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Mac Tuff #5
Easy Shot
FIFTH NOVEL IN THE MAC TUFF SERIES Mac Tuff is hired by desert artist Jodie Dale to find her brother who is in trouble, again. He and friends hit safety deposit boxes and now somebody is wiping out the robbers one-by-one. They found something to use for blackmail against a senator and a mobster. Intertwining with these people Mac finds deep prejudice, soiled politicians, lies, deceit, incest, betrayal, mobsters, dead bodies and attempts on her life before she nails villains within a desert inferno threatening to engulf everyone, including her and Ace.
256 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 23, 2016
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George Snyder
55 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
freelancer66@earthlink.net
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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December 6, 2016
Although 5th in a series, it works well as a stand-alone, but I highly recommend reading them all in order.
Mac Tuff is just that ... as a Private Investigator she has to be tough as nails. Her lover, Ace, is a former homicide detective and is always available to be backup for her.
Mac is hired by an artist to find her son who is in trouble ...again. He and his friends have robbed a bank of safety deposit boxes. Now someone is killing them off one by one. The killer is a step ahead of the hit man hired to take them out. Now his attention has turned to the killers ... as well as Mac and Ace.
Just what was in those boxes worth dying for?
This book has it all .. politics and crooked politicians, mobsters, hit men, hit women, lies, treachery, blackmail and lots of dead bodies. Some of those dead bodies were needless ..some were deserving of killing. And maybe a few more that need killing.
Everyone lies and has secrets. Everyone points a finger at someone else. It's Mac's job to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Well-written, fast paced. Characters finely drawn. Credible suspects. I found myself lost in the story and hated having to put the book down even for a few minutes. Mac and Ace have a unique relationship, and I love how they interact with each other. On a personal note, I really like the setting of Lake Havasu City .. I lived there for many years, was married there. It's another connection that makes this book stand out. Watch out for the explosive ending .. with more bodies falling.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to the author for the digital copy to read. The opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
Mac Tuff is just that ... as a Private Investigator she has to be tough as nails. Her lover, Ace, is a former homicide detective and is always available to be backup for her.
Mac is hired by an artist to find her son who is in trouble ...again. He and his friends have robbed a bank of safety deposit boxes. Now someone is killing them off one by one. The killer is a step ahead of the hit man hired to take them out. Now his attention has turned to the killers ... as well as Mac and Ace.
Just what was in those boxes worth dying for?
This book has it all .. politics and crooked politicians, mobsters, hit men, hit women, lies, treachery, blackmail and lots of dead bodies. Some of those dead bodies were needless ..some were deserving of killing. And maybe a few more that need killing.
Everyone lies and has secrets. Everyone points a finger at someone else. It's Mac's job to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Well-written, fast paced. Characters finely drawn. Credible suspects. I found myself lost in the story and hated having to put the book down even for a few minutes. Mac and Ace have a unique relationship, and I love how they interact with each other. On a personal note, I really like the setting of Lake Havasu City .. I lived there for many years, was married there. It's another connection that makes this book stand out. Watch out for the explosive ending .. with more bodies falling.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to the author for the digital copy to read. The opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
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