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Set in 1968 at the peak of the psychedelic 60's, a pair of 20-somethings; Mick a Harvard drop-out and Bridget Connolly, his cute gutsy girlfriend, find themselves in the middle of murder involveing red China and a 'Black Ops' section of the CIA.
They must somehow find out what is the mysterious substance that was smuggled out of the jungles of Southeast Asia, and why is it important enough to the waring super powers to kill for. Time is running out for the pair of friends and lovers, becasue they are next on the list.
They must find the answer amidst a trail of false leads and blind alley's ...or die.
Excerpt from Acid Test:
C H A P T E R 36
Central Square
Cambridge
May 7, 1968
6:33PM
The dozens of layers of peeling paint, scraped Bronwyn’s knuckles and gave the
old muddy-brown door a muted, hollow sound when she pounded on it for the
third time in half as many minutes.
“Damn,” she muttered to herself, “where is he!”
After she’d spooked Quang at the MIT lab, and he’d almost freaked out, he’d
called her the next morning and profusely apologized, citing stress, overwork, and just the sheer surprise at, “looking up from 10,000 power m | |  | | Candle in the Wind
A young husband and father leaves his peaceful fishing village on Cape Cod to join the Union Army.
But after the great battle at Gettysburg he is listed as missing in action, presumed dead. But his young wife refuses to accept that and with her five year old daughter sets out on a 1200 mile perilous search through the war-torn South to find him.
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New from Kunati - April 2007
"The Thin Man" meets "Pulp Fiction".
A unique mystery set amid the drugs-and- music scene of the sixties. When a friend is charged with murder, Viet Nam vet Mick McCarthy and brainy Irish partner Bridget hop on their motorcycle and swing into action. Tough-but-sensitive Mick and pretty, petite but hard-as-nails Bridget quip, banter and make love as they match wits with the mob and a shadowy psychopathic killer. Groovy collides with square in affluent Newport, Rhode Island, home of the famous folk festival. Shadow of Innocence has it all: adventure, sleuthing, humor, DSM (drugs, sex, music), and a perverse, shadowy secret that threatens to tear apart the posh Newport town. Don't miss the McCarthy family in action.
to come | |  | | The Girl with the Faraway Eyes
A young man studying in Germany stumbles across the remnants of a secret group of psychics with a Nazi past and an ancient secret so dire that it could destroy the future.
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Dream Wanderer
by Boyd London
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 Jack London’s cousin writes a heartwarming, young adult story about the glory of life. It is also a heart-pounding adventure to a new and strange world. |
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