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Nik Morton is the author of a collection of 23 crime short stories collected in Leon Cazador, P.I., a romantic thriller series Catalyst, Catacomb and Cataclysm, Write a Western in 30 Days, three psychic spy Cold War thrillers Mission: Prague, Mission: Tehran, and Mission: Khyber, a romantic crime thriller An Evil Trade, a vampire thriller set in Malta, Chill of the Shadow, and five other collections of his short stories: Gifts from a Dead Race (sci-fi, horror, fantasy), Nourish a Blind Life (sci-fi, horror, fantasy), Visitors (westerns), Codename Gaby (historical), I Celebrate Myself (crime and adventure). He is also the author of the noir western Cash Laramie adventures, Bullets for a Ballot and Coffin for Cash, and two sci-fi novellas in ...more

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	Bullets For A Ballot 3.95 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Write a Western in 30 Days: With Plenty of Bullet-Points! 3.79 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spanish Eye 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coffin for Cash (Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles Book 12) 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood of the Dragon Trees 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prague Papers (#1 Tana Standish Series) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rogue Prey: A Leon Cazador Thriller 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sudden Vengeance Waits 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catalyst (#1 in the 'Avenging Cat' series) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sudden Vengeance it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My Invented Country: A Memoir ― A Memoir of Exile and Homeland

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Nik Morton rated a book The Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A really slow relatively meaningless beginning. When Jim/James ends up in the body of a dragon in his quest to find his betrothed, it started to improve, especially with the wizard Carolinus. Then it got silly with talking worms... Obviously, I'm at ...more
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Nik Morton rated a book really liked it Double Crossing (Double Series Book 1) by Meg Mims (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Meg Mims’s novel debut, the award-winning western romance Double Crossing was first published in 2011; this revised extended version was published 2024. It’s in the first-person and the heroine comes across as a strong determined spirited young woman ...more
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Nik Morton rated a book Martian Time-Slip by Philip K. Dick	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Philip K Dick’s novel Martian Time-Slip was published in the USA in 1964 and yet didn’t get published in UK until 1976. It’s Mars in the 1990s where people from Earth can breathe the air and fly in helicopters over the red sands and mountains. There a ...more
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J.B. Priestley’s The Shapes of Sleep (A Topical Tale) was published in1962; my copy is the Book Club Edition (1963). Ben Sterndale is an out-of-work freelance journalist when he’s offered a job by an old work colleague, Tony Privett. Ben is tasked wit ...more
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LJ Ross’s fourth DCI Ryan mystery Angel was published in 2016. You really need to read the books in order to appreciate them. It begins when a body is found in a shallow grave. Investigations suggest there was a religious motive – significantly over t ...more
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Nik Morton rated a book it was amazing The Loving Cup (Poldark, #10) by Winston Graham	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Winston Graham’s tenth Poldark novel The Loving Cup was published in 1984, two years after his previous novel in the 12-volume series, The Miller’s Dance. The story continues, settling on the travails of the Poldark children Jeremy and Clowance and th ...more
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