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Michael Balter

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Michael Balter is an award-winning author and natural storyteller whose debut novel, Chasing Money, won multiple accolades, including the 2023 Best Indie Book Award for Crime Thrillers, the 2024 Feathered Quill Award for Best Mystery/Thriller/Suspense novel, and the 2024 Crime Thriller of the Year from BestThrillers.com.

Born in post-war Berlin, Michael grew up in a bombed-out building with bars on the windows and bullet holes in the walls. When the Berlin wall went up, his family fled to Ottawa and then moved to Detroit at the height of the 1967 riots. During the Vietnam War, Michael served as an air traffic controller at the Udorn Air Force base in Thailand.

After graduating college with an aerospace engineering degree, Michael joined Int ...more

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	Chasing Money: A Marty and Bo Thriller (Marty Schott and Bo Bishop Book 1) 4.06 avg rating — 171 ratings — 4 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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Chasing Money Wins Audio Book Reviewer's Award

In December, Audio Book Reviewers announced the winners of their 2024 awards.

Chasing Money: A Marty and Bo Thriller won the 2024 Best Mystery Award in the thriller genre!

This was quite an honor and speaks to the exceptional narration provided by Frits Zernike.

Frits has had a long career as a professional actor which helps him bring each of the varied characters in Chasing Money to life.

He did a Read more of this blog post »

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Published on February 02, 2025 05:46 • Tags: audiobook, award, chasing-money, thriller

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Michael Balter liked Jackie M's review of Chasing Money: A Marty and Bo Thriller (Marty Schott and Bo Bishop Book 1): "Absolutely fantastic character-driven thriller. A bit of a slow burn that steadily grows more and more suspense for the reader. A truly masterfully crafted story with terrific narration. Looking forward to reading more from the author."
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Michael Balter liked Military Writers Society of America (MWSA)'s review of Chasing Money: A Marty and Bo Thriller (Marty Schott and Bo Bishop Book 1): "MWSA Review Chasing Money: A Marty and Bo Thriller is a twisting mystery romp, a mixture of satire and dark humor that keeps readers hooked from the first page. Marty and Bo are struggling entrepreneurs, always chasing money to fund their struggling ne" Read more of this review »
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