hope you’ll give it a listen and subscribe to Rich’s website and YouTube channel. You will be entertained and informed!
Here is the link to the podcast on YouTube:https://youtu.be/gVKdbROUMm4
And Rich's website link: https://www.richehisen.com
I had the great opportunity to record an interview on Rich Ehisen’s In Their Own Words podcast. What a thrill! Rich is an award-winning journalist, editor, and a great interviewer—smart, witty, fun, and he brings out the best stories. I hope you’ll give it a listen and subscribe to Rich’s website and YouTube channel. You will be entertained and informed!
Here is the link to the podcast on YouTube:https://youtu.be/gVKdbROUMm4
And Rich's website link: https://www.richehisen.com
For all my friends in Michigan, I'll be attending my Southwestern High School Reunion in Flint on October 7th.
I'll be having a book signing and get-together on Friday, October 6th at Totem Books.
If you get a chance, I hope you'll stop by and say hello, and maybe buy some books!!
One-to-One Interview with John DeDakis
Many thanks to Christie and Cathi for a wonderful Crime Book Chat at the Game of Books podcast. I had a great discussion with my fellow panelists, Rick Bleiweiss, Kimberly G. Giarratano, and Rebecca Keller. It was fun and informative. Please give it a listen at the link below and checkout the books!
I am excited to announce that Maskirovka—The Russian Science of Deception was rated as one of the Top 100 Indie Novels of 2022! If you haven’t I hope you’ll give it a read! AUTHORS ON THE MOVE!
Along with fellow Capitol Crimes writers Catriona McPherson, Claire Booth, and James L’Etoile, I’ll be speaking at the 21st Annual Authors on the Move gala sponsored by The Sacramento Literacy Foundation on March 11, 2023 at The Sawyer Hotel in downtown Sacramento. The Foundation collaborates with community organizations to advance children's literacy skills throughout the Sacramento region. The keynote speaker for the event is New York Times Review Editor’s Choice, Angie Cruz and her recently released novel, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water. If you are attending, please stop by and say hello! |
See my Interview with Kirkus Magazine
MASKIROVKA—The Russian Science of Deception
It may have changed its name, but the KGB is up to its old tricks, only this time with a new puppet—the American Public!
I am pleased to announce that my third novel, Maskirovka—The Russian Science of Deception, will be published by Bluewater Press on Tuesday, October 25, 2022.
Steve Nguyen, a newly minted homicide detective with the San Francisco Police Department, is cut loose on his first solo case—the mysterious death of a young accountant with a public-interest foundation. Everything points to natural causes, but Nguyen, to the dismay of his chief, isn’t ready to close the book. With no motive, means, or opportunity, the anxiety-racked law school drop-out starts digging anyway.
Nguyen’s tortuous investigation leads him through the halls of Congress, the gritty oil fields of the Siberian tundra, stately Black Sea palaces of the petro-czars, and the mean streets of San Francisco. He unearths a malevolent alliance among a billionaire Russian oligarch, a duplicitous foundation director, and a renowned philanthropist hell-bent on tightening Russia’s monopoly on the European energy market by choking-off American exports. If it means corrupting the American electoral system through illegal campaign contributions, political blackmail, and a few dead bodies, so be it.
Addled by self-doubt, and with just his misfit cousins, Tina Ngo, an attorney with a special practice in feral law, and Tommy Tran, a computer geek straddling the tightrope of legality, Nguyen must learn, and learn fast, the Russian rules of international deception, all while in the crosshairs of the SVR’s most skilled assassins. His unraveling of a complex tangle of offshore accounts, dummy corporations, front companies, and shell corporations, may, just may, save a republic.
Maskirovka is available through:
Nguyen’s tortuous investigation leads him through the halls of Congress, the gritty oil fields of the Siberian tundra, stately Black Sea palaces of the petro-czars, and the mean streets of San Francisco. He unearths a malevolent alliance among a billionaire Russian oligarch, a duplicitous foundation director, and a renowned philanthropist hell-bent on tightening Russia’s monopoly on the European energy market by choking-off American exports. If it means corrupting the American electoral system through illegal campaign contributions, political blackmail, and a few dead bodies, so be it.
Addled by self-doubt, and with just his misfit cousins, Tina Ngo, an attorney with a special practice in feral law, and Tommy Tran, a computer geek straddling the tightrope of legality, Nguyen must learn, and learn fast, the Russian rules of international deception, all while in the crosshairs of the SVR’s most skilled assassins. His unraveling of a complex tangle of offshore accounts, dummy corporations, front companies, and shell corporations, may, just may, save a republic.
Maskirovka is available through: