David Dean's Blog - Posts Tagged "thriller"
Starvation Cay
I'm very pleased to announce that I have a new book coming out on April 24th. It's titled "Starvation Cay", and I think fans of adventure-thrillers will enjoy it immensely. It falls within the tradition of such novels as "Lord Jim" and "The Pirate's Daughter", and features an unusual hero in the character of Brendan Athy, a young Irish-American gangster on the run from the law while searching for his missing sister among the Out Islands of the Bahamas. Brendan's journey, with a Haitian smuggler as his guide, brings the men into conflict with a kaleidoscope of shady characters ranging from drug runners to serial murderers. But the answers he seeks can only be found on Starvation Cay, an ominous deserted island, where hearts are broken and bones left to bleach in the hot Bahamian sun.
"Starvation Cay" is available for pre-order now at Amazon Books. I hope that you'll give it a read.
"Starvation Cay" is available for pre-order now at Amazon Books. I hope that you'll give it a read.
The Purple Robe (New Edition)
My novel, The Purple Robe, has been released as a revised edition by Genius Book Publishing! It also has a very exciting new cover, as well. There are sample chapters available on Amazon for you to get a taste of this most unusual book. It's a combination of thriller, mystery, and fable. I hope that you'll enjoy it and recommend it to your friends if you do. You won't forget it, I think. Here's a link below:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B34ZH48X
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B34ZH48X
"Tomorrow's Dead" Launch
I'm very happy to announce the release of Tomorrow’s Dead. This collection contains twelve tales of law enforcement personnel, the last of these lending its title to the whole. The cast of characters run the gamut of patrol officer to chief, dispatcher to detective, prosecutor’s investigator to cyber-crimes officer; there’s even a priest who, though obviously not a police officer, plays a role as friend and advisor to one. Both he, and Julian Hall—the officer he befriends—appear together in this volume and two of the other collections that follow. I’ve tried to lend authenticity to my characters, so all are flawed, some fatally so. Some redeemable, others not. All, I hope, are quintessentially human.
The stories are not presented in chronological order and beneath the title will appear the year of publication. As these stories are procedural in nature, the editor thought it might be helpful to the reader. Why? Because police work—like most other professions—has changed rapidly due to both technological and societal influences. In the stories I wrote earlier, for instance, the use of DNA evidence (I can only speak to New Jersey) was restricted to homicide cases, and juries were allowed to assign it whatever weight they might agree upon. Just a few years later, the use of DNA evidence became as unassailable as fingerprints, and utilized in everything from burglaries to aggravated assaults.
I’ve been retired from law enforcement for a decade now and stopped writing procedurals a few years ago. It became obvious to me that my institutional knowledge was rapidly becoming that of an historian rather than authority. What hasn’t changed, however, is the human being that is the police officer, and the unique profession that person practices. There is no other like it. This is what Tomorrow’s Dead is about. Truth lies at the heart of good police work, and good story-telling should always be entertaining. I hope you find both requirements satisfied within the covers of this book. The embedded link will allow you to have a sample read. readhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B81KGH22
The stories are not presented in chronological order and beneath the title will appear the year of publication. As these stories are procedural in nature, the editor thought it might be helpful to the reader. Why? Because police work—like most other professions—has changed rapidly due to both technological and societal influences. In the stories I wrote earlier, for instance, the use of DNA evidence (I can only speak to New Jersey) was restricted to homicide cases, and juries were allowed to assign it whatever weight they might agree upon. Just a few years later, the use of DNA evidence became as unassailable as fingerprints, and utilized in everything from burglaries to aggravated assaults.
I’ve been retired from law enforcement for a decade now and stopped writing procedurals a few years ago. It became obvious to me that my institutional knowledge was rapidly becoming that of an historian rather than authority. What hasn’t changed, however, is the human being that is the police officer, and the unique profession that person practices. There is no other like it. This is what Tomorrow’s Dead is about. Truth lies at the heart of good police work, and good story-telling should always be entertaining. I hope you find both requirements satisfied within the covers of this book. The embedded link will allow you to have a sample read. readhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B81KGH22
