Loiacono Literary Agency takes on Lying, Cheating & Occasionally Murder by Ginny Fite, the third in the Sam Lagarde Mysteries!

When it comes to murder, even brilliant scientists aren’t immune…The night Harold Munson is shot dead in his car, the primary suspect is the man’s brainiac wife. But Charlotte, who has a passion for science and sex with strangers, swears all she wants is a Nobel Prize for curing brain cancer, even if that requires fudging her research and a few dead patients along the way.

When the next body drops, all signs point to Charlotte, but Detective Sam Lagarde doggedly follows the clues until he has his own Eureka moment.

Ginny Fite is an award-winning journalist who has covered crime, politics, government, healthcare, art, and all things human. She has been a spokesperson for a governor, member of Congress, a few colleges and universities, and a robotics R&D company. She has degrees from Rutgers University and Johns Hopkins University and studied at the School for Women Healers and the Maryland Poetry Therapy Institute. She is the author of I Should Be Dead by Now, a collection of humorous lamentations about aging, three books of poetry: The Last Thousand Years, The Pearl Fisher, Throwing Caution; and a short story collection, What Goes Around.  Cromwell’s Folly was her first novel in the Sam Lagarde mystery series and No Good Deed Left Undone the second. We are currently seeking publication of her novel No End of Bad. She resides in Harpers Ferry, WV.

Ken LaSalle preps for his hike on the PCT – Pacific Crest Trail—over 2600 miles from Mexico to Canada as depicted in his novel Heaven Enough.

The World’s Worst Backpacker on the Pacific Crest Trail…

Preparing for my 2017 Pacific Crest Trail journey… Part Two

2017 Pacific Crest Trail journey… Part Three: Irvine Park & Alger Creek

Preparing for my 2017 Pacific Crest Trail journey… Part Four 

Heaven Enough is a poem about longing, about wishing for something more. “What would it be like if I had heaven enough?” it reads.

Matt Murphy reads these words for the first time at his wife’s funeral. After a death shrouded with mystery, it is the first time he learns that she wrote poetry. He and Diva were married for nearly twenty years, yet he did not “know” her. A poet and lover of culinary delights, she is struck by a car and killed instantly—randomly—on the wrong side of town.

When her brother, the “monk,” appears for the funeral, Matt is set on an unprecedented course. The two find Diva’s computer filled with preparations to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. Over 2600 miles from Mexico to Canada…and she was leaving without her husband.

Matt takes it upon himself to hike the trail and sprinkle her ashes along the way. What happens in the first two hours is dumbfounding.

What happens next changes his life forever…

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LAST BIGFOOT IN DIXIE by Wally Avett will be on sale from 1/16/17 to 1/31/17 for $0.99 on all sales platforms. AMAZON  B&N  KOBO  Google Play BelleBooks 

Deep in the peaceful, Smoky Mountains of North Georgia, a huge black bear kills a child in a campground and the hunt begins. Wade, an outdoors-man and backwoods columnist, is quickly deputized to find and slay the massive beast terrorizing tourists and locals alike.

A giant Cherokee, wannabe-writer whose gifts are enhanced by mushroom trances and a Minnesota Vikings horn-helmet, offers to help and proves a modern Sasquatch when he tracks the mythic, killer bear Ol’ Nathan.

But that is the least of the small town’s worries.

In their pursuit, they encounter a cannabis compound, an authentic Appalachian psychopath, an albino savant called White Willie and rumors of buried Yankee gold surface turning the quiet hamlet into a cauldron of death and fear.

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Wally Avett is a semi-retired Realtor in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. He lives in the same little town, sometimes compared to Mayberry, where he was editor and chief writer all though the 70’s for the weekly newspaper.

“My father was a preacher,” he says. “And I grew up with good storytellers all around me, both friends and family.” He met many colorful characters over the years and they inspire and infuse his writing today.

“For me, good writing has to be based on truth. I write like an Appalachian granny makes quilts, producing fiction that is actually fashioned from bits and pieces of raw truth.”

Some of the truth, of course, comes from actual experiences. “My bear-hunting friends are appalled that I can actually write and my literary friends are shocked that I sometimes hunt bears.”

Wally is an avid reader and a gardener, a Sunday School teacher and bluegrass gospel singer, hunter, fisherman and reluctant handyman. He likes history, sometimes sells mountain cabins to retirees fleeing the heat of flatland Florida and frequently tells funny stories.

Author of four novels: Murder in Caney Fork, Last Bigfoot in Dixie (both published by BelleBooks), Rebel Bushwhacker, and Coosa Flyer (Both published by Argus Publishing). Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency

Amanda Matti, author of A Foreign Affair, was interviewed by Michael Golden on his Golden Mean Podcast!  https://soundcloud.com/thegoldenmean2016/episode-26-amanda-matti-author-a-foreign-affair

                                                            A US Navy corpsman gives a drink of water to an injured Marine, during the Battle of Guam, August 1944. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hanahatchee

“Lord help me, I done found another body in the creek. Same place as I found poor Mr. Freddie Boyer. Done in the same way, too. Can you come on down home, Mr. Jordan? I’m so scared, I don’t know what to do,” Charlie Russell pleaded.

Fifteen years ago, Charlie Russell found a body floating in the Hanahatchee River. Shortly after, Jordan Tanner, a young man at the time, found the rest of the man’s family murdered.

Jordan is now a reporter with the local newspaper and must face his nightmares to uncover the real murderer and save the man accused of the crime before the past has a chance to repeat itself. Will he be able to find the real killer in time to stay the execution of an innocent man, or will the real killer catch up with him first?

As an anthropology student, many years ago, Trisha O’Keefe became aware of the past’s potential for mystery. “Until an instructor remarked that some of my student papers sounded more like novels,” O’Keefe says. In response to her mother’s question, “All that’s interesting but what are you going to do for a living?” the author taught school. “Or they taught me,” she says. “I’m a perfect example of history repeating itself. As one of those exasperating children always asking ‘why?’ I ‘m faced with an entire classroom full of them every day.” O’Keefe lives in Georgia where she teaches and, of course, writes mysteries. The next two in the series—Lovesong of the Chinaberry Man and The Mama Tree—have been published by Black Opal Books. Published by Argus Publishing Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency

Excellent J Hays

This review is from: As One Must, One Can by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (The Havah Gitterman Saga Book 3) (Kindle Edition)

Excellent J Hays

This review is from: As One Must, One Can (The Havah Gitterman Saga Book 3) (Kindle Edition)

Once again, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields does not disappoint. As One Must, One Can is the final book of three about Havah and her family, and all in their circle. And once again, this well-researched story breathes life into a time in our history that we seem to have largely forgotten. I love the strength of character that shines from each of the inhabitants here. They aren’t perfect – none of us are – but they learn from their errors and grow stronger in the process. For the third time, I found it very difficult to put down the book. I was compelled to keep turning the pages to see how any setbacks and problems were dealt with, and to watch as each found their purpose and talent. It was heartening as well to see that even with all the trials and tribulations they suffered they remained open-minded about others, no matter the difference in background or upbringing. This book can certainly stand alone, but I would still recommend reading Please Say Kaddish For Me and From Silt and Ashes for historical background. I can also say that this volume ends on a delightful high note that confirmed for me that their lives would continue on happily. And while I don’t want to be a spoiler, some new characters near the end of the book have me hungering for a new story, delving into their lives as well. Highly, highly recommend this book.

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5 Stars Again! AZ golfer

This review is from: As One Must, One Can (The Havah Gitterman Saga Book 3) (Kindle Edition)

This is the 3rd book of the Hava Gitterman Saga and, like the first two, does not disappoint. In fact, while all three books are 5 star books and all great reading, this book leaves you feeling better about the Gitterman’s story. Yes, there are still some difficult times, but you feel like the family no longer cursed with heartache after heartache but blessed with talent and love.

Book one and two.