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The Journey #5
Fruits of Evil
Caught between warring crime factions, Alice Trent is on the run again. Abducted by Vegas mobsters, she now finds herself caught up in their money-laundering scheme. They make her an offer she can’t refuse … accept their terms or end up in a hole in the desert. With luck and good investigative work Barent, a Las Vegas Metro PD detective manages to locate Alice. In the process, they find themselves caught in the crossfire between rival underworld factions. Fans of Law and Order, CSI, and House of Cards will love this gripping suspense thriller!
256 pages, ebook
Published July 30, 2018
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About the author
Glenn Trust
57 books258 followersThe lightning waits for us. When it calls we will go.
Pick up your Free copy of Lightning in the Clouds. Just click or follow this URL https://dl.bookfunnel.com/7046vhk5f9
With that out of the way, let's begin.
This is the blah, blah, blah section. You know the author’s “glory page” where he gets to tell you grandiose things about himself and the deeper meaning of his work. Whatever.
I write books. Seriously, that's what I get to do every day. It's great.
I have been fortunate to author some that have achieved bestseller status, including The Hunters Series of mystery suspense thrillers. It took me a lot of years to get to that point, but I wouldn't trade any of them for a minute. I love writing books for you and the journey that brought me here.
I am a native of the south, Georgia specifically. I spent much of my life there, but I have lived in many other places as well. We moved a lot when I was young. Eventually, we ended up back in Georgia in my teens where I finished school and went to work.
I wanted to write from an early age. A really long time ago, when I was still a young police officer in Georgia, I was writing short stories in my spare time and sending them off to magazines. One day I received one back in the mail.
Life Happened
Attached to it was a nice handwritten letter from an editor (this was long before the days of email and texts). The story manuscript was folded and smudged, and there were coffee cup rings on the edges of a couple of pages, which told me they had actually read it, maybe discussed it around an editorial table, or just used it to sop up the coffee.
In her letter, the editor said a lot of things that I don't remember, but it was not the usual form letter that I was accustomed to receiving. It was original and personal.
She said they liked my story, had strongly considered it for publication, but that it wasn't quite believable. Disappointed as I was, I was struck by her last words to me..."Don't stop writing. You're good at this. We almost bought this one."
I remember staring at that a long time. Then I folded it up and tucked it in a file and...stopped writing.
I wish I could tell you a different story, but I can't. I stopped writing for many years.
There were lots of reasons. Yes, I was disappointed, but the letter that should have encouraged me not to give up was forgotten.
Life happened. Dreams of writing were pushed aside by other things...important things.
Mostly I needed money for my young family. In the 1970s, police officers in Georgia were not paid a lot even by the standards of the day. I worked part-time jobs whenever I wasn't working at the police department. Many weeks I had no days off at all.
I'm not unhappy that I did my best to take care of my family. It was the right thing to do and working for them was the joy of my life.
Children grew up; then grandchildren came along. More life happened.
Then...The Internet Appeared
Out of the blue, this thing called the internet appeared and guess what. I was at a point in life when I didn't need to work part-time jobs every spare minute of the day. I could write again.
It's different these days. I can publish a book whether I convince an agent or editor to read it or not. I am an independent writer/publisher, an “Indie.”
It’s a partnership between us, writer and reader, and it's a marvelous thing.
Don't be a Follower -- Make Your Dream Real
It took many years to get here. Life is like that, with lots of twists and turns and surprises. I like it that way.
Now, I write every day, so here's my parting advice.
Don’t follow your dreams. Followers get nowhere except up the backside of the person in front.
Work and make your dream a reality.
Pick up your Free copy of Lightning in the Clouds. Just click or follow this URL https://dl.bookfunnel.com/7046vhk5f9
With that out of the way, let's begin.
This is the blah, blah, blah section. You know the author’s “glory page” where he gets to tell you grandiose things about himself and the deeper meaning of his work. Whatever.
I write books. Seriously, that's what I get to do every day. It's great.
I have been fortunate to author some that have achieved bestseller status, including The Hunters Series of mystery suspense thrillers. It took me a lot of years to get to that point, but I wouldn't trade any of them for a minute. I love writing books for you and the journey that brought me here.
I am a native of the south, Georgia specifically. I spent much of my life there, but I have lived in many other places as well. We moved a lot when I was young. Eventually, we ended up back in Georgia in my teens where I finished school and went to work.
I wanted to write from an early age. A really long time ago, when I was still a young police officer in Georgia, I was writing short stories in my spare time and sending them off to magazines. One day I received one back in the mail.
Life Happened
Attached to it was a nice handwritten letter from an editor (this was long before the days of email and texts). The story manuscript was folded and smudged, and there were coffee cup rings on the edges of a couple of pages, which told me they had actually read it, maybe discussed it around an editorial table, or just used it to sop up the coffee.
In her letter, the editor said a lot of things that I don't remember, but it was not the usual form letter that I was accustomed to receiving. It was original and personal.
She said they liked my story, had strongly considered it for publication, but that it wasn't quite believable. Disappointed as I was, I was struck by her last words to me..."Don't stop writing. You're good at this. We almost bought this one."
I remember staring at that a long time. Then I folded it up and tucked it in a file and...stopped writing.
I wish I could tell you a different story, but I can't. I stopped writing for many years.
There were lots of reasons. Yes, I was disappointed, but the letter that should have encouraged me not to give up was forgotten.
Life happened. Dreams of writing were pushed aside by other things...important things.
Mostly I needed money for my young family. In the 1970s, police officers in Georgia were not paid a lot even by the standards of the day. I worked part-time jobs whenever I wasn't working at the police department. Many weeks I had no days off at all.
I'm not unhappy that I did my best to take care of my family. It was the right thing to do and working for them was the joy of my life.
Children grew up; then grandchildren came along. More life happened.
Then...The Internet Appeared
Out of the blue, this thing called the internet appeared and guess what. I was at a point in life when I didn't need to work part-time jobs every spare minute of the day. I could write again.
It's different these days. I can publish a book whether I convince an agent or editor to read it or not. I am an independent writer/publisher, an “Indie.”
It’s a partnership between us, writer and reader, and it's a marvelous thing.
Don't be a Follower -- Make Your Dream Real
It took many years to get here. Life is like that, with lots of twists and turns and surprises. I like it that way.
Now, I write every day, so here's my parting advice.
Don’t follow your dreams. Followers get nowhere except up the backside of the person in front.
Work and make your dream a reality.
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July 8, 2024
From the very beginning I have said that The Journey series is really an episodic series that needs to be read in the order that they were written for maximum enjoyment. Although the episodes can be read in any order and enjoyed for their individual plots and storylines, to enjoy and understand the overarching plot line and character development, they need to be read in the order that they were penned. This becomes increasingly more clear beginning with book 2. All of the episodes in this series ends as a cliffhanger in the truest sense of the word.
Fruits of Evil picks up where Nowhere Land ends, with Alice on the run once again. On impulse, she calls her friend Barry in Nebraska and learns that John Barret, the Las Vegas detective that she loves is there with him. They convince her to meet them at a rural convenience store/gas station. Minutes away from being reunited with the only “family” she has, she’s snatched up by Las Vegas mobsters. Alice loses all hope thinking that they intend to kill her, not knowing that John and Barry are on their way to rescue her. She wasn’t snatched to be killed, but to.... Well, you’ll have to read this page-burner to find out why she was kidnapped and how this episode ends.
Fruits of Evil picks up where Nowhere Land ends, with Alice on the run once again. On impulse, she calls her friend Barry in Nebraska and learns that John Barret, the Las Vegas detective that she loves is there with him. They convince her to meet them at a rural convenience store/gas station. Minutes away from being reunited with the only “family” she has, she’s snatched up by Las Vegas mobsters. Alice loses all hope thinking that they intend to kill her, not knowing that John and Barry are on their way to rescue her. She wasn’t snatched to be killed, but to.... Well, you’ll have to read this page-burner to find out why she was kidnapped and how this episode ends.
May 5, 2024
Tense
A tense tale carrying on from the previous book when Alice was kidnapped by Stengall leaving John and Barry looking for her at the location they had agreed to pick her up.
John and Barry set out to trace Alice and are lucky that the kidnapping is on the CCTV at the location of their meeting and John recognises the perpetrators.
So they relocate to John’s home as it’s near Stengall’s centre of operations.
During their stakeout they find Alice but also notice some Chinese are also staking out Stengall.
Stengall had Alice kidnapped to coerce her into carrying out a specific money laundering operation in Canada. After a successful trial run a very much larger operation is planned but with the Chinese, John and Barry on their tail a lot can happen.
This is a tense story requiring patience and observation but it puts both John and Barry in severe danger. I won’t tell you what happens but it’s another cliffhanger leaving me anxious to get into the next book in the series.
A tense tale carrying on from the previous book when Alice was kidnapped by Stengall leaving John and Barry looking for her at the location they had agreed to pick her up.
John and Barry set out to trace Alice and are lucky that the kidnapping is on the CCTV at the location of their meeting and John recognises the perpetrators.
So they relocate to John’s home as it’s near Stengall’s centre of operations.
During their stakeout they find Alice but also notice some Chinese are also staking out Stengall.
Stengall had Alice kidnapped to coerce her into carrying out a specific money laundering operation in Canada. After a successful trial run a very much larger operation is planned but with the Chinese, John and Barry on their tail a lot can happen.
This is a tense story requiring patience and observation but it puts both John and Barry in severe danger. I won’t tell you what happens but it’s another cliffhanger leaving me anxious to get into the next book in the series.
May 24, 2020
Great series
My only disappointment is I generally do not cliff hanging books unless I can have the whole series at one time. This is a excellent series. Not sex filled, nor foul mouthed which absolutely dislike in my mysteries. The stories are interesting in that Alice is Robin Hood type character. I liked this because I would like to believe there really is people who would and do sacrifice for those they love. Now back to my disappointment 😫 please hurry and finish book 6 and please let that be end of the series with a happy ending. 🙂
My only disappointment is I generally do not cliff hanging books unless I can have the whole series at one time. This is a excellent series. Not sex filled, nor foul mouthed which absolutely dislike in my mysteries. The stories are interesting in that Alice is Robin Hood type character. I liked this because I would like to believe there really is people who would and do sacrifice for those they love. Now back to my disappointment 😫 please hurry and finish book 6 and please let that be end of the series with a happy ending. 🙂
February 6, 2019
Great
I think this is the best book yet. Alice has a new family and will not give them up so she must cooperate with her abductors or her love(s) will pay the price first. Alice is strong and smart but this is a very tough situation. I fear even I might not be able to help. May we have some more, please, Mr. Trust?
I think this is the best book yet. Alice has a new family and will not give them up so she must cooperate with her abductors or her love(s) will pay the price first. Alice is strong and smart but this is a very tough situation. I fear even I might not be able to help. May we have some more, please, Mr. Trust?
September 20, 2025
This is a good series.
This book isn’t as good as some in the past, but the author does a good job of putting the story together and ending in a cliffhanger. The characters are all good and John was better in this one. There is a lot of action that keeps the book moving. The setup for the next book should prove very interesting. Read and enjoy.
This book isn’t as good as some in the past, but the author does a good job of putting the story together and ending in a cliffhanger. The characters are all good and John was better in this one. There is a lot of action that keeps the book moving. The setup for the next book should prove very interesting. Read and enjoy.
October 18, 2025
“I love this series. Strong but vulnerable Alice is again challenged as she’s swept up in a web spun by the cartel she’s tried to hide from for years. As always Glenn Trust hits the mark with his writing and character development. Can’t wait for book 6. “
September 7, 2021
Best so far
This the best story of the series, so far. The main character of Alice has really become a most incredible character, and has grown as a human being.
This the best story of the series, so far. The main character of Alice has really become a most incredible character, and has grown as a human being.
May 8, 2023
Terrific book in a great series.
November 23, 2025
good read
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