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To Love Again, a love story, was published in February 2024. Arthur Kerns has been writing stories since high school. He joined the FBI with a career in counterintelligence and counterterrorism. On retirement, he became a consultant with the Director of Central Intelligence and the Department of State, taking him to over sixty-five countries. His short stories and mysteries have appeared in several award-winning anthologies and he was a first place winner in the Cave Creek Film and Arts Festival. Diversion Books, Inc published his Hayden Stone thriller trilogy, The Riviera Contract, The African Contract, and The Yemen Contract. The spy thriller, Days of the Hunters, since was published. An espionage novel, A Suitable Spy, is completed and w ...more

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	The Riviera Contract (The Hayden Stone Thrillers Book 1) 3.92 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2013 — 10 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 Thrill List by Catherine Lea (Goodreads Author), Russell Blake (Goodreads Author), Diane Capri (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2016	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
	Days of the Hunters 4.11 avg rating — 27 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
	The African Contract (Hayden Stone #2) 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014 — 10 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 Yemen Contract (Hayden Stone #3) 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Award-Winning Tales by R.L. Coffield, Drew Davis, Robert M. Walton (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	TO LOVE AGAIN 4.20 avg rating — 5 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
	A Suitable Spy 4.25 avg rating — 4 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
	The Riviera Contract by Kerns, Arthur (2013) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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GREAT REVIEW OF RIVIERA CONTRACT

This morning read a very complimentary review by Donna Young of THE RIVERA CONTRACT in the August/September issue of the Society of Southwestern Authors newsletter, The Write Word.
Made me want to sit down and work on my next book.

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Published on August 05, 2014 10:31 • Tags: riviera-contract, society-of-southwestern-authors, the-write-word

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