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John H. Cunningham

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Fiction, Mystery, Travel

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John H. Cunningham, outdoorsman, world traveler, and aviation enthusiast, is a commercial real estate professional and former editor. He splits his time between Virginia, New York and Key West with his wife and two daughters. His books include RED RIGHT RETURN, GREEN TO GO, CRYSTAL BLUE, SECOND CHANCE GOLD, MAROON RISING, FREE FALL TO BLACK, SILVER GOODBYE, WHITE KNIGHT, and THE LAST RAFT.

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SILVER GOODBYE is out today

A new Buck Reilly Adventure is out today and readers can download it on Amazon for $2.99 for a limited time only. Here's the link:
https://amzn.to/2OiKA7N

A horrific storm is coming, a beautiful woman is captive in a tunnel and will drown, a crazed drug smuggler makes a pilot fly him to a remote island to retrieve a buried 80s era cache. The island is Key West, the storm is Irma, the pilot is Buck Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 07, 2018 12:39 • Tags: action, adventure, key-west, suspense

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Average rating: 4.46 · 14,186 ratings · 736 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Red Right Return (Buck Reilly Adventure, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 1,744 ratings — published 2011 — 8 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
	Green to Go (Buck Reilly Adventure, #2) 4.41 avg rating — 1,226 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Crystal Blue (Buck Reilly Adventure #3) 4.34 avg rating — 1,168 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
	Maroon Rising (Buck Reilly Adventure #5) 4.44 avg rating — 1,117 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Second Chance Gold (Buck Reilly Adventure #4) 4.50 avg rating — 887 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
	Purple Deceiver: (Buck Reilly Adventure Series Book 10) 4.64 avg rating — 732 ratings — 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
	Indigo Abyss (Buck Reilly Adventure #9) 4.67 avg rating — 717 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
	Buried in Orange: Buck Reilly Adventure Series 4.62 avg rating — 703 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
	White Knight (Buck Reilly Adventure #8) 4.61 avg rating — 677 ratings — 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
	Free Fall to Black (Buck Reilly Adventure #6) 4.42 avg rating — 705 ratings — 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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“A fallow mind is a field of discontent.”
― John H. Cunningham, Red Right Return

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“Without balls to drive brains, underachievers wear chains. Without brains to rein balls, overachievers hit walls.’ Floyd’s Law, a.k.a. the Balls/Brains or B/B”
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