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…
#SteppingonFingers
Thriller about an American teacher's being sent to a penal colony in Russia by an American religious court
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! …
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…
Wicked Wednesday Blog – November 22
Evil Wednesday Blog Inspired by brendawhiteside.com Novels by Doug McPheters (@McPheters1) involve exciting and unexpected action but no cupcakes or unicorns. Doug’s first thriller, “Goshawk,” is about a Manhattan lawyer who started a loan-sharking operation in what was left…
“Stepping on Fingers” – Welcome to the Russian Penal Colony
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…
Prescott Library Local Author Fair
Doug McPheters will be showing his latest pair of books at the Prescott Public Library Local Author Book Fair on Saturday, November 4 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Come see his first two thrillers, “Goshawk,” and “Stepping on Fingers.”
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…
A Snippet of “Stepping on Fingers”
““A nasal voice blared from a hidden speaker somewhere high in the front of the courtroom: “All rise! The Court of Public Order for the County of Franklin is now in session! The prisoner will approach the bench!” I looked…
“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…
“Stepping on Fingers” is Out
My latest thriller (just out), “Stepping on Fingers,” is now available on this website, mcphetersbooks.com,, which not only provides a brief summary of this thriller but shows how to get a paper, hardback or Kindle copy. “Goshawk,” with over 30…