Dan-Dwayne Novelist: Can hardly wait till Lubbock Comic-Con 2020

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Dan-Dwayne Novelist: Meet Me at Lubbock Comic-Con 2020

Dan-Dwayne Novelist: Meet Me at Lubbock Comic-Con 2020: Make plans now to join me at the Lubbock Comic-Con, February 29th - March 1st. The 2020 Comic-Con in Lubbock promises to be the biggest and ...

A Review of 'Suspicion' by Joseph Finder

Review of Suspicion by Joseph Finder
By Liam Shea

Overall the novel was enjoyable and rang true to what I believe federal law enforcement would do under the circumstances presented in the story. The plot line starts with a single father named Danny Goodman, our leading character, whining and worrying about his lack of money and inability to provide for his daughter. This didn’t work for me because he is not struggling to keep food on the table, but rather, he is struggling to keep his daughter in a high dollar private school with the rich crowd. If he wanted to provide for her in a more realistic way then he could do it with the money he is paying in fancy tuition. But, that wouldn’t work for Mr. Finder because the school is a vital link to the drama that follows.

The daughter is a shallow character who is more interested in disobeying and shopping than the important things of life. I found myself questioning Danny’s parenting abilities and the values he has taught his daughter.

As for Danny’s whining, I found it tiresome, mostly because it goes on and on for not pages but chapters. At one point I was tempted to put it down and go onto another book simply because of the characters attitude, however, when the author finally got past building that character flaw into his leading man the story got much better.

Looking back on the entire book I think that this worrisome part if the character lends to the feeling of danger throughout the last half of the novel.  The FBI agents who approach him are completely believable and the idea of one being guilty by complicity is a real thing; I looked it up. You’ll just have to read the novel to know how that effects the main character. I’m giving no spoilers here. I give Suspicion by Joseph Finder 3 and a half stars out of 5.

Midday's Starless Midnight - Based on an Actual Event

My Novel 

Midday's Starless Midnight

Based on An Actual Event

Now Available at Amazon.com

It was 1979, The Bee Gees were king of the disco and Harvey Parker, known only as Harvard, had the world on a string. He was definitely a fine looking man. With a thick crop of auburn hair and green eyes, Harvard could have easily been mistaken for a movie star. If only he had the moral fortitude to go along with his looks, he would have gone far in the world of business. The truth was, and everyone agreed, that Harvard could claim the title of the luckiest man alive. He had always believed it wasn’t his striking features, but his luck that set him apart from other people, and he was right. He considered his working for the Outlaws, the most criminal motorcycle gang in Texas, his lucky destiny

People liked Harvard and gave him things for no reason. Even the house he lived in was one owned by a wealthy millionaire who was away on vacation.  His luckiest break was when he and Ruffio Souza’s paths crossed. Ruffio Souza was the leader of the Texas Chapter of the Outlaws Biker Gang. Souza recognized Harvard’s potential and from that day on made him a member of the gang. For Harvard working for the gang meant planning, He had planned dozens of robberies. Not the smash and grab kind, but bank jobs, investment houses, armored car heists, and even a kidnapping. Harvard was not only uniquely gifted with good fortune, but everything he did was golden. Every plan he made turned out just as he planned it. Never in his life did anything Harvard organized not go exactly as he intended, and that was extremely fortunate for the Outlaws. Every time Harvard planned a job, it went smooth and without a hitch. He prepared for every contingency, profiled every person connected to his plan, and made arrangements for every possible outcome. The result of Harvard’s hard work was that he made the Outlaws a lot of money and they love it—and him.

Harvard was truly brilliant. He left college in 1972 in a search of himself, but instead he found The Outlaws. He could offer them something they had never had before, methodical and technical planning. The Outlaws had a tactical and strategic genius. Harvard worked for the motorcycle gang, but he wasn’t like the other ratty dressed bikers there. He only carried the title of general because what he did was special, but his appearance reflected how different he was from the other gang members. His clean crisp Levis and plain white t-shirt might seem macho and even rugged to some, but contrasted drastically to the dirty and smelly appearance of the raunchy brutes who he ran with. They considered him preppy and soft, even if he was an official Outlaw he didn’t quite fit in.

Harvard also enjoyed some of the finer things in life his college education had taught him to admire. Even he knew, he wasn’t completely rough and tough, but still, the gang members in the bar greeted him like a brother, and so they should. He had been a member, an active member, of the gang for seven years. They, in turn, had protected him from being arrested. It became a mutually beneficial arrangement based on Harvard’s value to the gang.

The dead—that is the perfect word for it

Today is the last day for preorder to get my short story 'A Summer of Change.' Tomorrow, December 27th, it is officially on the bookshelves for sale. Order your copy before the New Year. In the story something happens in January that changes little Richard's life forever. One would expect changes in the summer but not in January. Summers are where one changes from a sixth grader to a seventh grader. Summers are when one's very skin changes and gets darker from the sun. Summer is the time for change, not the dead of winter. The dead—that is the perfect word for it.

Follow this link to Amazon.com

https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Change-Liam-Shea-ebook/dp/B082ZC7JRH/

       A Summer of Change is a nostalgic story that both rends the heart to tears and uplifts it to rise high above. 

      It’s 1979 and Dicky is a thirteen year old boy beginning middle school. There is no way he could possibly prepare for the multitude of changes in store for him. Especially the one that changes his life forever. It’s a change that left a scar on his life, one that would never completely heal. If you were to ask Dicky about it he would say, “I was just a boy, a child, really. But, that didn’t make my burdens light—quite the contrary. After that horrible event what was never spoken of in the light of day became weightier in the darkness of night. Why didn’t I know? I should have. Still, one never expects such changes could wait for them on the other side of dusk. No, I didn’t know that night was coming. Until then my life was all sunshine.”

Dicky’s tale is one of an ordinary boy living an ordinary life with an unordinary turning point.

A Link to Preorder 'A Summer of Change' by Liam Shea

Dear friends and readers,
I have been graciously asked to provide a link to the preorder page for my new short story, A Summer of Change. It was something I forgot to do and I want to thank my friends who reminded me. Here, I put the link on the image below, so, please click and it will send you to the Amazon page where you can preorder my story. Enjoy.

https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Change-Liam-Shea-ebook/dp/B082ZC7JRH/

A New Short Story by Liam Shea

A new short story by Liam Shea. 

Release Date: December 27th, preorder today. 

Look for it at Amazon.com, just in time for New Years. 

Summary:  A Summer of Change is a nostalgic story that both rends the heart to tears and uplifts it to rise high above.
It’s 1979 and Dicky is a thirteen year old boy beginning middle school. There is no way he could possibly prepare for the multitude of changes in store for him. Especially the one that changes his life forever. It’s a change that left a scar on his life, one that would never completely heal. If you were to ask Dicky about it he would say, “I was just a boy, a child, really. But, that didn’t make my burdens light—quite the contrary. After that horrible event what was never spoken of in the light of day became weightier in the darkness of night. Why didn’t I know? I should have. Still, one never expects such changes could wait for them on the other side of dusk. No, I didn’t know that night was coming. Until then my life was all sunshine.” 

Dicky’s tale is one of an ordinary boy living an ordinary life with an unordinary turning point.