Pocket-47 Flap Jacket Copy (Revision #2)

Rule #2 in private investigator Nicholas Colt’s Philosophy of Life: If you have a good Tuesday, Wednesday is likely to be a bitch.

Welcome to Wednesday.

Fifteen-year-old Brittney Ryan has taken to the streets. Colt is hired to find her and bring her home.

Piece of cake, he thinks. A surprise visit to the forbidden boyfriend should put this one in the scrapbook.

But something more sinister is behind Brittney’s disappearance, and Colt soon finds himself in an ever-widening maze of deceit, betrayal, and murder.

And, when he learns what the mysterious phrase Pocket-47 means, he is haunted even more by the plane crash that killed his family and rock band twenty years ago--a crash he now realizes might not have been an accident.

Colt is determined to save Brittney and untangle the threads of his own tortured past.

Unfortunately, one of the most heinous and violent criminals in modern history has other ideas.

Which might be okay, because…

Rule #1 in Nicholas Colt’s Philosophy of Life: Screw the rules. Let's jam.

Pocket-47 Flap Jacket Copy (Revision #1)

Furious for being grounded, fifteen-year-old Brittney Ryan has taken to the streets. Leitha, her older sister and legal guardian, hires private investigator Nicholas Colt to find her and bring her home.

Piece of cake, Colt thinks. With the forbidden boyfriend’s address in hand, he plans to make a surprise visit and put this one in the scrapbook.

But something more sinister is behind Brittney’s disappearance, and Colt soon finds himself in an ever-widening maze of deceit, betrayal, and murder. One treacherous path leads to another, the obstacles and pitfalls seemingly endless.

And, when Colt learns what the mysterious phrase Pocket-47 means, he is haunted even more by the plane crash that killed his wife and baby daughter twenty years ago--a crash he now realizes might not have been an accident.

Determined to save Brittney and untangle the threads of his own tortured past, Colt squares off with one of the most heinous and violent criminals in modern history. With time quickly running out, he struggles to exhume an astonishing secret buried for two decades.

Pocket-47 Flap Jacket Copy

Twenty years after crawling from the fiery wreckage of a chartered jet and witnessing his wife and daughter perish, private investigator Nicholas Colt makes a horrifying discovery while tracking a runaway teenage girl.

Fifteen-year-old Brittney Ryan is in trouble. Fearing for her life because of some incriminating evidence she stumbled upon, she takes to the streets. Colt is hired to find her, but soon finds himself in an ever-widening maze of deceit, betrayal, and murder. One treacherous path leads to another, the obstacles and pitfalls seemingly endless.

And, when Colt hears the mysterious phrase Pocket-47 for the first time--and then learns what it means--the stakes are raised to new levels.

Determined to save Brittney and untangle the threads of his own tortured past, Colt eventually squares off with one of the most heinous and violent criminals in modern history. Lucius Strychar is a television preacher, militia leader, and raving lunatic.

With Strychar’s army on his tail and time quickly running out, Colt must struggle for his one chance to exhume the astonishing secret kept buried for two decades.



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Workshop

I spent the afternoon with the wonderful Alexandra Sokoloff, in her workshop titled "Screenwriting Tricks for Authors." Because, as a writer, there is always, always, always more to learn.

The gist of the workshop can be found on her blog, on the sidebar under "writing articles." Or, if you prefer everything presented concisely in book form, you can purchase an edition for Kindle here.

Also, Alex's latest supernatural thriller from St. Martin's, to be released May 25, 2010, can be ordered here.



This lady can write, my friends. I highly recommend her.

On Sale Today!

This is book #2 in Erica's excellent series for middle-grade readers. If someone in your life is age 9-12, or if you're still a kid at heart and enjoy a rollicking good story (Edgar Allan Poe is a character in this one!), then by all means rush to the bookstore or order your copy online today. For more information on Ms. Kirov and the series, visit her website here.

Congrats, Erica!