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Mel Taylor uses his experiences in life to shape his work and his characters, along with his many years in television news where he has won an Emmy Award. Mel's latest book is The Exclusive, from Severn River Publishing. This is book one in the series, featuring TV reporter Booker Johnson.

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	The Exclusive (Booker Johnson, #1) by Mel Taylor (Goodreads Author), Brian Christopher Shea (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Arrangement (Booker Johnson, #2) by Mel Taylor (Goodreads Author), Brian Christopher Shea (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Pearls (Frank Tower #1) 3.98 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2015 — 7 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
	Down To The Last Mark (Frank Tower #2) 4.10 avg rating — 40 ratings — 7 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
	Death by Deadline 3.33 avg rating — 27 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
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Welcome Booker Johnson Book #3

My latest book, The Disclosure is now out. When a former judge is a suspect in his wife's murder, then disappears, the last thing a TV reporter might expect is a phone call from the once missing judge. Booker gets that phone call and learns the former judge wants to come out of hiding and clear his name. And he wants Booker to be there when he returns. I welcome you to check out the book and the c Read more of this blog post »

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Booker Johnson (2 books)
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Frank Tower (4 books)
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