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Render Safe
When a house explodes with a mother and two children inside, Stan Kobe is called to the horrific crime scene. The father, a former Air Force bomb technician, becomes the key suspect, but disappears and is never found. Ten years will pass before another triple homicide occurs with similarities only the savvy prosecutor, Kobe, knows are common to his decade-old cold case. Convinced the multiple homicides are related, Stan begins an entangled journey to prove his shaky theory to fellow law enforcement as he attempts to solve both crimes. While doing so, though, he discovers more than he bargains for and uncovers what he believes is a domestic terrorism plot targeted to strike his city’s delicate infrastructure. More disturbing is that he may be a target in the crosshairs. As the terrorists begin their countdown to destruction, planting bombs poised to attack the fragile sustainability of one of the country’s largest metropolitan areas, Stan Kobe embarks upon a frantic race to render safe the situation and save his beloved city, but maybe most importantly those he loves.
374 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 28, 2016
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About the author
Pascal Marco
2 books25 followersIn 1994 Pascal Marco moved to the Sonoran Desert and a brave new world in Arizona. There he joined the Scottsdale Writers Group, which he claims was pivotal to the development of his debut novel, IDENTITY: LOST, which rose to become a #1 Kindle Amazon best-seller.
Pascal was born and raised on the far Southside of Chicago, the grandson of Italian immigrants. He graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago with both B.A. and M.A. degrees. He's thankful every day for growing up in a tight-knit Chicago neighborhood and is very proud of his deep, working-class roots. He's never lost his passion for Chicago White Sox baseball, either.
An active member of his current community, Pascal lives with his wife, Karen, in Mesa, Arizona. He has four children and six grandchildren. His latest novel, RENDER SAFE, is now available.
Pascal was born and raised on the far Southside of Chicago, the grandson of Italian immigrants. He graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago with both B.A. and M.A. degrees. He's thankful every day for growing up in a tight-knit Chicago neighborhood and is very proud of his deep, working-class roots. He's never lost his passion for Chicago White Sox baseball, either.
An active member of his current community, Pascal lives with his wife, Karen, in Mesa, Arizona. He has four children and six grandchildren. His latest novel, RENDER SAFE, is now available.
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December 14, 2017
A well-crafted thriller-mystery, with a plot that keeps you guessing and turning the pages! As a budding writer myself, I can applaud Pascal Marco’s thorough research, his addition of contemporary, real-world tie-ins, and his use of minute, believable details. He also excels at snappy dialogue. “Render Safe” is even better than his first novel “Identity: Lost.” This author is ‘on a roll’, so saddle up for the ride! (Incidentally, the first four chapters are available to preview for free in the Amazon Kindle edition of this book.)
June 30, 2017
Pascal Marco’s second book, Render Safe, was one of the seven finalists in the INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS and is a must read. With all of the elements of an action-packed movie, this book brings together clear conflict, suspense, thrill, espionage, and treason. Marco brings back the characters from his first book, Identity Lost: Stan Kobe, the DA of Maricopa County, and his closest friend, Detective Brian Hanley. Their appeal and integrity, coupled with the other characters, enable us to see inside the minds of misguided soldiers who were former war heroes, white supremacists with pure hatred and the legal advocates trying to do the right thing. Add to that mix, undocumented workers, and the deceitful human traffickers who vow to help them reach their promised land in Arizona. This book strikes many chords that are relevant to life and politics in this country today. It’s like Breaking Bad meets Queen of the South, or the books The Devil’s Highway and In This Country we Love: America Divided. Render Safe is a page turner, and I highly recommend it!
April 27, 2017
By taking two unsolved incidents—the crashing of a USAF jet from Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson, and the explosion of a house in Phoenix where an entire family is found dead, except the missing father—Marco has taken these two unrelated circumstances and created an action thriller worthy of Grisham or Ludlum.
In just his second novel, Marco’s protagonist, Stan Kobe, a Maricopa County prosecutor, a man with his own secrets, takes on a missing person’s cold case. Ten years ago, he had investigated the murder of an entire family, with a wife and two children beheaded and burned beyond recognition, where the father went missing and was suspected of the crime.
Tracking the killer to Arizona’s Mogollon Rim, Kobe finds his suspect has disappeared into thin air. A background check of the missing man reveals a complex individual: a specialist in bomb ordnance with clandestine training, he was also a neo-Nazi who joined forces with a local hate group.
Kobe, an African-American, had run into similar hate crimes several times in his career, but when three more beheadings happen ten years later, he links the two instances and discovers a connection to a domestic terrorism plot for the ages. With four missing bombs large enough to take out Roosevelt Dam, and time rapidly expiring, Kobe leads the charge to solve the cold case and unearth the really bad guys behind the worst domestic terrorist attack since the Oklahoma City bombing.
In just his second novel, Marco’s protagonist, Stan Kobe, a Maricopa County prosecutor, a man with his own secrets, takes on a missing person’s cold case. Ten years ago, he had investigated the murder of an entire family, with a wife and two children beheaded and burned beyond recognition, where the father went missing and was suspected of the crime.
Tracking the killer to Arizona’s Mogollon Rim, Kobe finds his suspect has disappeared into thin air. A background check of the missing man reveals a complex individual: a specialist in bomb ordnance with clandestine training, he was also a neo-Nazi who joined forces with a local hate group.
Kobe, an African-American, had run into similar hate crimes several times in his career, but when three more beheadings happen ten years later, he links the two instances and discovers a connection to a domestic terrorism plot for the ages. With four missing bombs large enough to take out Roosevelt Dam, and time rapidly expiring, Kobe leads the charge to solve the cold case and unearth the really bad guys behind the worst domestic terrorist attack since the Oklahoma City bombing.
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