Billionaires, Bullets, Exploding Monkeys

Billionaires, Bullets, Exploding Monkeys
Author: Mike Attebery
Publisher: Cryptic Bindings
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2009-05-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0615591434

A hostage standoff, a weaponized vaccine, and a frantic race to save lives. Software billionaire Jeff Pepper chose the wrong day to check on the research project he's been funding at a Seattle university. When gunmen seize control of the building, aiming to get their hands on a horrifying new weapon, the world-famous entrepreneur is ensnared in a nerve-wracking hostage situation, one in which he is an all-too-valuable pawn. As the body count rises, Pepper's fate rests in the hands of Brick Ransom, a SWAT team leader with a wry sense of humor and a slippery trigger finger. Time is running out, and if Brick and his team can't save him,Pepper will need to use every negotiating trick up his sleeve to see that he and his fellow captives make it out alive...

Flares

Flares
Author: Mike Attebery
Publisher: Cryptic Bindings
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2021-11-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1733739432

Six college freshmen learn about life and love at a university with a mysterious past. Book One of The Grimwood Trilogy. College freshman Loren Austin has traveled across the country in search of independence and a new beginning. Braden McNutt is also hoping for a fresh start as he embarks upon his college career. They've both come to Grimwood to study in the school's celebrated writing program - founded by the gifted if doomed author Alan Grimwood - where they quickly forge a close but complicated connection. Joined by roommates Brooke Winston and Hank Pierce, and classmates Hannah Merritt and Jason Pepper, they form a bonded circle that will transform each of them over the course of a life-changing year on a college campus with a mysterious past. Flares welcomes readers to the college experience of their dreams, and introduces them to the complex, funny, impulsive, and unforgettable group of friends they'll be following throughout the course of The Grimwood Trilogy.

Firepower

Firepower
Author: Mike Attebery
Publisher: Cryptic Bindings
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2019-04-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1733739408

When a driver burns to death on the side of a New Mexico highway, evidence from the scene leads reporter Luke Murphy to a series of murders involving the region's multi-million dollar energy market. A year after breaking the biggest story of his career, Luke Murphy is reporting on more big changes in the City of Farmington, where the imminent launch of a first of its kind solar facility, and the likely closure of the region's coal-fired power plant are set to turn the industry on its head, altering the fortunes of the city's most prominent power-players in the process. With millions at stake, and winners and losers on both sides, it appears someone is determined to tip the field in their favor by any means necessary, and prepared to cover their tracks with fire. But in the shadowy world of big energy, it's never clear who owns what, or how far they're willing to go in the pursuit of power and profit. As Luke chases down the story, peeling away the layers in his search for the truth, will he discover who is responsible for the wave of killings, or will he be next? Firepower picks up where Chokecherry Canyon left off, pulling readers into another desert noir mystery, and thrilling them with all the action, humor, and suspense that readers of Mike Attebery's Brick Ransom series have come to expect.

Bloody Pulp

Bloody Pulp
Author: Mike Attebery
Publisher: Cryptic Bindings
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0615685870

A rookie detective investigates the murder of a bestselling mystery writer. Two shots on a snowy Seattle street, and a bestselling writer lies dead. When Brick Ransom is assigned to the case, the trail quickly leads to an up-and-coming hard-boiled mystery writer, his publisher, and one of Seattle's most powerful companies. But who did it? And why? And with the murders still happening, who will be next? Bloody Pulp is bloody good fun, with all of the mystery, suspense, humor, and over-the-top action Brick Ransom fans crave!

Rosé in Saint Tropez

Rosé in Saint Tropez
Author: Mike Attebery
Publisher: Cryptic Bindings
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2015-11-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0692499385

To millions of fans, he's a rock star. To his family, he's a virtual stranger. After years on the road, rock star Will Baker is joining his relatives for an extended reunion in the South of France. Sunny Saint Tropez may provide a glamorous, rosé-infused change of scenery, but it isn't long before old family differences bubble to the surface. And the biggest surprise is yet to come, when Will's older brother arrives with his new girlfriend in tow, a woman who just happens to be Will Baker's college sweetheart, the one that got away. With romance, comedy, and sparkling wit, Rosé in Saint Tropez takes readers on a breezy tour of the French Riviera, while reminding them that everyone has regrets, even rock stars. Fortunately, it's never too late to revise that final verse.

The Midnight Visitors

The Midnight Visitors
Author: Mike Attebery
Publisher: Cryptic Bindings
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2022-03-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1733739475

Six college friends learn about life and love at a university with a mysterious past. Book Three of The Grimwood Trilogy. Loren Austen and Braden McNutt have long suspected the truth about Grimwood's forgotten past, but as they finally come to terms with their complicated friendship, they're about to experience the University's unique nature in a way neither of them could ever have anticipated. Meanwhile, their friends are also reaching pivotal turns in their personal lives and academic careers, as they each come to realize that life seldom follows the roadmaps we set out for ourselves, and our hearts and minds are ever-changing, unpredictable guides on the path to a future that is anything but guaranteed. The Midnight Visitors invites readers to follow this remarkable group of friends to The Grimwood Trilogy's unforgettable conclusion.

Seattle On Ice

Seattle On Ice
Author: Mike Attebery
Publisher: Cryptic Bindings
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2011-11-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0615542859

A freak storm, a killer on the loose, and a rookie cop battling the elements in a race to save lives. Seattle wasn't built for snow, and a freak storm on the eve of a blockbuster criminal trial has brought the city to a standstill. Now Brick Ransom must protect three key witnesses - a bookkeeper, a stripper, and a deadly assassin - all of whom are set to testify against Seattle crime boss Frank Mason the next morning. When a gunman ambushes the first witness, and Brick's partner is killed in the crossfire, it's revealed that moles within the police force are leaking the whereabouts of each witness, in a last-ditch effort to keep the criminal kingpin from ever standing trial. As Brick faces killers, crooked cops, and an ever-worsening storm, he doesn't know whom he can trust, or when his luck will run out...

Ordinary World

Ordinary World
Author: Mike Attebery
Publisher: Cryptic Bindings
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2022-04-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1733739459

Six college friends learn about life and love at a university with a mysterious past. Book Two of The Grimwood Trilogy. Like so many colleges, the legacies of the past reverberate through the halls of Grimwood University, but while previous generations typically leave their marks in memorials and traditions, at Grimwood, some voices from the past never fade away, they linger behind, echoing through the lives of the students that follow in their footsteps. Loren Austin and Braden McNutt have put their feelings aside to help their friends move on from an unspeakable loss. As the group pulls together to find their way through a strange new reality, fresh faces and friendships enter their world, promising to alter the course of their lives in ways they could never have imagined. The Grimwood Trilogy continues, as Ordinary World welcomes readers back into the lives of a complicated, funny, and unforgettable circle of college friends.

Chokecherry Canyon

Chokecherry Canyon
Author: Mike Attebery
Publisher: Cryptic Bindings
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2017-07-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0692888268

When a disgraced businessman is nearly decapitated in a seedy restaurant, the blood trail leads reporter Luke Murphy to a series of dark secrets, concealed for decades in the New Mexico desert. Luke Murphy returned to Farmington, New Mexico to care for his ailing father, but a year later, his old man is dead, and Luke has stuck around. Working for the local newspaper, he's quickly learning that reporting the news in his old hometown often means reading between the lines of what people are willing to share with him on the record and off. But there's nothing like a murder to get people talking... While covering a crime scene on the outskirts of town, Luke unwittingly stumbles onto a story forty years in the making. Whispered secrets suggest a cover-up spearheaded by the town's former mayor, a conspiracy involving a hometown hero, and a growing scandal known to just a handful of people - including Luke's late father. The farther Luke drills down, the harder the town's power-players fight to conceal the truth. It's a story as old as print, a tale of politics, greed, and murder, simmering under the hot sun in the American Southwest.

THE GREEK'S CHRISTMAS BABY

THE GREEK'S CHRISTMAS BABY
Author: Lucy Monroe
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2016-04-05
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 4596377626

Eden always heeded her mother’s warnings when it came to love. But after meeting the charming Aristide, she couldn’t help but put those doubtful thoughts behind her. Once they married, their two worlds soon began to drive them apart. To make matters worse, a car accident has caused Aristide to lose all his memories of Eden. What once felt like a one-sided love, now feels even more so. Will Aristide’s subconscious attraction to his wife spark his memories, or has their marriage truly come to an end? Because until their love is restored, Eden is holding on to a precious secret…