Are you sick and tired of the same old boilerplate spy novels? Not into chick lit? Would you like to read a hard hitting novel about two teenage boys growing up in the depths of the Great Depression? Well, the most intrguing novel of the depression era, since The Grapes of Wrath is here.

THE BOXCAR BLUES is a gripping coming of age story about two teenage boys and their fight for survival. Luke and Curly fight a phony murder charge, suffer lost love and overcome hatred on their grueling road to success. Their tempered steel toughness and street savvy allow them to rise from vagrants, to become owners of a prosperous airline. THE BOXCAR BLUES is available now at selected book stores and major on-line book sellers.

The sequel, THE BRAZILIAN BLUES, is coming out in January, 2009. This is a thrilling story of a kidnapping and 1,000 mile chase through the deadly Amazon River Basin. But, the action doesn't stop with the first rescue, in fact, it gets more intense.

The third novel in the Blues trilogy will be THE ESPIONAGE BLUES, an intriguing story of deception, love and espionage set in cold war Russia.

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