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Ring A Ding
Hotel owner C.C. Dixon has a beautiful fiancée’ and a mysterious million dollar debt. Before he can embrace his future, he’ll have to sort his past... Or die trying. Ring A Ding is a new cocktail of crime and adventure from the Kindle best selling author of Humdinger.Chuck Hardin - "Stone did it again. His books are lean, mean, stripped-down engines of action and plunder. Mark my This is the Richard Stark of our era. I'm calling it now."Also available by Sam The Hollywood Doll
167 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 14, 2011
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About the author
Sam Stone
57 books96 followers'Mistress of the grisly and the glutinous' - GRAHAM MASTERTON
'A deceptively readable date with darkness – watch your step! This book is lit for the much more discerning chick (and cock) who likes to walk in the shadows. Relax with it, but be prepared for sudden jewels and little masterpieces – and the rug to be pulled from under your feet.’ - TANITH LEE on Killing Kiss.
GENRE AUTHOR.
Award winning genre writer Sam Stone began writing aged 11 after reading her first adult fiction book, The Collector by John Fowles.
Sam's writing has appeared in many anthologies for poetry and prose. Like all good authors she drew on her own knowledge and passions to write her first novel which the Silver Award for Best Horror Novel in ForeWord Magazine's book of the year awards in 2007.
In September 2008 the novel was re-edited and republished by The House of Murky Depths as KILLING KISS. Sequels, FUTILE FLAME and DEMON DANCE went on to become finalists in the same awards for 2009/2010. Both novels were later Shortlisted for The British Fantasy Society Awards for Best Novel and DEMON DANCE won the award for Best Novel in 2011. Sam also won Best Short Fiction for her story FOOL'S GOLD which first appeared in the NewCon Press Anthology THE BITTEN WORD.
In 2011 Sam was commissioned by Reeltime Pictures to write a monologue for their talking heads style DOCTOR WHO spin-off, WHITE WITCH OF DEVIL'S END. She was also co-script editor with David J Howe. The six part drama, starring Damaris Hayman, was released on DVD to much critical acclaim in Nov 2017 by Koch Media as part of boxset called THE DAEMONS OF DEVIL'S END. Sam also edited and wrote a story in the novelisation inspired by the drama for Telos Publishing also called THE DAEMONS OF DEVIL'S END.
Other works include official Sherlock Holmes stories for Constable and Robinson and Titan. Sam also wrote a Dorian Gray story for Big Finish’s successful series THE CONFESSIONS OF DORIAN GRAY.
Sam was commissioned by Telos to write several sequels to her hugely successful Steampunk Novella ZOMBIE'S AT TIFFANY'S. The audio rights were subsequently bought by Spokenworld Audio and were made available for download in Halloween 2013. In January 2015 the first novel of her new post-apocalyptic trilogy, JINX TOWN - Book 1˗ THE JINX CHRONICLES, was published by Telos and was been followed by Book 2: JINX MAGIC in 2016. The final part JINX BOUND was published in July 2018.
The rights for Sam’s supernatural thriller, POSING FOR PICASSO were acquired by Kevin J Anderson and Rebecca Moesta’s publishing house, Wordfire Press, in 2016. Peter James said that it was ‘A powerful mix of the supernatural and police investigation’.
An eclectic and skilled writer Sam also has a BA (Hons) in English and Writing for Performance and an MA in Creative Writing, which means that she is often invited to talk about writing in schools, colleges and universities in the UK. Sam is also frequently invited to appear as a guest at literary events, conventions and Comic Cons in the UK, USA and Canada.
'A deceptively readable date with darkness – watch your step! This book is lit for the much more discerning chick (and cock) who likes to walk in the shadows. Relax with it, but be prepared for sudden jewels and little masterpieces – and the rug to be pulled from under your feet.’ - TANITH LEE on Killing Kiss.
GENRE AUTHOR.
Award winning genre writer Sam Stone began writing aged 11 after reading her first adult fiction book, The Collector by John Fowles.
Sam's writing has appeared in many anthologies for poetry and prose. Like all good authors she drew on her own knowledge and passions to write her first novel which the Silver Award for Best Horror Novel in ForeWord Magazine's book of the year awards in 2007.
In September 2008 the novel was re-edited and republished by The House of Murky Depths as KILLING KISS. Sequels, FUTILE FLAME and DEMON DANCE went on to become finalists in the same awards for 2009/2010. Both novels were later Shortlisted for The British Fantasy Society Awards for Best Novel and DEMON DANCE won the award for Best Novel in 2011. Sam also won Best Short Fiction for her story FOOL'S GOLD which first appeared in the NewCon Press Anthology THE BITTEN WORD.
In 2011 Sam was commissioned by Reeltime Pictures to write a monologue for their talking heads style DOCTOR WHO spin-off, WHITE WITCH OF DEVIL'S END. She was also co-script editor with David J Howe. The six part drama, starring Damaris Hayman, was released on DVD to much critical acclaim in Nov 2017 by Koch Media as part of boxset called THE DAEMONS OF DEVIL'S END. Sam also edited and wrote a story in the novelisation inspired by the drama for Telos Publishing also called THE DAEMONS OF DEVIL'S END.
Other works include official Sherlock Holmes stories for Constable and Robinson and Titan. Sam also wrote a Dorian Gray story for Big Finish’s successful series THE CONFESSIONS OF DORIAN GRAY.
Sam was commissioned by Telos to write several sequels to her hugely successful Steampunk Novella ZOMBIE'S AT TIFFANY'S. The audio rights were subsequently bought by Spokenworld Audio and were made available for download in Halloween 2013. In January 2015 the first novel of her new post-apocalyptic trilogy, JINX TOWN - Book 1˗ THE JINX CHRONICLES, was published by Telos and was been followed by Book 2: JINX MAGIC in 2016. The final part JINX BOUND was published in July 2018.
The rights for Sam’s supernatural thriller, POSING FOR PICASSO were acquired by Kevin J Anderson and Rebecca Moesta’s publishing house, Wordfire Press, in 2016. Peter James said that it was ‘A powerful mix of the supernatural and police investigation’.
An eclectic and skilled writer Sam also has a BA (Hons) in English and Writing for Performance and an MA in Creative Writing, which means that she is often invited to talk about writing in schools, colleges and universities in the UK. Sam is also frequently invited to appear as a guest at literary events, conventions and Comic Cons in the UK, USA and Canada.
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January 31, 2012
Like the previous Sam Stone I read this one is slick with some good dialogue but for me it read like an abridged version of a longer story. I wanted more description and development of certain parts of the plot. It's a cheap audiobook and so I'd say give it a go but I don't rate it very highly.
May 20, 2018
Good and evil
This book jumps subjects so often it was hard to follow an again he leaves you with no ending. But on the good side it is packed with old world detectives an situations which keeps you wanting more. I would love to hate him but I can't. I think he would be a great writer of his mind didn't move faster than his fingers typing.
This book jumps subjects so often it was hard to follow an again he leaves you with no ending. But on the good side it is packed with old world detectives an situations which keeps you wanting more. I would love to hate him but I can't. I think he would be a great writer of his mind didn't move faster than his fingers typing.
December 21, 2024
Loved the narration of Roberto Scarlato, who brings out the mystery.
Hotel owner C.C. Dixon, may have a million dollar debt, but he also has a beautiful fiancée’. With his debt he knows that he must sort his past so he can look forward to his future. But that is not as easy as it seems.
Hotel owner C.C. Dixon, may have a million dollar debt, but he also has a beautiful fiancée’. With his debt he knows that he must sort his past so he can look forward to his future. But that is not as easy as it seems.
March 16, 2014
It would have been really awkward if I'd disliked this book, since Stone sent me a very kind email thanking me for my positive review of Humdinger on another forum.
Luckily, I needn't choose between honesty and politeness, because Stone did it again. His books are lean, mean, stripped-down engines of action and plunder. The characters are utterly believable, all the more so because they demonstrate their character in their deeds more than in their maunderings. This was the best thing I've read in weeks.
How does he do it? I have no idea, but I'm looking for more of his work. Mark my words: This is the Richard Stark of our era. I'm calling it now.
Luckily, I needn't choose between honesty and politeness, because Stone did it again. His books are lean, mean, stripped-down engines of action and plunder. The characters are utterly believable, all the more so because they demonstrate their character in their deeds more than in their maunderings. This was the best thing I've read in weeks.
How does he do it? I have no idea, but I'm looking for more of his work. Mark my words: This is the Richard Stark of our era. I'm calling it now.
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