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VICAP #1-5
VICAP: The Complete Series, Volume One
VICAP agents are tough and resourceful—and they never give up.
Los Angeles is home base for the sociopathic elite; Charles Manson, the Hillside Strangler and now—the Reaper. He hunts at night, terrorizing whole families at gunpoint, mutilating and finally slaughtering them. Dozens of victims. No survivors. No clues.
Special Agents Joe Flynn and Martin Tanner, are highly trained members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program. The case files of Special Agents Flynn and Tanner are a scorching record of brutal crime. Their Los Angeles is an urban nightmare ruled by psychotic lords of violence.
Though this series is fiction, VICAP is a real organization initially conceived in the late 1960s when the crimes of the Boston Strangler, Charles Manson, and other “motiveless” killers began to make national headlines.
The Complete Series, Volume One includes – Blood Sport, Slay Ride, The Necro Files, Head Games and Road Kills.
Los Angeles is home base for the sociopathic elite; Charles Manson, the Hillside Strangler and now—the Reaper. He hunts at night, terrorizing whole families at gunpoint, mutilating and finally slaughtering them. Dozens of victims. No survivors. No clues.
Special Agents Joe Flynn and Martin Tanner, are highly trained members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program. The case files of Special Agents Flynn and Tanner are a scorching record of brutal crime. Their Los Angeles is an urban nightmare ruled by psychotic lords of violence.
Though this series is fiction, VICAP is a real organization initially conceived in the late 1960s when the crimes of the Boston Strangler, Charles Manson, and other “motiveless” killers began to make national headlines.
The Complete Series, Volume One includes – Blood Sport, Slay Ride, The Necro Files, Head Games and Road Kills.
1204 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 30, 2020
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Michael Newton
469 books104 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
From Wikipedia:
"Michael Newton (born 1951) is an American author best known for his work on Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan series. Newton first began work on the Executioner series by co-writing "The Executioner's War Book" with Don Pendleton in 1977. Since then he has been a steady writer for the series with almost 90 entries to his credit, which triples the amount written by creator Don Pendleton. His skills and knowledge of the series have allowed him to be picked by the publishers to write the milestone novels such as #100, #200, and #300.
Writing under the pseudonym Lyle Brandt, Michael Newton has also become a popular writer of Western novels. He has written a number of successful non-fiction titles as well, including a book on genre writing (How to Write Action Adventure Novels). His book Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Florida won the Florida Historical Society's 2002 Rembert Patrick Award for Best Book in Florida History. Newton's "Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology" won the American Library Association's award for Outstanding Reference Work in 2006."
Pen names: Lyle Brandt, Don Pendleton, Jack Buchanan
Bibiliography available here.
From Wikipedia:
"Michael Newton (born 1951) is an American author best known for his work on Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan series. Newton first began work on the Executioner series by co-writing "The Executioner's War Book" with Don Pendleton in 1977. Since then he has been a steady writer for the series with almost 90 entries to his credit, which triples the amount written by creator Don Pendleton. His skills and knowledge of the series have allowed him to be picked by the publishers to write the milestone novels such as #100, #200, and #300.
Writing under the pseudonym Lyle Brandt, Michael Newton has also become a popular writer of Western novels. He has written a number of successful non-fiction titles as well, including a book on genre writing (How to Write Action Adventure Novels). His book Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Florida won the Florida Historical Society's 2002 Rembert Patrick Award for Best Book in Florida History. Newton's "Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology" won the American Library Association's award for Outstanding Reference Work in 2006."
Pen names: Lyle Brandt, Don Pendleton, Jack Buchanan
Bibiliography available here.
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February 21, 2024
Four books to binge a series so much to get through
I have read other Mike Newton books and enjoy most of them. the series has crisp story wrapped around itself the only reason not 5 stars was the second story dragged in the start.
I have read other Mike Newton books and enjoy most of them. the series has crisp story wrapped around itself the only reason not 5 stars was the second story dragged in the start.
September 30, 2020
Five Stars Isn't Enough!A
Newton's real life experience shows through in his realistic hardcore tale of serial killers! Not for the weak at heart, these tales will get your adrenalin pumping!
Newton's real life experience shows through in his realistic hardcore tale of serial killers! Not for the weak at heart, these tales will get your adrenalin pumping!
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