A snippet of “Stepping on Fingers:” – Lea’s eerie preview of a bomb being sewn into her neck: “Something was tearing into the base of my skull, a silent, ripping power drill. Sticky fingerprints of the last nightmare clouded my…
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Flying out of Danger with Marja’s Help
A bit of “Goshawk” – flying from danger in an experimental jet designed by the hero, named Goshawk: “Roger, Tower, copy cleared takeoff runway Two Romeo.” Again pushing her throttle yoke forward slightly and giving her right engine slightly more…
A Bit of Goshawk – Running from the Killers
A piece of early action in “Goshawk “Flushed with adrenaline, David hesitated for what seemed like an eternity to look cautiously up and down the long hall and listen, and then listen some more before continuing. Convinced he was alone,…
Turkey Dinner in a Hurricane
It was Thanksgiving and the diesel-electric submarine, USS Tigrone (SS-419), was running on the surface during a strong hurricane in the Atlantic ocean. Its assignment was to play rabbit for a nuclear fast-attack submarine running at a deep and comfortable…
“Goshawk” Starts
Beginnings of “Goshawk” in the Lake Country of Finland: “Like a grotesque nightmare, a silent slideshow 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…
Terror in Goshawk
Applying Nuremberg Punishments
A preview of my third thriller, “Criminal Opera (not yet available):” “So here we are,” Jim said, “walking through the woods wearing Sniffy and Kamala Halloween masks on a late summer afternoon to find Kaltenbruner, fit him with the…
Danger in “Goshawk”
Want to see what happens next? See early pages of “Goshawk;” easy to obtain at mcphetersbooks.com. “Then David quietly eased himself out of their bed and tiptoed across a narrow patch of polished birch tiles toward the stairs and down…
Lea in Prison Colony after Court
“Right then and there, in that dirty operating room, I felt more alone and helpless than ever before. Except perhaps during my first and only time ever in court. But back then, what seemed like several lifetimes ago, I felt…
“Stepping on Fingers” is Here
My latest thriller, “Stepping on Fingers” is just out and available at mcphetersbooks.com. Here’s a snippet of “Stepping on Fingers:” “David Garvey gave Frank Gillespie a sharp hip-check. Gillespie lost his grip on his litigation bag and tumbled onto the…
