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|  | | Accidents of Time and Place
An unpopular war, a government run by those who use the times to advance their careers, the story is set in the tumultuous 1950s.
A brutal war and political posturing . . . from a hillside in a war-torn country to Capitol Hill, accidents of time and place conspire to make Hector Collin a hero. Leaving behind the coal mines of his youth, he follows the life of a soldier in peace and in war. He rises above the rest, only to plunge into the depths of dispair. He is an accidental hero, taking life as it comes, letting events drive him. Once acclaimed by his own generation, he is rejected by the people his honor makes him defend. Redemnption, if it comes, lies in his decision to take charge of his life and go on. It | |  | | Mixed Freight: Checking Life's Baggage
More than 60 essays written over the last twenty years (some previously published) reveal the author's humorous, often outrageous view of the world, but in the end, take the reader on a journey that looks at many asopects of life, from the perspective of three-quarters of a century.
Mixed Freight is one man's metaphor for his life's journey from city boy to country gentleman. Novelist and film witer S Paul Klein brings his well-honed skills of observation and description to the world he has known for 75 years. In this collection of essays he interprets society, politics, economics, philosophy, the natural world and, of course, himself. Candid, humorous and imaginative, Klein's personal point of view makes up a mixed freight readers can carry on their own life's journey. | |  | | Unusual Suspecdts: Four Stories of Suspicion, Suspense and Murder
Not because you can predict who will kill, but why, is what makes the suspects in these stories unusual. That, and the victims.
A government agent ends up face down in the woods behind his mountain hideaway. In a small, quaint town a minister leads his congregation in more than worship and prayer. An honest man perpetrates a criminal act, and then buries all the evidence. A terrorist with a diabolical plot finds himself up against an unusual and formidable foe. When death is suspicious, when those who cause it don’t fit any pattern or profile, you can’t just round up the usual suspects. The answer to “who” lies in finding out “why,” and that can lead to unexpected results. The per |
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