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- Publisher at Kunati Books "a new publisher to watch" (Booklist).
Author of The Persona Principle — Simon & Schuster ISBN 9780684802695
Author of THE GAME "Armstrong injects the trope with new vigor" (Booklist) — Kunati Books ISBN 9781601640017
Author of THE LAST TROUBADOUR, historical epic thriller — Kunati Books ISBN 9781601640109
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- "An author to watch" according to Booklist, The Game (from Kunati Books, ISBN 9781601640017) launched to starred reviews and buzz from the major trades. The first print run of this "sexy and promising" thriller (Publishers Weekly) sold out. "Injects the trope with new vigor...Armstrong keeps us chuckling" wrote Booklist. "Darkly humorous thriller" wrote Library Journal.
LOGLINE The Game slays reality television. In this darkly humorous thriller, reality television becomes too real when a killer with a message preys on the contestants of America's number one TV show.
REVIEW SNIPPETS
"A series to watch...Armstrong injects the trope with new vigor."
Booklist
"Dark tongue-in-cheek thriller"
Library Journal
"...suspenseful and rich with dark humor..."
Foreword Reviews
"Hugely cinematic thriller with hilarious dark comic moments."
Films and Books Magazine
"Promising premise...gory resolution."
Publishers Weekly
"A super sleuth...a grisly gamester...a multiplicity of games..."TRAILER.gif
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SYNOPSIS
In The Game, a killer plays a high-stakes game on the set of a live-broadcast reality television show where guests are trapped for six months in a “haunted” mansion. Thousands of miles away, a psychopath is executed by lethal injection in California–and dies with a secret that could save many lives. Only a comical detective who fears nothing--except his teenage daughters--can hope to understand what links these two seemingly unrelated crimes, without ever losing his zest for the game or his sense of humor.
The spree could be the work of a separatist group in Vermont who seek independence from the United States; or ruthless reality television producers juicing ratings on their hit show; perhaps the killers are vengeance-seeking parents; or are they underworld enforcers? In the world of The Game, the actual killer might be the least dangerous of all.
Don't miss the zany, thrilling world of The Game.
US$ 24.95
FIC031000 FICTION/Thriller
Pages 352
ISBN-13: 978-1-60164-001-7
ISBN-10: 1601640013
EAN: 9781601640017
LCCN 2006930183
Spring 2007
Kunati Cloth Hardcover
Distributed by Independent Publishers Group (IPG)
My third book, THE LAST TROUBADOUR, releases Fall 07 to strong advance reviews and quotes from two best selling authors.
LOGLINE
Against the flames of a rising medieval Inquisition—a heretic, an atheist and a pagan are the last hope to save the Holiest Christian relic from a sainted King and crusading pope—based on true events.
SYNOPSIS
Armstrong brings his "genre-bending" skills to the thirteenth century, quilling a laugh-out-loud historical thriller that is at once genuine, amusing, tragic and exciting. The last living troubadour, condemned by the church as a heretic, must rescue the Holiest Christian relic from a crusading Sainted King and "flaming" Pope Innocence. With him are a disgraced Templar and a luscious Temptress. Together, the Troubadour, the Templar and the Temptress—a heretic, athiest and pagan—are the last hope to save the Holy of Holies from powerful men who would exploit it to provoke a new crusade to Jerusalem.
Armstrong somehow retains his trademark "prose style that keeps us chuckling" (Booklist) while pointing his satirical wit at a Church that believes the answer to faith is to burn any who do not believe. With larger-than-life characters that manage not to become caricatures, Armstrong sets his heroes against the Diableteur, a witch hunter who resembles the archetypal "Death and his sickle", a lecherous archbishop who believes the relic can make him the next Pope, and a Pope who knows the true nature of the relic will destroy the Church. With Ramon Troubadour and his Templar/Temptress duo are an eclectic cast of characters—the one-eyed "black" knight who falls in love with the virgin Holy Lady, a Novgorodian wandering sorceress, and famous rebels, Doré the Dandy and Osric the Hammer. Oh, not to forget little Mauri, a "rat-like" mongrel of a dog who often "saves the day", and Izzy and Wizi, two "nearly human" horses.
If you enjoy your thrills and history—crusading knights, romantic-but-funny troubadours, fighting damsels, evil archbishops and roasting "heretics" on the pyre—mixed with a generous dollop of humor, large dashes of historical tragedy, and a big splash of satire, you'll adore The Last Troubadour, a genre-bend if there ever was one.
ISBN-13: 978-1-60164-010-9
ISBN-10: 1-60164-010-2
Fall 2007
384 pages
US$ 24.95
Kunati Cloth Hardcover
Distributed by Independent Publishers Group (IPG)
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The Novel, James Michener (Actually, anything by Michener)
Bang Bang, Lynn Hoffman
The Forest, Edward Rutherford
Mothering Mother, Carol D. O'Dell
The Hobbit, JRR
Whale Song, Cheryl Tardif
The Stand, Stephen King
Toonamint of Champions, Todd Sentell
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper lee
Shadow of Innocence, Ric Wasley
Pope Joan, Donna Cross
Blue Nowhere, Jeffrey Deaver
The Lord of the Rings (all three books), JRR
Gemini, Dorothy Dunnett
Noble House, James Clavell
The Grail Quest trilogy, Bernard Cornwell
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Top Ten Crime Novels from BOOKLIST
We are pleased and proud to announce Joshua Corin's wonderful Nuclear Winter Wonderland was awarded as one of the TEN TOP CRIME debuts from American Library Association's Booklist
From Booklist: Nuclear Winter Wonderland. By Joshua Corin. 2008. Kunati,… Continue
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Posted on May 6, 2009 at 5:48pm —
Derek Armstrong Breaks News on Dismissal of Gun Charges Against Drew Peterson
Drew Peterson Exposed Author Breaks News in Drew Peterson Gun Trial
Drew Peterson Exposed Author and journalist Derek Armstrong first broke the news from an exclusive source—on a morning radio show in Chicago—that it was likely Will County Judge Richard Schoenstedt would dismiss charges. STORY COURTESY CRIME REPORT USA
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Drew Peterson Exposed Author and journalist Derek Armstrong first broke the news from an exclusive source—on a morning radio show in Chicago—that it was likely Will County Judge Richard Schoenstedt would dismiss charges. STORY COURTESY CRIME REPORT USA
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Posted on November 20, 2008 at 10:30pm —
Investigative True Crime Author Breaks News on Drew Peterson's Divorce
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Crime Report USA Breaking News—Drew Peterson Intends to Sell Marital Home and Move Out of Illinois.
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Posted on November 18, 2008 at 10:54am —
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Posted on February 18, 2008 at 10:00am —
Friend and Author Red Evans Passed Away Yesterday. We Will Always Remember His Humor and Brilliant Words
Our dear friend and Kunati Author Red Evans passed away. We will miss him. His humor and words live on in his wonderful novel ON ICE.
Posted on January 14, 2008 at 11:22am —
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One More Time
I got the proof for Killer Career, and wouldn't you know it, I just had to find stuff that I wanted to fix. It'll cost me a bit more, but it's worth it not to be bugged about stuff I know is wrong. Okay, it's just little stuff, but little stuff sometimes means a lot.
So, a little more delay, a little more money, but hopefully all will end well. That's what matters.
It's no fun being a picky person. (G)
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Hi Gang,If you wish, please hop over to http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com and read about my last chance.
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Morgan
Book Signing Today at Frontier Days Marketplace
If any of you are near Arlington Heights, please stop by and say hi. I'll be autographing Two Wrongs and Girl of My Dreams Saturday and Sunday from 10-6 at Recreation Park in the Frontier Days Marketplace in Booth 124 at Frontier Days.I'm also handing out invitations for my book launch party for Killer Career for
August 16, 1-4pm. at the Arlington Heights Historical Museum, 110 W. Fremont,
Arlington Heights, IL. (You don't need an official invitation to come. It's
just good for a reminder to stick on your refrigerator or somewhere)
Other signing at the booth are romantic suspense author, Margot Justes, YA author, June Sproat and contemporary Western romance author, Debra St. John.
As most of you already know, Two Wrongs is a romantic suspense, Girl of My Dreams is a romantic comedy and the upcoming release, Killer Career is a romantic suspense.
Hope to see some of you over there.
Morgan Mandel
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