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Colorado Noir

By: John Dwaine McKenna

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Colorado Noir is a walk on the wild side. Eleven of the best stories in hard-boiled crime from the award-winning pen of John Dwaine McKenna, author of The Neversink Chronicles and The Whim Wham Man. In Colorado Noir, you'll ride along with Elaine, The Aluminum Mistress, as she struggles to survive on the cold streets of Colorado Springs, making her living from trash cans; Hang out with Yazzie and Darrell Lee as they learn to live rough, surviving by petty theft, until one of them commits a capital crime in The Ghosts of Christmas Present; There's merry mischief and pathos in Mosby's Retreat, where you'll meet a four footed usher of death; Experience utter terror at 30,000 feet on a B-17 flying abattoir in The Rising, an unforgettable World War II story; Treat yourself to the second Jake McKern novella in A Mischief of Rats, as you countdown to a crime spree that leaves the reader gasping and blood running in the streets of Colorado Springs. All of these, plus six more of the best noir stories in town. If you love crime fiction and mystery, don't you dare miss Colorado Noir!

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0989676307

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9780989676304

The Whim-Wham Man

By: John Dwaine McKenna

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The Whim-Wham Man

By: John Dwaine McKenna

A complex and intriguing story, The Whim-Wham Man takes place in Husted, Colorado, just north of the city of Colorado Springs in May of 1940. It's a coming-of-age and murder mystery . . . it's a tragedy about the tearing apart of two families, the effect of the Great Depression, homelessness and mental illness, serial killers and vigilantism . . . as well as the looming inferno of World War II and redemption of sorts in the form of patriotism and heroism. Lastly, it's about deep, unrelenting, unremitting guilt. Follow the narrative of young Jamey McGoran as he lives through the last day of his childhood. A day of unspeakable horror, criminality and depravity, it's a day in which one fateful decision will determine the direction of the rest of his life . . . and a handful of others as well. The Whim-Wham Man is a story that has it all . . . A crime you can't forgive, a plot you couldn't imagine, and a character . . . You'll never forget.

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0989676390

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9780989676397

The Quiet Child

By: John McKenna

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The Quiet Child

By: John McKenna

There is a presence in the house. It watches Anne McGilvery and her little daughter, Julia, with evil designs. When the time is right, it seizes its chance to once again enter the world of the living, a world from which Julia is soon taken.As the fabric of reality, for Anne, begins to come undone, she must face not only a drug-addicted, murderous psychopath, but also an evil so powerful its mere whim can destroy life or create monstrosity.A sympathetic stranger, Ed Jones, may help Anne discover the true fate of her daughter's spirit. Yet it will terrify them both to learn the secret of THE QUIET CHILD.

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iUniverse

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0595198716

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9780595198719

The Neversink Chronicles

By: John Dwaine McKenna

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The Neversink Chronicles

By: John Dwaine McKenna

The Neversink Chronicles is seventeen linked fictional stories that outline, define and cover the conflict between water needs, property rights and human rights in an enjoyable, entertaining and highly readable manner by illustrating the lives of ordinary citizens caught in the conflict as New York City takes their property in its relentless quest for water. It's powerful, provocative, and impossible to put down.

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354

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0989676358

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9780989676359

The Boy Who Slept with Bears

By: John Dwaine McKenna,George Douthit III

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The Boy Who Slept with Bears

By: John Dwaine McKenna,George Douthit III

The remarkable story a Ute boy and a legendary grizzly bear.

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0983995281

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9780983995289

Book's by John Dwaine McKenna

Colorado Noir

Colorado Noir

The Whim-Wham Man

The Whim-Wham Man

The Quiet Child

The Quiet Child

The Neversink Chronicles

The Neversink Chronicles

The Boy Who Slept with Bears

The Boy Who Slept with Bears

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