» 1970sTrilogy http://agauchepress.com Fri, 18 May 2012 23:56:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 GET BURNING QUESTIONS FREE! http://agauchepress.com/2012/05/18/get-burning-questions-free/ http://agauchepress.com/2012/05/18/get-burning-questions-free/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 21:36:43 +0000 Barry Willdorf http://agauchepress.com/?p=1762 So you’ve been thinking, maybe I would like to check out the trilogy and see whether it’s any good or just more fodder for the enormous slush pile of fiction that’s out there. Now here’s your chance to fill up some of those vacant megabytes on your computer and find out. My publisher, Whiskey Creek has decided to put Burning Questions, part one of the trilogy, on Amazon’s KDP program and then to participate in the giveaway that is part of their program. You can download Burning Questions FREE on May 24, 25 and 26. Go to Amazon. Find Burning Questions and download. I hope you enjoy the read.

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  • A brilliant creation!  I wasn’t able to put the book down. Mark Rudd, author of Underground: My life in SDS and the Weathermen

  • Fast-moving. Plenty of twists and turns. Day-Glo vivid.  Meredith Sue Willis, author of Out of the Mountains
  • A detective story with a sense of geography, a sense of morality, and a sense of humor. A Shot in the Arm is a blast to read. Frances Lefkowitz, author of To Have Not.

  • Gripping. Exciting. Add “A Shot in the Arm” to the classic tales of the City by the Bay. Hilton Obenzinger, author of Cannibal Eliot and the Lost Histories of San Francisco

Against Christina’s advice, Nate Lewis defends a black militant accused of homicide. But his fat cash retainer was stolen from government agents involved in a drugs-for-guns operation. Soon Nate is the last man standing as the agents attempt to recover the loot. Only Christina can save him. But she’s caught him philandering. Will she?

SPECIAL LAUNCH PROMOTION SALE: A Shot In The Arm, signed by the author,  $12.00, tax included plus S&H $3.75. Total price: $15.75 (An $8.00 discount from publisher’s retail price.) Sorry, no foreign sales at this price. Shipping within U.S. by Media Mail only.

Just click the button below and it will be in your mailbox in no time flat.


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JOIN ME AT A LAUNCH PARTY ON APRIL 15, 2012

FOR PART TWO THE THE 1970S TRILOGY

A SHOT IN THE ARM

PUBLICATION DATE: APRIL 1, 2012

CAFE ROYALE, 800 POST ST. SAN FRANCISCO  4-6 P.M

PRIZES AND SURPRISES!

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The primary narrator is Nate himself, who takes on a case he knows he shouldn’t.  He is drawn to– okay, a sucker for– black militants who appear to be taking a fall for someone else’s crime.    The legal details are sharp; the drinking and drugging and low life neighborhoods are Day-Glo vivid.  The plot has plenty of twists and turns, but the real interest is less in whodunit than in how Nate almost loses his life as well as the love of his life.  Nate is smart and reasonably brave, but in the end is saved from himself and some really bad actors by someone even smarter and braver.
I was glad to know he made it, and that there’s at least one more novel out there about him and his world.

Meredith Sue Willis, Author of Ten Strategies to Write Your Novel and Out of the Mountains.

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Goodreads Book Giveaway

Burning Questions by Barry S. Willdorf

Burning Questions

by Barry S. Willdorf

Giveaway ends December 25, 2011.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

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For immediate download to a Kindle or other e-reading devices, use this Amazon Kindle Store link:
http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Questions-1970s-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B005FI5ZP2/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1322340417&sr=1-6

““A poor fisherman’s daughter must fight for her life when her wealthy boyfriend is found dead and she is blamed.”

•    A terrific crime mystery!   I can’t wait to read Parts II and III of the “1970′s Trilogy.” Steve Rohde, Los Angeles, CA
•    I was especially taken with the characters and atmosphere. Mark Curchack, Philadelphia, PA
•    Just the right amount of wide-eyed innocence/hard-boiled detective and sarcasm! Janie Tyre, Menlo Park, CA
•     I can’t put down Burning Questions. Maggie Livings, Fredericksburg, TX
•    Bravo!!  It kept me up long after I should have turned out the light and gone to sleep. Todd Endelman, Ann Arbor, MI

]]> http://agauchepress.com/2011/11/27/burning-questions-e-book-is-now-3-99-for-the-holidays/feed/ 0 What does class warfare have to do with my novel, Burning Questions? http://agauchepress.com/2011/10/25/what-does-class-warfare-have-to-do-with-my-novel-burning-questions/ http://agauchepress.com/2011/10/25/what-does-class-warfare-have-to-do-with-my-novel-burning-questions/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:07:02 +0000 Barry Willdorf http://agauchepress.com/?p=1477

Burning Questions, is a mystery-suspense story that couldn’t be told in the absence of the class warfare that exists in the United States. There is class warfare behind who gets accused and who does not — behind what crimes get investigated and what crimes get a wink and a nod.  Read more about this subtext on my blog. http://1970strilogy.blogspot.com

 

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Check it out. Let me know what you think. Do you want to buy, steal, read, destroy, deface, denounce the book?

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BURNING QUESTIONS: Part One of the 1970s Trilogy of mystery thrillers is now available in both e-book and print from Whiskey Creek Press: http://whiskeycreekpress.com.

]]> http://agauchepress.com/2011/07/28/burning-questions-a-new-mystery-thriller-is-here/feed/ 0 THE PRINT VERSION OF FLIGHT OF THE SORCERESS IS HERE! http://agauchepress.com/2011/07/12/the-print-version-of-flight-of-the-sorceress-is-here/ http://agauchepress.com/2011/07/12/the-print-version-of-flight-of-the-sorceress-is-here/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:30:58 +0000 Barry Willdorf http://agauchepress.com/?p=1242 The Flight of the Sorceress is now in print!

Many friends and readers have responded to my prior posts, admitting to their troglodyte tendencies and requesting notification when my historical novel The Flight of the Sorceress comes out in print.

Now it’s here, and with a brand new cover!

Here’s what people are saying:

“A read that will keep you turning the pages! …(M)eticulously researched and beautifully portrayed….Willdorf’s prose brings the moment alive. The themes explored in this book, of prejudice and power, are deftly interwoven with the beliefs of the time. The conflict manages to educate and compel at the same time and you can’t help but feel for these women, who are so grossly over-matched but who still do not give up... (A) rare look at a time and place not often seen in historical fiction …that will keep you turning the pages!” Historical Novel Review, by Vanitha Sankaran, author of Watermark. http://historicalnovelreview.blogspot.com

“Locks you in for the ride” Ransom Stephens, author of The God Patent.

“Big, Bold, Imaginative…Spectacular women characters…Soars majestically.” Jonah Raskin, author of Natives, Newcomers, Exiles, Fugitives.

“Rich in ideas…Compelling characters…A page-turner to boot.” Holly Shumas, author of Five Things I Can’t Live Without, and Love and Other Natural Disasters

“The only problem I had with the book was that it ended. Hopefully, there will be sequel.” Stan Goldberg is the author of the award winning book, Lessons for Living: Stories of Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Courage at the End of Life

“A stirring adventure tale that is also a timely warning.” James Warner, host and co-producer of InsideStoryTime, voted SF Weekly BEST NEW READING SERIES 2006

The historical research is fantastic! The settings just “breathe” they are so real. Joel Gates. Clayton, NC.

I read the book and enjoyed it and passed it along to my book club, many of whom went right out and downloaded it to the Kindles. Darlene Meskell, Washington D.C.

Thoroughly engaging. … Your book gave this world a substance and point of view that made me want to read more and understand the change better. John Nash, Molokai, HI.

The Flight of the Sorceress also has received:

Five Stars on Amazon

Four Cups of Coffee on Coffee Time Reviews

4.7 out of 5 on Scribd

 

You can also…

Order “The Flight of The Sorceress direct from my publisher, Wild Child Publishing at http://www.wildchildpublishing.com

OR, you can

  • Order from your local bookstore
  • Avoid California tax at Amazon

To purchase one or more of a limited number of print copies directly from this site, signed by me, for $15.00 tax, shipping (at USPO media rate) + S&H directly from this site using PAYPAL. Click the “Buy Now” button below. Sorry, this offer is not available outside the U.S. due to S&H issues plus differing postage rates. For non-U.S. purchasers, please use my publisher, Wild Child Publishing, Amazon or B&N>


Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, my publisher decided to release BURNING QUESTIONS, the first part of my 1970s mystery/suspense Trilogy, August 1, 2011. It will be available in both print and e-book formats. Order from WHISKEY CREEK PRESS. It’s got characters, scenes you won’t want to miss. More blatant harassing promotional material will follow.


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