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Logan Sand #3
Torn Yesterdays
A man ripped apart becomes hollow, without name or place, or memory. Stripped of all close and dear, such a man is feared because he lives beyond torn yesterdays with nothing left to lose. Barely civilized, Logan Sand, the Bellingham, Washington Private Detective becomes such a man. His world blown out from under him, he begins a search for identity, only to find a Colombian Cartel seeking revenge for stolen product while a Russian mafia contact offers millions. Coming at him are battered women, seduction, treachery, killers and perennial victims—while the growling revenge-hungry beast claws at his insides demanding release.
298 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 9, 2015
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About the author
George Snyder
56 books7 followersWritten So Far
Started by publishing short stories in men’s magazines; one to Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. First novel, ‘The Surfer Killers’ published as ‘Surfside Sex’ by Neva Paperbacks in early sixties. With Merit and Award books and through promoter Lyle Kenyon Engel, wrote seven Nick Carter spy/adventure screw and kill books. One book, ‘The Defector’ went into three printings and was translated into French and Japanese. And writing as Patrick Morgan, wrote ten spy/thrillers in the Operation Hang Ten series with titles like, ‘Hang Dead Hawaiian Style’(translated into French and Japanese), ‘Cute and Deadly Surf Twins’, ‘Deadly Group Down Under’ ‘Too Many Murders’ etc. As Ray Stanley, wrote ‘The Mini Cult Murders,’ loosely based on Charles Manson.
Breaking loose on my own in the late seventies, wrote a sci-fi Romance ‘Beyond Gender Wars,’ eventually published as eBook by Extasy Publishing in 2010. Self-published three books in Baylor Rumble series, ‘Bad Girl Dead,’ ‘Bleeding Sisters,’ ‘Catalina Killers,’ as well as non-fiction book, ‘Making it on Social Security’ and two memoirs, ‘The $900 Honda’ and ‘Roar and Thunder.’ In 2011 connected with BooksForABuck Publishing who published ‘Satin Shorts,’ and 2012 ‘The Crossfire Diamonds.’ Also in 2012 received an award from the Southwestern Writers Conference, Albuquerque in the mystery/detective/thriller category for my crime novel, ‘The Farewell Heist,’ published by BooksForABuck in July 2013. Solstice Publishing brought out the eBook of #4 in the Baylor Rumble crime novel series, ‘Baja Bullets’ and in 2013 the printed version.
In 2013 launched my new, Logan Sand hardboiled crime series. The first novel, ‘The Calcutta Dragon’ is complete. Halfway through the second, ‘Plundered Angels.’
And a television media production company is negotiating with my publisher/agent for a film option on ‘Baja Bullets.’
George Snyder
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Web: www.georgesnydersbooks.com
Blog: http://onewriterconnection.blogapot.com
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Started by publishing short stories in men’s magazines; one to Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. First novel, ‘The Surfer Killers’ published as ‘Surfside Sex’ by Neva Paperbacks in early sixties. With Merit and Award books and through promoter Lyle Kenyon Engel, wrote seven Nick Carter spy/adventure screw and kill books. One book, ‘The Defector’ went into three printings and was translated into French and Japanese. And writing as Patrick Morgan, wrote ten spy/thrillers in the Operation Hang Ten series with titles like, ‘Hang Dead Hawaiian Style’(translated into French and Japanese), ‘Cute and Deadly Surf Twins’, ‘Deadly Group Down Under’ ‘Too Many Murders’ etc. As Ray Stanley, wrote ‘The Mini Cult Murders,’ loosely based on Charles Manson.
Breaking loose on my own in the late seventies, wrote a sci-fi Romance ‘Beyond Gender Wars,’ eventually published as eBook by Extasy Publishing in 2010. Self-published three books in Baylor Rumble series, ‘Bad Girl Dead,’ ‘Bleeding Sisters,’ ‘Catalina Killers,’ as well as non-fiction book, ‘Making it on Social Security’ and two memoirs, ‘The $900 Honda’ and ‘Roar and Thunder.’ In 2011 connected with BooksForABuck Publishing who published ‘Satin Shorts,’ and 2012 ‘The Crossfire Diamonds.’ Also in 2012 received an award from the Southwestern Writers Conference, Albuquerque in the mystery/detective/thriller category for my crime novel, ‘The Farewell Heist,’ published by BooksForABuck in July 2013. Solstice Publishing brought out the eBook of #4 in the Baylor Rumble crime novel series, ‘Baja Bullets’ and in 2013 the printed version.
In 2013 launched my new, Logan Sand hardboiled crime series. The first novel, ‘The Calcutta Dragon’ is complete. Halfway through the second, ‘Plundered Angels.’
And a television media production company is negotiating with my publisher/agent for a film option on ‘Baja Bullets.’
George Snyder
freelancer66@earthlink.net
Web: www.georgesnydersbooks.com
Blog: http://onewriterconnection.blogapot.com
Facebook-Twitter-LikedIn-Goodreads
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October 10, 2015
Logan Sand, an ex-fighter who now works as a Private Investigator, is back for the third in this series.
Sand is quite the character .... an ex-fighter who now works as a Private Investigator ... his hands were literally destroyed many years ago when he refused to throw a fight. He has a line he won't cross ..at least without a good reason.
And he's just decided that line is going to be crossed. A Colombian cartel is seeking revenge for missing / stolen drug money. Sand has to evade a mafia contract and somehow survive. He's a man totally at a crossroads .... he's lost everyone and everything that meant anything to him.
Logan Sand is a fascinating character..full of contradictions. He's gruff and snarly, yet has a great sense of humor. He's tough as nails on the outside, a marshmallow inside. He's always wanted what most of us want .. someone to love and be loved.
This book is a wild ride ... lots of bullets blazing, bodies dropping, but also, lots of surprises.
My thanks to the author who furnished a digital copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
4.5 Stars
Sand is quite the character .... an ex-fighter who now works as a Private Investigator ... his hands were literally destroyed many years ago when he refused to throw a fight. He has a line he won't cross ..at least without a good reason.
And he's just decided that line is going to be crossed. A Colombian cartel is seeking revenge for missing / stolen drug money. Sand has to evade a mafia contract and somehow survive. He's a man totally at a crossroads .... he's lost everyone and everything that meant anything to him.
Logan Sand is a fascinating character..full of contradictions. He's gruff and snarly, yet has a great sense of humor. He's tough as nails on the outside, a marshmallow inside. He's always wanted what most of us want .. someone to love and be loved.
This book is a wild ride ... lots of bullets blazing, bodies dropping, but also, lots of surprises.
My thanks to the author who furnished a digital copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
4.5 Stars
February 28, 2016
TORN YESTERDAYS
By George Snyder
When you pick up a George Snyder book, get ready for the nuanced subtlety of a sledgehammer slamming into a brick wall. Delicate, they ain’t. Bloody, they are. And the latest in his Logan Sand series, Torn Yesterdays, is no exception.
Great title for the dominant theme in this story – Sand is blown out of his house and into Puget Sound during a drive-by rocket grenade attack that also dismembers his girlfriend, Grace. He’s fished out of the water by the crew of a passing fishing boat and taken to a small town further up the coast of Washington state, his body broken and his memory gone.
Yes, that sounds like the opening scenes of The Bourne Identity. But in this case, the rescue lands the clueless and relatively helpless Sand in a logging-and-fishing burg dominated by bad actors who may be big fish in this little pond but are about to find out they aren’t at the top of the food chain. The town marshal’s a bully and crook in a black Stetson. Even the town doctor is bent – he tries to poison Sand instead of heal him. The only big player who isn’t a total dirtbag is the guy who owns the town and changed its name to his own – he’s only a power-hungry money whore who doesn’t seem to care that his daughter is the town punch.
The marshal, the doc and a couple of other bad actors have killed off a rogue Columbian cartel member who has ripped off 65 kilos of coke from his masters to sell to Russian mobsters. And they want to rip off the Russians willing to pay $6 million for the coke. They also plan to pin some killings on Sand, an ex-Navy SEAL who they see as a gimpy and not-too-bright patsy, not realizing he’s slowly gaining back his memory, strength and considerable mastery of the art of killing.
Snyder refers to his novels as ‘shoot and screw’ books. And there’s plenty of body count in both categories. He doesn’t aim for high literary art – just a good, bloody tale. Still, he uncorks some fine turns of phrase and snappy dialogue. This novel very much reminds me of the pulp fiction of yesteryear – the good guys are scarred and semi-tragic and the bad guys truly deserve their violently just sendoffs. It may not be everybody’s cup of tea, but I enjoyed this fast, bloody ride with Logan Sand.
By George Snyder
When you pick up a George Snyder book, get ready for the nuanced subtlety of a sledgehammer slamming into a brick wall. Delicate, they ain’t. Bloody, they are. And the latest in his Logan Sand series, Torn Yesterdays, is no exception.
Great title for the dominant theme in this story – Sand is blown out of his house and into Puget Sound during a drive-by rocket grenade attack that also dismembers his girlfriend, Grace. He’s fished out of the water by the crew of a passing fishing boat and taken to a small town further up the coast of Washington state, his body broken and his memory gone.
Yes, that sounds like the opening scenes of The Bourne Identity. But in this case, the rescue lands the clueless and relatively helpless Sand in a logging-and-fishing burg dominated by bad actors who may be big fish in this little pond but are about to find out they aren’t at the top of the food chain. The town marshal’s a bully and crook in a black Stetson. Even the town doctor is bent – he tries to poison Sand instead of heal him. The only big player who isn’t a total dirtbag is the guy who owns the town and changed its name to his own – he’s only a power-hungry money whore who doesn’t seem to care that his daughter is the town punch.
The marshal, the doc and a couple of other bad actors have killed off a rogue Columbian cartel member who has ripped off 65 kilos of coke from his masters to sell to Russian mobsters. And they want to rip off the Russians willing to pay $6 million for the coke. They also plan to pin some killings on Sand, an ex-Navy SEAL who they see as a gimpy and not-too-bright patsy, not realizing he’s slowly gaining back his memory, strength and considerable mastery of the art of killing.
Snyder refers to his novels as ‘shoot and screw’ books. And there’s plenty of body count in both categories. He doesn’t aim for high literary art – just a good, bloody tale. Still, he uncorks some fine turns of phrase and snappy dialogue. This novel very much reminds me of the pulp fiction of yesteryear – the good guys are scarred and semi-tragic and the bad guys truly deserve their violently just sendoffs. It may not be everybody’s cup of tea, but I enjoyed this fast, bloody ride with Logan Sand.
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