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Fall 2018 Releases
Son of Saigon
David Myles Robinson
Hank and Norm were living the good life: two friends with plenty of money, homes in a lovely California retirement town, and no problems—except for the boredom that felt almost fatal. Then Mai came into the picture, the love of Hank’s life during his CIA days in Saigon, desperately needing his help to save the son he’d never known he had.
Boredom was over, as Hank and Norm hit the road, following the few clues Mai could give them in search of a man who desperately wants not to be found. What they find is a slew of lies and hidden truths, strange characters, improbable danger that has them fighting to survive, and the happy lesson that their lives are far from over.
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David Myles Robinson
Hank and Norm were living the good life: two friends with plenty of money, homes in a lovely California retirement town, and no problems—except for the boredom that felt almost fatal. Then Mai came into the picture, the love of Hank’s life during his CIA days in Saigon, desperately needing his help to save the son he’d never known he had.
Boredom was over, as Hank and Norm hit the road, following the few clues Mai could give them in search of a man who desperately wants not to be found. What they find is a slew of lies and hidden truths, strange characters, improbable danger that has them fighting to survive, and the happy lesson that their lives are far from over.
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Persistence of Light:
in a Japanese Prison Camp, with an Elephant Crossing the Alps, and then in Silicone Valley
John Hoyte
John Hoyte was a student at Cambridge University who realized one day that a grant he might get could provide an interesting and unusual summer vacation. And thus was born the idea of leading an elephant over the Alps via the trails, paths, and mountain passes taken by Hannibal with his army and war elephants in 218 B.C to do battle with the Roman empire.
Hoyte’s successful mission, with an elephant named Jumbo on loan from the Turin zoo, became a media sensation, leading to international coverage and starting him on the way to a fifty-year career as an inventor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley.
Hoyte’s story is a fascinating one, beginning with the six years of his childhood spent in a Japanese internment camp in China during World War II. Throughout the years that followed, he has taken each surprising twist and turn of fate and used it to help build a life infused with purpose, creativity and fulfillment.
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in a Japanese Prison Camp, with an Elephant Crossing the Alps, and then in Silicone Valley
John Hoyte
John Hoyte was a student at Cambridge University who realized one day that a grant he might get could provide an interesting and unusual summer vacation. And thus was born the idea of leading an elephant over the Alps via the trails, paths, and mountain passes taken by Hannibal with his army and war elephants in 218 B.C to do battle with the Roman empire.
Hoyte’s successful mission, with an elephant named Jumbo on loan from the Turin zoo, became a media sensation, leading to international coverage and starting him on the way to a fifty-year career as an inventor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley.
Hoyte’s story is a fascinating one, beginning with the six years of his childhood spent in a Japanese internment camp in China during World War II. Throughout the years that followed, he has taken each surprising twist and turn of fate and used it to help build a life infused with purpose, creativity and fulfillment.
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Questions & Answers:
A Captain’s Guide to Better Police Interviews and Interrogations
Eric Schum
A police officer is questioning a suspect. The goal is a confession—or, at the least, information that will lead to solving the case. But often, the suspect doesn’t want to talk. What can the officer do then—within the law—to get the needed information?
Eric Schum, a captain in the New Mexico State Police, has answers that work, based on his long and successful experience in law enforcement—yielding better results in a great many cases than the old standard practices used in many other departments. In this small, information-packed book, he lays out for his fellow officers ways of questioning witnesses and suspects that get results, respect their rights, and lead to fewer false confessions.
This is a fact-filled book but also a personal one, in which Schum takes the reader through the thought processes he’s followed in one fascinating case after another, discussing lessons he’s learned, mistakes he’s made, techniques he’s mastered, and the ongoing struggles of a dedicated professional as he works to perfect a difficult craft.
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A Captain’s Guide to Better Police Interviews and Interrogations
Eric Schum
A police officer is questioning a suspect. The goal is a confession—or, at the least, information that will lead to solving the case. But often, the suspect doesn’t want to talk. What can the officer do then—within the law—to get the needed information?
Eric Schum, a captain in the New Mexico State Police, has answers that work, based on his long and successful experience in law enforcement—yielding better results in a great many cases than the old standard practices used in many other departments. In this small, information-packed book, he lays out for his fellow officers ways of questioning witnesses and suspects that get results, respect their rights, and lead to fewer false confessions.
This is a fact-filled book but also a personal one, in which Schum takes the reader through the thought processes he’s followed in one fascinating case after another, discussing lessons he’s learned, mistakes he’s made, techniques he’s mastered, and the ongoing struggles of a dedicated professional as he works to perfect a difficult craft.
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The Captain’s Chest
Donald Willerton
A month in the Caribbean, what could be better? Snorkeling, windsurfing, dreaming about lost treasure from ships sunk centuries ago—it’s all fourteen-year-old Mogi Franklin could hope for. But not everyone on the island of St. John is there to enjoy a tropical paradise. When a friend goes missing, Mogi and his sister, Jennifer, discover a dark mystery connected to an international crime ring. Or do they? Is Mogi just a kid with an overactive imagination, or is local law enforcement blind to a rich developer’s nefarious aims? The stakes are high as a hurricane threatens the island—and Mogi needs to trust his instincts.
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Donald Willerton
A month in the Caribbean, what could be better? Snorkeling, windsurfing, dreaming about lost treasure from ships sunk centuries ago—it’s all fourteen-year-old Mogi Franklin could hope for. But not everyone on the island of St. John is there to enjoy a tropical paradise. When a friend goes missing, Mogi and his sister, Jennifer, discover a dark mystery connected to an international crime ring. Or do they? Is Mogi just a kid with an overactive imagination, or is local law enforcement blind to a rich developer’s nefarious aims? The stakes are high as a hurricane threatens the island—and Mogi needs to trust his instincts.
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Badge of Honor
Karen Glinski
Summer is winding down for Emerson, an almost-12-year-old boy raised with computers and video games who’s been spending the vacation with his Navajo grandfather at sheep camp. Suddenly Grandpa Charlie is bitten by a rattlesnake, and Emerson, who has only driven around the lonely mesa, must now drive his grandfather to the E.R. in Shiprock.
Left on his own when the hospital decides to keep Grandpa overnight, Emerson becomes caught up with a ring of thieves when he discovers a bag of native jewelry and war medals they had stolen—including a gold medallion belonging to a Navajo code talker. Introduction to the morning corn pollen ceremony makes Emerson determined to try harder to walk in beauty. But the gang knows he has something they want, and are determined to find where it is. Escaping the thieves and trying to help the police catch them draws Emerson deeper into the traditional ways of the reservation’s people. But as the time draw near for his mother to take him home again, new dangers threaten, leading to a meeting with the old Code Talker, whose courage, intelligence, and honor make him proud to share his Navajo heritage.
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Karen Glinski
Summer is winding down for Emerson, an almost-12-year-old boy raised with computers and video games who’s been spending the vacation with his Navajo grandfather at sheep camp. Suddenly Grandpa Charlie is bitten by a rattlesnake, and Emerson, who has only driven around the lonely mesa, must now drive his grandfather to the E.R. in Shiprock.
Left on his own when the hospital decides to keep Grandpa overnight, Emerson becomes caught up with a ring of thieves when he discovers a bag of native jewelry and war medals they had stolen—including a gold medallion belonging to a Navajo code talker. Introduction to the morning corn pollen ceremony makes Emerson determined to try harder to walk in beauty. But the gang knows he has something they want, and are determined to find where it is. Escaping the thieves and trying to help the police catch them draws Emerson deeper into the traditional ways of the reservation’s people. But as the time draw near for his mother to take him home again, new dangers threaten, leading to a meeting with the old Code Talker, whose courage, intelligence, and honor make him proud to share his Navajo heritage.
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The Turquoise Lady
Written by June Rosenthal
Illustrated by Kathy Hirshon
What a life she’s lived—June Rosenthal: wife and mother, civic leader, creator of her own exclusive fashion style, and real estate saleswoman extraordinaire! In these personal vignettes capturing the essence of her 94 years—and still going strong—she offers fascinating pictures of the places she’s gone, the people she’s met, and the exploits and accomplishment that have combined to create her truly unique story.
Going hand in hand—complementing and enhancing—these distinctive tales are the charming and colorful illustrations of noted New Mexico artist Kathy Hirshon. Together, they make a rare kind of book describing in words and pictures the long and accomplishment-filled life of a very special individual in a way that will captivate any reader interested in the personal story of a modern woman who is truly sui generis.
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Written by June Rosenthal
Illustrated by Kathy Hirshon
What a life she’s lived—June Rosenthal: wife and mother, civic leader, creator of her own exclusive fashion style, and real estate saleswoman extraordinaire! In these personal vignettes capturing the essence of her 94 years—and still going strong—she offers fascinating pictures of the places she’s gone, the people she’s met, and the exploits and accomplishment that have combined to create her truly unique story.
Going hand in hand—complementing and enhancing—these distinctive tales are the charming and colorful illustrations of noted New Mexico artist Kathy Hirshon. Together, they make a rare kind of book describing in words and pictures the long and accomplishment-filled life of a very special individual in a way that will captivate any reader interested in the personal story of a modern woman who is truly sui generis.
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River of Gold
Donald Willerton
Two teens, one huge monk, and a stash of stolen gold—that’s all that stand in the way of a powerful corporation getting its hands on a peaceful river valley in rural New Mexico. Mogi Franklin and his sister, Jennifer, uncover clues to a century-old mystery, but unraveling a botched robbery isn’t enough when a whole river, and a way of life, are at stake. Can fourteen-year-old Mogi expose the truth—and save the valley before it’s too late?
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Donald Willerton
Two teens, one huge monk, and a stash of stolen gold—that’s all that stand in the way of a powerful corporation getting its hands on a peaceful river valley in rural New Mexico. Mogi Franklin and his sister, Jennifer, uncover clues to a century-old mystery, but unraveling a botched robbery isn’t enough when a whole river, and a way of life, are at stake. Can fourteen-year-old Mogi expose the truth—and save the valley before it’s too late?
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Tropical Doubts
David Myles Robinson
Some Honolulu lawyers called Pancho McMartin the best criminal defense attorney in the islands. He’d admit to being pretty damn good. But he was on a losing streak now—three guilty verdicts in a row—and his confidence was sinking fast. When one of his oldest friends, Giselle, was left comatose after surgery and her husband, Manny, pleaded with him to sue the doctors involved, Pancho couldn’t find a way to avoid a new specialty: medical malpractice.
But it wasn’t long before the sudden death of one of the defendants—and a murder charge accusing Manny of being the killer—had Pancho back in the old familiar arena of fighting for his client’s life, while at the same time seeking justice for the O.R. errors that had left Giselle in a permanent vegetative state.
In Tropical Doubts, the third legal thriller from David Myles Robinson featuring colorful, fast-thinking Pancho McMartin, medical hijinks merge with murder as surprise twists build in this unpredictable courtroom drama.
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David Myles Robinson
Some Honolulu lawyers called Pancho McMartin the best criminal defense attorney in the islands. He’d admit to being pretty damn good. But he was on a losing streak now—three guilty verdicts in a row—and his confidence was sinking fast. When one of his oldest friends, Giselle, was left comatose after surgery and her husband, Manny, pleaded with him to sue the doctors involved, Pancho couldn’t find a way to avoid a new specialty: medical malpractice.
But it wasn’t long before the sudden death of one of the defendants—and a murder charge accusing Manny of being the killer—had Pancho back in the old familiar arena of fighting for his client’s life, while at the same time seeking justice for the O.R. errors that had left Giselle in a permanent vegetative state.
In Tropical Doubts, the third legal thriller from David Myles Robinson featuring colorful, fast-thinking Pancho McMartin, medical hijinks merge with murder as surprise twists build in this unpredictable courtroom drama.
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Follow David on his blog, facebook, twitter, goodreads,