I really enjoyed writing this one and hope readers find it fun as well.  I’ve also appreciated all of your wonderful emails.  And if you want to help?  Well, spread the word any way you can!  Facebook, Twitter, random graffiti . . . Oh, and most importantly, if you enjoy the book and have a few minutes, please consider posting a review online at Amazon, B&N, or wherever you bought it.  Even if just the people who emailed me did this, it could really make a difference.  Most readers don’t realize how much those reviews help, and only a tiny, tiny fraction of readers ever do it.

More information is below, including where you can currently buy it.

A DESPERATE PLACE FOR DYING

by Jack Nolte

An old flame.  A killer on the loose.  A crazy cult on the rise.

Nearly a year has passed since Garrison Gage became the reluctant guardian of a troubled teenage girl, but neither fatherhood nor the the intervening months has improved his mood. His right knee is still mostly worthless. He still prefers to drink his bourbon alone. And even with a certain blonde bombshell a persistent part of his life, he still can’t be bothered to buy a cell phone. Or any phone, for that matter. Why? Then somebody might call him.

But grumpy as Gage can be, he still finds that life on the Oregon Coast has settled into a comfortable if not happy routine — until the man who murdered his wife shows up in town.

That’s just for starters. A desperate plea from an old flame — his first love, in fact — soon entangles Gage in a high profile case involving a famous and brazenly outspoken lecturer on evolution and atheism, a crazy fundamentalist cult that uses all means necessary to silence its critics, and a brutal local murder of a far more personal nature.

Before the mystery can be unraveled, Gage’s abilities and beliefs will be put to the ultimate test. And the man who claims he doesn’t need anyone will discover he may just lose everything.

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And yes, for those of you who asked, I’m hard at work on the next Garrison Gage book.  I can’t say much about it now, but a lot of the characters from the first book are back — as well as an old flame of Gage’s that sets the stage for this book.  (I’m sure you can already imagine that this causes some tension with a certain blonde bombshell.)  I’m really enjoying writing it and hopefully it won’t be too long before it’s finished.

Speaking of that, I added a new feature to the website — a “Next Book” email list.  If you give me your email, I’ll make sure you’re one of the first to know when the next book is published.  That’s all the list is for — just a way to let my readers know about my books.  I doubt you’ll get more than a couple emails a year, and I definitely won’t pass on your email to anyone else, so no worries about spam.  I think if Dante wrote his Inferno today, he would have added a 10th circle of Hell  just for the spammers.  But since I’ve had so many asking me just when the next took is available, I thought a “Next Book” list would be appropriate.

Just scroll down to the bottom right corner of any page and you’ll see it there.  Or heck, I’ll just add it here too:

Read the First Three Chapters

We also weeded out a few more typos in this last round (making the corrections to the electronic version as well).  Flying Raven Press is a small publisher with big plans, but there’s been some growing pains., and I really appreciate everyone’s patience.  A special thanks to the handful of readers who wrote in with a list of typos.

If you’ve read the ebook, the paperback also makes a great gift for someone you know who doesn’t have an e-reader . . .

First off, I want to thank everyone who’s bought The Gray and Guily Sea so far.  You proved our pre-publication electronic strategy a success, so much so that even before the paperback is published there’s already another book featuring Garrison Gage in the works.  Will be a while though, folks. 

In the meantime, however, I hope you’ll check out my first collection of short stories, Everybody Loves a Hero, which is now on sale at Amazon, B&N, and other major online retailers.  A paperback will eventually follow, but it will be a few months yet.  Here’s a little more information, including links below where you can purchase the collection:

What makes a hero? In these ten riveting tales of crime and suspense, Jack Nolte takes the reader on a thrilling journey from the back streets of Chicago to the windy bluffs of the Oregon coast exploring that very question. There’s good guys, bad guys, and everything in between. Some stories are dark and brooding, others light and quirky, and some defy categorization altogether. Nolte’s first collection is sure to please fans of crime fiction as well as those who enjoy well-crafted short stories.

Stories included in this collection:

Everybody Loves a Hero

It Records Automatically

Mr. Midnight

Clowning Around

Goodman’s Gold

Follow the Brown Van

Calling for Phil

No Morals Please

A Trunk Full of Elephants

A Plunder By Pilgrims

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And of course, I’m hoping this entices you to buy the mystery, which is still priced at $3.99 (though it will be going up soon).

It starts with a knock at the door – something reclusive ex-detective Garrison Gage hates. When it’s his teenage neighbor, whose girlfriend has gone missing just before Thanksgiving, Gage gets reluctantly pulled back into his old line of work – and ends up facing some fears of his own in Oregon’s dark woods…

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