First meeting with Ani in Krakow, Poland: “Once the lithe and luscious Polish blonde he later knew as Agniesczka Czarnocki caught David’s attention during his summer trek through Eastern Europe, the trip became much more fun. Falling for this perky…
Mayhem in the Courtroom
One of many gripping scenes in “Goshawk:” “If you do not behave properly, the Court will impose fines on you and, if you still do not act in accordance with the rules of this Court, you might be sent to…
The Father of Lea’s Daughter Wants Lea Back
Relaxing in Whistler, former Georgia Gov. Buddy Lassiter, Lea’s former lover, wistfully wants to reconnect: “Yeah, Boss?” “Want you to locate Lea Holderness. You know, my school teacher friend from up in that there Frigid Frontier.” “Sure thing…pluggin’ even as…
Memorial Day in Camden, Maine
Lea returns to America after escaping from Russian penal colony, the beginning of Memorial Day: “Propped up by nearly identical VA-issued aluminum canes, two bent old men in dark blue uniforms leaned over to salute a headless gray granite statue…
Iraqi Hit Team
The Prologue of “Goshawk:” “Like a grotesque nightmare, a silent slide show of horrors cycled through Layla’s exhausted brain. She relived pushing her younger brother, Sami, on an old tire hanging from a frayed rope behind Liberate the Delta Secondary…
North Country Justice
Here’s an initial part of Doug McPheters’s “Stepping on Fingers,” where Lea Holderness is sent to a Russian penal colony by a US religious court for disagreeing with new laws restricting traditional Americans freedoms: “But I didn’t do anything wrong! …
Terror on 39th Street
Doug McPheters’s next novel,”Criminal Opera,” is in process. It’s about David Garvey’s project to apply Nuremberg punishments to people and companies who created and managed the phony “Covid” pandemic that unnecessarily killed and injured so many unsuspecting people. Here’s a…
Crisis in the Subway
A peek at action in “Stepping on Fingers:” “David gave Gillespie a sharp hip-check. Gillespie lost his grip on his litigation bag and tumbled onto the train tracks, landing in a puddle of used condoms, cigarette butts and yesterday’s third…
Beginning of David’s Case against NeuBank
Another taste of “Goshawk:” “Goshawk” is about David Garvey’s very successful loan-sharking operation in what was left of the Soviet Union after the Berlin Wall came down that the Iraqis tried to steal. David’s scheme was financed by NeuBank. David…
Benefits for Veterans
If you’re an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. armed forces, you may be entitled to benefits of which you are not aware. In some states, like Arizona, where I reside, proof of that status can be added to your…
