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Crime Fiction & Crime Thriller Book Giveaway

May 2, 2017 by Chuck Barrett 1 Comment

Today, I have a fun surprise that I’d like to share with you.

I’ve teamed up with 60 crime fiction and crime thriller authors to give away a huge collection of novels to 2 lucky winners, PLUS  a Kindle Fire to the Grand Prize winner!

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Filed Under: BLOWN, Books, Contests, Indie Picks for Book Lovers Tagged With: Author, award winning, BLOWN, Chuck Barrett, iBooks, Joseph finder, Kindle, Kobo, NOOK, Pam Callow, Political Thriller, Thriller

Weekend Indie Picks for Book Lovers — Feb. 11, 2017

February 11, 2017 by Chuck Barrett 2 Comments

Our Sins Define Us.
Or do they?
Jaxon Jennings, private eye and brand new father, sees the world in a new light. One where he and his wife, Victoria, can raise their young daughter sheltered from the sins of this world, from his own sins and past mistakes. He has responsibilities and priorities. He has a new life. And his daughter Michelle is the center of it.
So, when a pro
minent local business owner—who had hired Jaxon for his private investigative services—ends up with his throat cut, the victim of a killer whose methods seem familiar to a case Jaxon had put to bed over twenty years ago, Jaxon’s past, once again, rears its ugly head to haunt him.
Reynolds Maubry, a psychopath who used a short, curved blade to take his victims’ lives, was serving a life sentence in Virginia. Jaxon had seen to that as a young homicide detective in Washington DC. Maubry’s methods were distinct and the evidence he left behind, unique. So, how could he be in sunny north Florida, taking lives again?
A copycat could be the only answer. But when Jaxon discovers that things are not as neat and tidy as they seem, he must face the mounting evidence that he and his family are in danger. And from a place he would never have suspected.
Jaxon badly wants to live this new life. But he can’t escape his past sins. To keep himself and his family safe, he must sin again. But who will survive?

** WINNER: 1st Place Idaho Author Awards (2016 Fiction) **
** FINALIST: Best Book Awards (2016 New Age) **
A BLIND GIRL’S TERRIFYING “GIFT” ALLOWS HER TO REGAIN HER EYESIGHT–BUT ONLY AS SHE FERRIES THE RECENTLY DECEASED INTO THE AFTERLIFE.
Loreena Picket thinks she knows herself. A blind young woman who lives with her uncle, a reverend at a small-town church, she’s a dutiful niece and talented pianist for the congregation.
But they’re both hiding a terrible secret. Loreena can kill people with the touch of her hand.
While her uncle sees her as an angel of mercy, helping usher the terminally ill members of his flock into the afterlife, Loreena has her doubts.
Torn between doing her uncle’s bidding and the allure of the fleeting moments when her eyesight returns on the journey to the other side, Loreena cooperates with her uncle until her troubled older brother returns to town. When she reveals her power by saving him from a local drug dealer, she is drawn into a sinister and dangerous world that will test the true nature of her talent and force her to consider how far she is willing to go to survive.
An exciting debut that crosses fantasy and literary fiction, Loreena’s Gift is a thought-provoking meditation on life and death and what ultimately lies beyond this world.

It might sound like a joke, but there’s nothing funny about three beautiful women murdered in an Irish pub in Syracuse.
The cops think it’s an open and shut case, pointing the finger at the dead guy with the gun, bar owner James John Smith. But when a mother of one of the victims hires her lover, Bill “Free Willy” Tedesco, an ex-stripper and karaoke star turned PI to investigate, the secrets of the dead surface and the question of who pulled the trigger becomes more important than why.

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Gregg Kaplan is not an ordinary man, but a man with special skills, courtesy of the United States Government.
His assignment is to stay off the grid when he innocently stumbles into a blown witness protection detail in Little Rock, Arkansas. He simply could not walk away from the impending mayhem.
After the dust settles, a mortally wounded Deputy U.S. Marshal makes him promise to personally deliver the witness to a U.S. Marshals Service safe site.
Not just a promise, an oath. A pledge between ex-Army Delta Force comrades.
A trust that could not be broken—Once in, never out.
Kaplan soon suspects the witness he vowed to protect has secrets of his own; secrets that go beyond his testimony for the U.S. government. When he discovers the witness is being tracked, Kaplan teams with a WitSec Deputy U.S. Marshal assigned to recover the witness, but soon realizes some merciless people are dead set on preventing the witness from reaching the safe site.
But the witness has a hidden agenda of his own—One that could cost Kaplan his life.

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Some say the Cold War never truly ended
A rising threat is upon us— the New Cold War
Spies of old are back, bearing secrets from the past
The battle to reveal the truth might be the most treacherous warfare of all

Julia Bagal’s life has hit rock bottom. A murder in her duplex, a missing body, and then, her hated supervisor is strangled. Only this dead body was found in Julia’s cubicle.

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By Special Request: Reading Order Explained

January 1, 2017 by Chuck Barrett Leave a Comment

 

Over the course of the past few months, I’ve received numerous emails, Facebook messages, and tweets asking about the reading order for the Jake Pendleton series books. Some confusion might be that on my website the latest release is listed first, putting them in reverse order. I have also had readers ask which Chuck Barrett book they should read first. And a few who have asked which is my favorite. Hopefully, I can answer these questions and set you on a path to enjoyable reading.

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Because sometimes you just have to brag a little…

November 16, 2015 by Chuck Barrett 3 Comments

I was so excited after reading this judge’s review/critique, I felt the overwhelming desire to share this email with my readers and fans…as well as any of you who might be sitting on the fence. This is the review in its entirely, uncut and unedited.
Thank you Writer’s Digest and thank you readers!

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Win BLOWN on Audible audiobook…

November 13, 2015 by Chuck Barrett Leave a Comment

Here’s your last chance to win the Audible audiobook version of my award-winning thriller, BLOWN narrated by Marc Vietor. Contest starts on November 13 (Friday the 13th) and ends December 13 at midnight. Click an option below to learn more about the giveaway.
http://a Rafflecopter giveaway

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BLOWN Audible Audiobook Giveaway Winners!

July 2, 2015 by Chuck Barrett 1 Comment

Congratulations go out to the lucky winners of the first round of BLOWN audiobook giveaways! The following people have received or will shortly receive an email with specific instructions on how to redeem their BLOWN audiobook by Audible narrated by Marc Vietor.

Kam Harrell—Florida
Jim Newman—Florida
Rick Thornton—Florida
Adam Dwyer—California
Laurie Cutlip—Florida

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Audible audiobook winners to be announced soon!

June 21, 2015 by Chuck Barrett 1 Comment

The winners of the BLOWN audiobook by Audible will be announced soon. I have contacted the winners and am awaiting replies. As soon as I have all the confirmations, I will post the names. Congratulations to the winners. There will be more giveaways in the near future so don’t miss out, sign up for my newsletter today.

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Win BLOWN on Audible audiobook. Here’s how to enter…

May 21, 2015 by Chuck Barrett Leave a Comment

Enter for your chance to win an Audible audiobook of my newest thriller BLOWN narrated by Marc Vietor. The last day to enter is June 15, 2015. Here’s the catch—The winning names will be selected from subscribers to my newsletter.

So what do you have to do to be registered for a chance to win?

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Florida Times Union review of BLOWN

May 20, 2015 by Chuck Barrett Leave a Comment

Reviewed by Lee Scott, Florida Times Union
May 17, 2015

Popular local author Chuck Barrett has a new thriller hero that he promises will be the star of a series.

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ForeWord Review of BLOWN

May 11, 2015 by Chuck Barrett Leave a Comment

Reviewed by Lynn Evarts, ForeWord Reviews
April 17, 2015

Barrett simultaneously advances the plot and character development with fast action scenes and observant descriptions.

“Once in, never out.” In Chuck Barrett’s first-rate thriller, Blown, this oath between Army Delta Force comrades brings peril and violence into the life of Gregg Kaplan. From the opening scene to the final wrap-up, Barrett has written a winner.

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Filed Under: BLOWN Tagged With: Audible, Audiobook, award winning, best selling, BLOWN, Chuck Barrett, iBooks, Kaplan, Kindle, Kobo, NOOK, Political Thriller, special forces, Thriller

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