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A Sinatra Thriller #1-3
Sinatra: The First Collection
Sinatra, a notorious federal marshal, is drafted into a domestic black ops group.
Their mission--arrest the untouchable.
Book One - The Supremacy License
An international terrorist slips through the East Coast and takes up residence inside an impregnable mountain chateau--within American borders but beyond legal reach. Her name is El Gato and she's a top priority for both the DEA and FBI. Sinatra and his team are needed. However, this terrorist holds the key to Sinatra's past and his future. He and the mysterious El Gato have tangled before...
Book Two - Wild Card
The celebrated governor of Maryland has been compromised at the MGM Casino in National Harbor. His situation is dire, and the implications for the country are brutal. Sinatra and Beck, secret agents for the Joint Federal Investigations Commission, are activated and sent undercover to the high-stakes poker tables. Just how much is Sinatra willing to wager? For America, he'll risk it all. But for a corrupt governor?
Book Three - Paradise Royale
There's treason brewing in the ranks of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Vital documents are pilfered and the Sinatra team is activated.
In pursuit of the thief, Manny and Beck will rampage through paradise and clash with a mysterious foreign agent, a beautiful woman chasing secrets and toying with Manny's heart. The sparks that fly could set the entire Caribbean on fire. Has Sinatra finally met his match?
Their mission--arrest the untouchable.
Book One - The Supremacy License
An international terrorist slips through the East Coast and takes up residence inside an impregnable mountain chateau--within American borders but beyond legal reach. Her name is El Gato and she's a top priority for both the DEA and FBI. Sinatra and his team are needed. However, this terrorist holds the key to Sinatra's past and his future. He and the mysterious El Gato have tangled before...
Book Two - Wild Card
The celebrated governor of Maryland has been compromised at the MGM Casino in National Harbor. His situation is dire, and the implications for the country are brutal. Sinatra and Beck, secret agents for the Joint Federal Investigations Commission, are activated and sent undercover to the high-stakes poker tables. Just how much is Sinatra willing to wager? For America, he'll risk it all. But for a corrupt governor?
Book Three - Paradise Royale
There's treason brewing in the ranks of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Vital documents are pilfered and the Sinatra team is activated.
In pursuit of the thief, Manny and Beck will rampage through paradise and clash with a mysterious foreign agent, a beautiful woman chasing secrets and toying with Manny's heart. The sparks that fly could set the entire Caribbean on fire. Has Sinatra finally met his match?
646 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 22, 2021
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December 5, 2021
Sinatra is a collection of the first three stories in a new series. No, they aren't about Old Blue Eyes, the Chairman of the Board, FRANK Sinatra. The series centers on Deputy US Marshall Manuel Martinez in his part-time gig as an agent for a clandestine Government unit that doesn't exist--not officially. Sinatra is Manny's code name, which he selected himself. You see, Sinatra is very American. More about this later.
Manny's day job as a US Marshall is unusual enough on its own, as Manny doesn't always play by the rules. We discovered this in the other series of stories, the Mackenzie August collection, in which he appears, also written by Alan Lee. Manny lives with Mack, and Mack's infant son and his father, and Mack's fiancée, or maybe she's his wife. Another part-time resident at the August home in Roanoke, VA--not you're usual choice for mystery and intrigue--is Mack's father's girlfriend, the Roanoke sheriff.
Manny/Sinatra is tall, athletic, Hispanic, and drop-dead handsome. He loves everything about America, which is his adopted home, having come to Roanoke via Argentina, Porto Rico, and Los Angeles. That's a long story in itself, that you'll need to read the stories to learn.
Manny drives a performance edition Camaro, and wears clothes made exclusively in the US. The ONLY thing at which America isn't the best is coffee.
I'm not going into a lot of detail about the stories themselves, and there are three in this collection and they're all unique. The first story sets the stage for the series, with Manny being recruited to work "off the books" on special assignments as they arise. Helping him is an NSA analyst, Noelle Beck, who is as opposite from Manny as one can get. Where Manny is confident to a fault, Beck is unsure of herself other than in her analyst and technology duties. She is young, single, attractive in a bookish sort of way, and she's a devout Mormon. Her faith helps keep her relationship with Manny professional and platonic--at least so far.
No, this is not "serious literature." It's not going to win a Pulitzer or Nobel prize, but it's entertaining hell in a James Bond sort of way. Lots of action and adventure. Lots of heroes and bad guys. Lots of fun.
Manny's day job as a US Marshall is unusual enough on its own, as Manny doesn't always play by the rules. We discovered this in the other series of stories, the Mackenzie August collection, in which he appears, also written by Alan Lee. Manny lives with Mack, and Mack's infant son and his father, and Mack's fiancée, or maybe she's his wife. Another part-time resident at the August home in Roanoke, VA--not you're usual choice for mystery and intrigue--is Mack's father's girlfriend, the Roanoke sheriff.
Manny/Sinatra is tall, athletic, Hispanic, and drop-dead handsome. He loves everything about America, which is his adopted home, having come to Roanoke via Argentina, Porto Rico, and Los Angeles. That's a long story in itself, that you'll need to read the stories to learn.
Manny drives a performance edition Camaro, and wears clothes made exclusively in the US. The ONLY thing at which America isn't the best is coffee.
I'm not going into a lot of detail about the stories themselves, and there are three in this collection and they're all unique. The first story sets the stage for the series, with Manny being recruited to work "off the books" on special assignments as they arise. Helping him is an NSA analyst, Noelle Beck, who is as opposite from Manny as one can get. Where Manny is confident to a fault, Beck is unsure of herself other than in her analyst and technology duties. She is young, single, attractive in a bookish sort of way, and she's a devout Mormon. Her faith helps keep her relationship with Manny professional and platonic--at least so far.
No, this is not "serious literature." It's not going to win a Pulitzer or Nobel prize, but it's entertaining hell in a James Bond sort of way. Lots of action and adventure. Lots of heroes and bad guys. Lots of fun.
February 27, 2021
THE SUPREMACY LICENSE
The marshal and the sheriff vouch for Manny though they don’t know why
He likes to work in the shadows, dressed in the finest clothing. Lives in a house with three men and a toddler why, they were his only family.
Details of what they offer, the government hates messes, and she is called in, they never ask how or why, just gone. They are a black op group.
The subject they want to know more about, known as El Gato a woman Manny knew before, another reason they wanted him on board.
Just to see him, he doubted it. She was into blackmail, espionage, governments secrets. Intriguing plot and good character in Sinatra his code name.
The marshal and the sheriff vouch for Manny though they don’t know why
He likes to work in the shadows, dressed in the finest clothing. Lives in a house with three men and a toddler why, they were his only family.
Details of what they offer, the government hates messes, and she is called in, they never ask how or why, just gone. They are a black op group.
The subject they want to know more about, known as El Gato a woman Manny knew before, another reason they wanted him on board.
Just to see him, he doubted it. She was into blackmail, espionage, governments secrets. Intriguing plot and good character in Sinatra his code name.
November 14, 2021
I don't get it
I read book 1 and part of book 2 but I'm not willing to invest any more time. If these books are intended to be mysteries, they miss the mark and read like Keystone Kop misadventures. Manny Martinez, a detective and avowed lady's man, is also a super hero. In book one, he jumps out of a small aircraft and lands on another small plane just below the first. In book two, he sits at a high-stakes poker table when he learned to play just the day before and verbally communicates with a colleague while all the other players can hear. Too much of a stretch for me.
I read book 1 and part of book 2 but I'm not willing to invest any more time. If these books are intended to be mysteries, they miss the mark and read like Keystone Kop misadventures. Manny Martinez, a detective and avowed lady's man, is also a super hero. In book one, he jumps out of a small aircraft and lands on another small plane just below the first. In book two, he sits at a high-stakes poker table when he learned to play just the day before and verbally communicates with a colleague while all the other players can hear. Too much of a stretch for me.
February 10, 2021
Sinatra will make Bond look over his shoulder at who's gaining on him!
Great fast-paced action thriller. Manny makes a great lead character and makes the Justified U.S. Marshall look like a small town sherrif. Alan Lee does a great job in creating believable problems for Manny to overcome. Like all action heroes, Manny has has weaknesses but he never gives up and fights for the "American Way"!
Great fast-paced action thriller. Manny makes a great lead character and makes the Justified U.S. Marshall look like a small town sherrif. Alan Lee does a great job in creating believable problems for Manny to overcome. Like all action heroes, Manny has has weaknesses but he never gives up and fights for the "American Way"!
December 28, 2021
Enjoyable
A refreshingly different hero who's true blue through and through. Good storylines, great character development and plenty of over-the-top action. Perhaps just a touch too much of Superman in the main character to be utterly believable but what the hell, it's a work of fiction not a biography. The three books were very enjoyable and engaging and left me wanting more. Definitely an author to follow
A refreshingly different hero who's true blue through and through. Good storylines, great character development and plenty of over-the-top action. Perhaps just a touch too much of Superman in the main character to be utterly believable but what the hell, it's a work of fiction not a biography. The three books were very enjoyable and engaging and left me wanting more. Definitely an author to follow
June 18, 2021
Hard to put down
I read the MacKenzie August series first. Wish there was more! Then I read through Manny 's. Wish there were more as well! 😉Both series are excellent and I throughly enjoyed them. It was refreshing to read books where the characters have strong moral codes and yet were as imperfect and infallible as we all are.
I read the MacKenzie August series first. Wish there was more! Then I read through Manny 's. Wish there were more as well! 😉Both series are excellent and I throughly enjoyed them. It was refreshing to read books where the characters have strong moral codes and yet were as imperfect and infallible as we all are.
October 28, 2021
The Most Creatively Entertaining Writing Ever!
Seldom does any writer even come close to the creative fast-paced, constant actions readers will find here, not to mention them most cleverly crafted humor and play on words anywhere! A bit extreme in reality but totally forgivable in a new benchmark of enjoyment!
Seldom does any writer even come close to the creative fast-paced, constant actions readers will find here, not to mention them most cleverly crafted humor and play on words anywhere! A bit extreme in reality but totally forgivable in a new benchmark of enjoyment!
February 19, 2024
Different but better
A real thriller mystery. Bouncing around all over the place. Not disjointed but permanently moving. The main character Manny/Sinatra is a sweetie but tough, and Beck his partner is too but again differently.
I loved every page and every adventure they had together. You should read, you won't be bored I promise you that. Far too much going on.
A real thriller mystery. Bouncing around all over the place. Not disjointed but permanently moving. The main character Manny/Sinatra is a sweetie but tough, and Beck his partner is too but again differently.
I loved every page and every adventure they had together. You should read, you won't be bored I promise you that. Far too much going on.
March 14, 2021
Outrageous, Outlandish and way Out there
An absolute blast from the get go. Crazy and extremely likeable characters, even some of the bad guys. I could see these stories as a successful movie series.
An absolute blast from the get go. Crazy and extremely likeable characters, even some of the bad guys. I could see these stories as a successful movie series.
October 27, 2021
're read books 1&2
Having received the 3 book collection I found I had read the first 2 they stood a re-read then book 3 topped the job off.a most enjoyable interlude the main character keeps you guessing right to the last
Having received the 3 book collection I found I had read the first 2 they stood a re-read then book 3 topped the job off.a most enjoyable interlude the main character keeps you guessing right to the last
November 29, 2022
Whimsical approach
Readers wanting relief from typical FBI/CIA jargon filled stories, will enjoy this box set. Each one is creatively done with different storylines that supply the reader with enjoyment. With touch of humor and romance, author writes the main characters within the spectrum of a martyr and a traitor.
Readers wanting relief from typical FBI/CIA jargon filled stories, will enjoy this box set. Each one is creatively done with different storylines that supply the reader with enjoyment. With touch of humor and romance, author writes the main characters within the spectrum of a martyr and a traitor.
February 23, 2021
Wow. Just wow
I love these characters. I love the witty humor. I love learning new words in different languages. Truly enjoyable hours. More!
I love these characters. I love the witty humor. I love learning new words in different languages. Truly enjoyable hours. More!
February 27, 2021
Manny needs MacKenzie
Mac and Manny should be kept as one. Separately they aren't as good. Love them both. But together. together Mr Lee
Mac and Manny should be kept as one. Separately they aren't as good. Love them both. But together. together Mr Lee
October 24, 2021
ahh, pass on these
First one was good, second and third - nothing great. Do not recommend the series; much better stuff out there.
First one was good, second and third - nothing great. Do not recommend the series; much better stuff out there.
October 28, 2021
An American James Bond
Just like Fleming's books,easy to read,good story lines ,easily to like the hero,but very hard to put down until you have finished
Just like Fleming's books,easy to read,good story lines ,easily to like the hero,but very hard to put down until you have finished
October 31, 2021
Fun, fast, flight of fancy...I love Manny!
I really enjoyed books 1-3...I look forward to reading more! I highly recommend you join the fun, readers! I am inspired.
I really enjoyed books 1-3...I look forward to reading more! I highly recommend you join the fun, readers! I am inspired.
November 3, 2021
exceptional
I enjoyed every word of all of the stories never realizing just how they would end. The best stories I have read lately.
I enjoyed every word of all of the stories never realizing just how they would end. The best stories I have read lately.
November 7, 2021
Enjoyable as always
What a fun read. I really like the play on words throughout. Mann, Sinatra's ego/attitude plays well every time. Mucho gusto!
What a fun read. I really like the play on words throughout. Mann, Sinatra's ego/attitude plays well every time. Mucho gusto!
November 21, 2021
Sinatra, Do no, Amy, whatever
Alan Lee has created a great Batman & Robin combo in Marines & Beck. Fun to read and always a surprise around the corner. I"m hooked
Alan Lee has created a great Batman & Robin combo in Marines & Beck. Fun to read and always a surprise around the corner. I"m hooked
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December 1, 2021Fast paced
It was fun reading, some parts a little far fetched, but I guess that's why people read. It's not your ordinary life.
It was fun reading, some parts a little far fetched, but I guess that's why people read. It's not your ordinary life.
December 29, 2021
Manny, the myth, the legend
I liked the main two characters, Manny and Beck. They are believeable and have good chemistry. The stories are fast paced and keep you guessing.
I liked the main two characters, Manny and Beck. They are believeable and have good chemistry. The stories are fast paced and keep you guessing.
January 10, 2022
Good book
I really enjoyed the series. The characters were interesting and very riveting.Found the characters were easy to like and very amusing too
I really enjoyed the series. The characters were interesting and very riveting.Found the characters were easy to like and very amusing too
February 6, 2022
Short, predictable storyline of a James Bond merges with Jack Reacher character to become an indestructible black ops agent. These stories could be good with a bit more work!
February 10, 2022
great reading
A perfect set of spy and police thrillers. Lots of Action mixed with a pinch of romance and even real plots. Recommended for all James Bond Wannabes
A perfect set of spy and police thrillers. Lots of Action mixed with a pinch of romance and even real plots. Recommended for all James Bond Wannabes
August 7, 2022
Good read.
December 7, 2022
Sinatra is a macho man
February 19, 2024
Pure Adrenaline Rush!
Through and through pure adrenaline rush! You cannot put this book down until the very end! Even then you will want more!
Through and through pure adrenaline rush! You cannot put this book down until the very end! Even then you will want more!
November 29, 2023
LOL all the way!
Manny “Sinatra” Martinez is THE ultimate All-American USMS agent but with a delicious twist!
He’s better looking than George Clooney, harder than an MMA artiste, and with better hair than Beyoncé!
I loved him for his chivalry but it was his language skills that nearly killed me!
You too will fall in love with this millennial metrosexual extraordinaire ROFLMAO
Manny “Sinatra” Martinez is THE ultimate All-American USMS agent but with a delicious twist!
He’s better looking than George Clooney, harder than an MMA artiste, and with better hair than Beyoncé!
I loved him for his chivalry but it was his language skills that nearly killed me!
You too will fall in love with this millennial metrosexual extraordinaire ROFLMAO
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