Cover: “The Fire of Heaven” by Tom Wallace

by | Jan 14, 2014 | ,

Introducing the cover for the next Jack Dantzler Mystery novel by author Tom Wallace, “The Fire of Heaven”. Brought to you by Hydra Publications.

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BLURB: Lexington Detective Jack Dantzler is asked to look into a death that has been ruled a suicide. When he learns how the person died—cyanide poisoning—he immediately suspects that the victim was murdered. Although the death occurred in another county, Dantzler agrees to look into what is a closed case. However, before he can begin his investigation, a medical clinic is bombed and a woman dies in the blast. Within days, the owner of the clinic is murdered.

As Dantzler digs deeper into these cases, he begins to suspect that the murders are somehow linked together. But how? And who is the link? Dantzler’s list of potential suspects grows, and so does the body count. Suddenly, Dantzler is scrambling to bring down the killer—or killers—before more blood is spilled. It’s a race he cannot afford to lose.

The Fire of Heaven features a cast of memorable characters, headed, of course, by Dantzler, the gifted detective critics have compared to Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch. Critic Natasha Jackson said it best: “The Fire of Heaven pulls you in right from the very first paragraph, and Tom Wallace does a great job of creating a world-class detective in Dantzler.”

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Photography: Winter Lighthouses

by | Jan 7, 2014 | ,

I haven’t done any photography posts in quite a while. I think I completely skipped over all the fall shots! Actually I’ve only been out shooting once since fall. I figured I’d share those since here in Michigan (and half of the rest of the country), we’re under this deep freeze. These were actually taken before this freeze. I haven’t mustered up what it takes to go out there in this weather yet. Not to mention, kids have snowdays, and I have too much work to get done.

So anyways, and friend and I headed out to check out a few lighthouses between Christmas and New Years. We dragged our butts out of bed hours before the sun was up so we could be there for the sunrise.

First stop, South Haven Lighthouse, South Haven Mi.

Whew! Those piers get icey!!

Iceburgs Ahead!  Yeah, those were actually large [sand covered] chunks of ice floating in Lake Michigan.  All that white…that’s the lake.

Looking out towards Lake Michigan around the ice.

The back side of the South Haven Lighthouse coated in sheer ice.

If you’ve never visited the lakeshore during the winter, I highly recommend it. It’s GORGEOUS. (I do NOT recommend venturing out on the piers though. Not safe!) There’s a completely different arctic landscape out there. I was absolutely fascinated with the frozen waves closer to shore. I know waves didn’t actually freeze mid-wave, it’s just a build up of water freezing with each pass, but they sure do look like frozen waves. Here I’m standing on one looking over the lake. See the lighthouse way out there?

South Haven’s North Pierhead Light.

Next stop was the St. Joseph Lighthouse. They didn’t have anywhere near the amount of snow as South Haven when we got there.

But the Pierhead still had some ice on it.

And the pier was still covered in ice.

A closer shot of light shining through the ice.

To top things off, we even found a Snowy Owl hanging out on the lighthouse.

I think I took about 500 images, these are just the ones I got around to editing.

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Cover: “Called” by Robert J. Crane

by | Jan 6, 2014 | ,

Introducing the new [new] cover for the first book in Robert J. Crane’s new Southern Watch Series, “Called”.

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BLURB: Archibald “Arch” Stan was a local cop in Midian, Tennessee who was good at his job, good at being a husband, and exceptionally good at hiding his disappointment at not being able to figure out what was missing in his life that made it all seem so empty.

Lafayette Hendricks looked like a drifter, a broken-down hitchhiker blown through Midian on the prevailing winds. When Arch catches him in a fight on the town square, though, things start to get weird, fast, because the guy he’s fighting doesn’t die when he gets shot. And Hendricks is carrying a sword.

Pretty soon, Arch’s whole life is turned upside down by Hendricks’s revelation that there’s a secret world operating under the one he’s been living in his whole life – one filled with demons, chaos, and unspeakable evils, one of which is already in town, stirring trouble. And if the two men don’t band together to keep watch on the darkness falling on Midian, then this small town might just get swallowed up by the forces of evil – with the rest of the world to follow shortly behind.

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Cover: “Lowcountry Punch” by Boo Walker

by | Jan 4, 2014 | ,

I recently finished up the new cover for author Boo Walker’s “Lowcountry Punch”.

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BLURB: After one of the worst nights of his life, DEA Agent T.A. Reddick leaves Miami for Charleston, SC, hoping a return to his roots will heal a wounded heart and the guilt of killing a friend.  The sleepy and sultry city of Charleston is filled with echoes of the Old South: genteel playboys, society debutantes, and quiet cobblestone streets.  But as Reddick will soon discover, there’s danger lurking under her charming veneer.  When a movie star’s death shines a national spotlight on Charleston’s underground cocaine trade, he must go undercover to find the main supplier and shut him down.  As a hurricane bears down on the port city and the DEA gets ready to spring its trap, Reddick must contend with more than he ever could have imagined.

  Brash and bold, TA Reddick is a hero you won’t soon forget.  Lowcountry Punch is an action-packed novel that will have you on your knees begging for more.

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Cover: “Evilution” by Shaun Jeffrey

by | Jan 2, 2014 | ,

I recently finished up the new cover for author Shaun Jeffrey’s horror novel ,”Evilution”.

Look for the change over coming soon to print and ebook!

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BLURB: Humankind is about to change …

Shrouded by fog for nearly two years, the picturesque village of Paradise harbours more than its share of secrets. Having won a cottage in a competition she can’t remember entering, Chase Black moves to Paradise, only to discover that its beauty is skin deep – murder and madness fester in its shadows. When her travelling companion, Jane mysteriously disappears, she starts asking questions. Why are the villagers behaving so oddly? Who are the strange figures she sees lurking in the fog? As Chase becomes afraid that something terrible has happened, events escalate dangerously out of control. A virtual prisoner; too late she discovers the real reason she’s there …

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