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Detective Qigiq #4
Lock Up
Twenty-year-old Mylin sits in a jail cell, dreaming of playing her viola again. With every breath, she relives the inferno that destroyed both her instrument and her life as she once knew it. When FBI Agents Carr and Bain offer to help her, she’s tempted. But can she trust them? And how will the dragon eyes that are always watching her react? A jailbreak gone wrong leads to suspense and danger as Detectives Qiqig and Dreeson accompany the FBI on an international escapade to Jeju Island. They must first find Mylin, and then follow the stolen artwork that they suspect is deeply connected to her family. The search for Mylin involves drones, hidden cameras, secret codes, more than one high-speed chase, and a stakeout on a mountain. It leads Qigiq to an art gallery, a near-death experience at a concert, deeply buried secrets, and astonishing lies. In the suspense-filled Lock Up, the new masterful Qiqig and Dreeson thriller by Joe Klingler, the detectives come to realize that nobody is ever really who they seem to be. They again put their lives on a line that they dare not cross as they strive to protect Mylin. Will Mylin ever be free from the Dragon Eyes?
391 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 3, 2021
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About the author
Joe Klingler
9 books26 followersJoe Klingler was born in the Great Black Swamp on a hot July day during a cold war. In primary school he read Four Wheel Drift. That led to a soap box derby car named Restless, two crashes, and a lifelong love of motion.
Images of Jimi Hendrix playing the U.S. National Anthem at Woodstock inspired pounding on a Gibson in a garage band influenced by local groups like the MC5 and Iggy and Stooges whose pioneering punk music he figured existed everywhere—though it was actually coming out of Detroit, Michigan forty miles to the north.
Joe read The God Machine by Martin Caidin, and started thinking about the nature of computation. He studied electrical engineering, spent time doing research in medical image processing, published academic papers, wrote a few patents. All of which led to an interest in special effects and the software that made them. He co-founded a company that was soon acquired, leading to a string of jobs for bigger and bigger corporations until assimilation by a billion dollar enterprise gave him the idea for a book—which he wrote while moving 525 mph bouncing between the coasts of North America.
That book led to RATS, his debut novel, which draws on the beauty of technology, its uses, misuses and abuses. And how the collision of human ideologies shapes its future—and ours. A minor character in RATS led to Mash Up: a rollicking ride with student musicians through San Francisco, Silicon Valley, social media and the minds of persons who use sharp knives to solve problems.
He currently resides in California with an iMac and a couple of motorcycles, and has recently released his third novel: Missing Mona. He's fond of turbochargers, and loves his S1000RR.
P.S. The best way to know when a new book is released is to subscribe to The Klingler Kronicle at joeklingler.com. Joe sends an update about six times per year, your email address will never be shared, and you can opt out at any time.
Images of Jimi Hendrix playing the U.S. National Anthem at Woodstock inspired pounding on a Gibson in a garage band influenced by local groups like the MC5 and Iggy and Stooges whose pioneering punk music he figured existed everywhere—though it was actually coming out of Detroit, Michigan forty miles to the north.
Joe read The God Machine by Martin Caidin, and started thinking about the nature of computation. He studied electrical engineering, spent time doing research in medical image processing, published academic papers, wrote a few patents. All of which led to an interest in special effects and the software that made them. He co-founded a company that was soon acquired, leading to a string of jobs for bigger and bigger corporations until assimilation by a billion dollar enterprise gave him the idea for a book—which he wrote while moving 525 mph bouncing between the coasts of North America.
That book led to RATS, his debut novel, which draws on the beauty of technology, its uses, misuses and abuses. And how the collision of human ideologies shapes its future—and ours. A minor character in RATS led to Mash Up: a rollicking ride with student musicians through San Francisco, Silicon Valley, social media and the minds of persons who use sharp knives to solve problems.
He currently resides in California with an iMac and a couple of motorcycles, and has recently released his third novel: Missing Mona. He's fond of turbochargers, and loves his S1000RR.
P.S. The best way to know when a new book is released is to subscribe to The Klingler Kronicle at joeklingler.com. Joe sends an update about six times per year, your email address will never be shared, and you can opt out at any time.
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April 21, 2021Eh!
Good, but didn’t like the ending. I found this 3rd book confusing at times. It switched from characters sometimes between sentences. One would be speaking and another was interrupting the thoughts/words of the previous character.
The book was also poorly proofread. Many times the name “Carr” reduced to car. There were words inserted 2times in the same sentence causing the reader to reread the sentence to make sense, including the last sentence in the book. Is the reader supposed to guess who is speaking?
Good, but didn’t like the ending. I found this 3rd book confusing at times. It switched from characters sometimes between sentences. One would be speaking and another was interrupting the thoughts/words of the previous character.
The book was also poorly proofread. Many times the name “Carr” reduced to car. There were words inserted 2times in the same sentence causing the reader to reread the sentence to make sense, including the last sentence in the book. Is the reader supposed to guess who is speaking?
July 8, 2023
Clandestine Cloak and Dagger
Hi tech spy wizardry alongside old fashioned intuition in complex conclusion of Mylin trilogy. Continues theme of secondary characters developing major roles, whilst detectives Qigiq and Dreeson:s odd couple relationship hums along in the background.
Hi tech spy wizardry alongside old fashioned intuition in complex conclusion of Mylin trilogy. Continues theme of secondary characters developing major roles, whilst detectives Qigiq and Dreeson:s odd couple relationship hums along in the background.
July 17, 2023
Left me wanting more like this
Excellent series! This fast-paced thriller takes us from San Francisco to a Korean island, where we meet some very interesting characters. It brings the Mylin trilogy to a satisfying conclusion. Enjoy!
Excellent series! This fast-paced thriller takes us from San Francisco to a Korean island, where we meet some very interesting characters. It brings the Mylin trilogy to a satisfying conclusion. Enjoy!
March 17, 2025
Best series this year!! Or maybe ever!!
Got hooked on book one and couldn't stop til I finished all 4 books. Always keeping my interest piqued wondering what is coming next. My only lament is that there wasn't a book 5 or even 6.
Got hooked on book one and couldn't stop til I finished all 4 books. Always keeping my interest piqued wondering what is coming next. My only lament is that there wasn't a book 5 or even 6.
March 22, 2021
Enjoyed this book very much. One twist and turn after another. Great characters and harrowing escapes. Stayed indoors on a beautiful Spring day to finish it. Well worth it. Loved the Mylin series.
June 24, 2023
A bad mystery with too many crazy, unbelievable plot lines and a ridiculous prison break. Read 20%. Enough.
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