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Ralph Gilly, the owner of a fishing resort in Montana where Chris and Matt vacationed together years ago has a neighbor in trouble, and he's reached out to Matt and Chris for help. Clint Davidson's prize bull has been slaughtered and his foreman, Shorty McMann, has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. The cattleman has been warned that any involvement by the FBI or other law enforcement agencies will result in the death of his ranch hand. Desperate, the ranch owner offers to pay all expenses if Matt and Chris can fly out to help. Reluctantly, Roscoe mayor Harold Swenson agrees to let Matt go, with dire consequences promised if he isn't back on time, and he and Chris head West.Meanwhile, back home in Roscoe, Rick Dawley becomes acting chief, and he, Bobcat Walker, and Pete Richards have their hands full with an crazed arsonist who is setting local barns on fire.Can Matt and Chris save Shorty? Can the undermanned Roscoe police department stop the fire bug before someone is killed?These are the challenges facing Matt and Roscoe in the newest Matt Davis mystery, Deadly Ransom.ADVANCE REVIEWS"Matt Davis is back-and that's bad news for the bad guys Matt Davis, the former NYC homicide detective, nearly killed in the line of duty in Joe Perrone Jr.'s debut, 'As the Twig is Bent, ' thought he'd found peace and quiet as chief of a small, Upstate police department. But trouble has an uncanny way of finding him. It's kidnapping and arson this time around in Perrone's fifth Matt Davis mystery, 'Deadly Ransom, ' a must-read for his many fans."-Tom Connor, co-author of the New York Times best-selling "Martha Stuart's Better Than You at Entertaining"* * * *"Generally I do not read serial novels, and I admit to fighting to keep preconceived prejudices at bay . . . to my surprise, Deadly Ransom is a page turner.The author cleverly presents his latest thriller in a psychophrenic storyline. Davis, a former NYPD detective, now Chief of Police in Roscoe, NY, is asked to solve a kidnapping in Montana. He convinces the mayor to allow him a long overdue vacation, agrees to work on his own time, and heads to Montana. Back in Roscoe, an arsonist is keeping Matt's substitute quite busy. The reader roots for his replacement to solve the arson mystery so that Matt doesn't return, only to find an unresolved mess at home.I like the short chapters. As you read, there is a comfortable certainty in knowing the action will shift as you reach the end of a chapter. The scene either shifts from protagonist to antagonist, or re-opens the action, either in Montana or Upstate New York.Although part of a series, 'Deadly Ransom' has a strong enough plot and character development to allow it to stand on its own. In fact, your curiosity might be piqued enough to return to the scene of the crime and work your way through the first four books in the series."-Greg Miller, Production Manager, Thomson Reuters; author of "Springsteen-A Notion Deep Inside" (2016-www.BossScribbler.com* * * *" 'Deadly Ransom' is just that, another Matt Davis mystery well worth the cover price. However, this time you get two Matt Davis cases for the price of one. Matt and former partner, Chris Freitag, are off to Montana-not to fish, but to rescue a kidnapped ranch hand named Shorty. While Matt's away, Roscoe is burning, as an arsonist terrorizes the countryside. Author Joe Perrone Jr. takes the reader on his typical twisted ride, this one from the Catskills to the big skies of Montana. The cast includes cowboys, Indians, an arsonist, and more three-dimensional characters.In the end, it's Matt's good old common sense and his lifetime of experience that saves the day. 'Deadly Ransom' is a welcome addition to the Matt Davis Mystery Series and holds your attention right up to the conclusion."-Jim Krul, former director Catskill Fly Fishing Museum and Center, Livingston Manor, NY

Anyone who's old enough to remember the Age of Aquarius, drive-in movies, and only three TV networks should appreciate - no, make that "dig" - Escaping Innocence: A Story of Awakening. Peace. David Justin, an Italian-Catholic, height-challenged youth, desperately trying to escape the bonds of sexual repression and adolescent innocence that hold him captive-in the '60s.The journey of enlightenment is both laugh-aloud funny and gut-wrenchingly emotional, as David discovers that coming-of-age is more than just a five-minute roll in the hay culminating in a thirty-second celebratory shower. The book is filled with universal characters and rip-roaring adventures, including a hilarious spring break trip to Key West, Florida, involving a gay artist, goats, fleas, and...well, you get the picture.

Someone is killing women in the Chelsea district of Manhattan - but, who? The only clues: a signature heart carved into each victim's breast (inside, the initials "J.C." and those of the deceased); copies of the New Testament (with underlined passages referring to infidelity); and fingerprints of a juvenile arrested in the 1960s. On the case is Matt Davis, a plodding but effective NYPD homicide detective who is addicted to fly fishing - and chocolate. Helping him is his one-quarter Mohawk Indian partner, Chris Freitag, to whom he owes a long-standing debt of gratitude. Complicating things is Rita Valdez, a female cop looking for "true love," and not too particular about where she finds it. "As the Twig is Bent" is an explosive thriller that rips the lid off the sordid underbelly of Internet chat rooms, and propels the reader on a no-holds-barred journey toward its bone-chilling conclusion.CAUTION: Contains graphic sexual material that is inappropriate for some readers.

Anyone who's old enough to remember the Age of Aquarius, drive-in movies, and only three TV networks should appreciate - no, make that "dig" - Escaping Innocence: A Story of Awakening. Peace. David Justin, an Italian-Catholic, height-challenged youth, desperately trying to escape the bonds of sexual repression and adolescent innocence that hold him captive-in the '60s.The journey of enlightenment is both laugh-aloud funny and gut-wrenchingly emotional, as David discovers that coming-of-age is more than just a five-minute roll in the hay culminating in a thirty-second celebratory shower. The book is filled with universal characters and rip-roaring adventures, including a hilarious spring break trip to Key West, Florida, involving a gay artist, goats, fleas, and...well, you get the picture.

While out fly-fishing for trout on his favorite stream, Roscoe police chief Matt Davis stumbles across the remains of a body, barely recognizable as human, killed approximately six months earlier. With no physical evidence, no I.D. and no suspects, it's up to Chief Davis to not only find the murderer, but to also discover the identity of the victim, a young girl.Follow three potential victims prior to the murder - any one of whom could be destined for death - as they make there way toward Roscoe. Only two will survive, but which two?Opening Day is the second in the Matt Davis Mystery Series, and picks up where As the Twig is Bent left off. It is a 2012 Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree.

ALGU M EST ESTUPRANDO E ESTRANGULANDO MULHERES no distrito de Chelsea, em Manhattan. Mas quem? As nicas pistas s o uma "assinatura" inconfund vel do crime (um cora o desenhado faca no seio da v tima, contendo as iniciais "J.C." e as iniciais da falecida), c pias do Novo Testamento com passagens sublinhadas sobre o tema da infidelidade e impress es digitais de um jovem preso na d cada de 1960 ao norte do Estado de Nova Iorque. Matt Davis, detetive da pol cia de Nova Iorque, viciado em pesca com mosca e chocolate, escalado para o caso. Outros personagens incluem seu parceiro, que 25% ndio Mohawk, um veterano da Guerra do Vietn que traz as cicatrizes da batalha no rosto e uma detetive que est procura de um "amor de verdade". Este mist rio explosivo revela o mundo s rdido das salas de bate-papo na internet. O enredo ousado de Pau que nasce torto prende a aten o do leitor at a conclus o inesperada e horripilante. ADVERT NCIA: Cont m material sexual gr fico que pode n o ser apropriado para alguns leitores. ELOGIOS PARA PAU QUE NASCE TORTO "Personagens s lidos, di logo aut ntico e enredo com mais idas e vindas do que o zigue-zague em uma pisca de esqui. Mal consegui me mexer na poltrona at o desfecho chocante." BOB WALKER, ex-diretor executivo da Promotion Mechanics, Inc., uma divis o da Ogilvy & Mather Advertising de Nova Iorque. MAIS ELOGIOS PARA PAU QUE NASCE TORTO "Al m da capa mais bonita que j vi em um livro, a hist ria perfeita. Um dos melhores mist rios de assassinatos que j li... E olha que li os melhores " VAHAN GREGORY, dramaturgo renomado, escultor e autor de mais de 30 livros, incluindo "Oh Boy, Here Comes Walt ."

While out fly-fishing for trout on his favorite stream, Roscoe police chief Matt Davis stumbles across the remains of a body, barely recognizable as human, killed approximately six months earlier. With no physical evidence, no I.D. and no suspects, it's up to Chief Davis to not only find the murderer, but to also discover the identity of the victim, a young girl.Follow three potential victims prior to the murder - any one of whom could be destined for death - as they make there way toward Roscoe. Only two will survive, but which two?Opening Day is the second in the Matt Davis Mystery Series, and picks up where As the Twig is Bent left off. It is a 2012 Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree.

When the body of Maggie McFarland, an 86-year old widow, is found among the rubble of the once-famous, landmark Artemis Hotel leveled by fire nearly seventy years ago, residents of Roscoe are shocked. However, it is not the location where Maggie is found, but rather the manner of her demise, that has everyone puzzled. For it isn't a heart attack that has felled her; nor has she suffered a stroke, or taken a fatal fall from a porch. Her life has not ended that peacefully. Maggie has been killed by a bullet to the heart, fired from a pistol at close range. Who would possibly want to kill this kind, gentle woman, known throughout the area as one of the best trout fly tiers within a hundred miles of the famed Beaverkill River? That is the mystery that confronts Matt Davis in Broken Promises, one of the most baffling cases of his career.EDITORIAL REVIEW: "If ever a mystery novel could turn this reader into a fly fisherman, "Broken Promises" by Joe Perrone Jr. would do it.This is Joe Perrone Jr.'s fourth novel set in small town Roscoe, N.Y. (a real place fictionalized without being mythologized), and his sleuth is Chief of Police Matt Davis, an avid fisherman who solves crimes when he'd rather be on the river.This is my first foray into the world of Matt Davis (and won't be my last) and serious trout fishing. Perrone's expertise as a professional fly-fishing guide in the Catskill Mountains lends authenticity to the skill and the art of fishing and to the appreciation of the fishermen who practice it. (Yes, all those fishing in this book were men.)His leisurely style complements the laid-back nature of Matt Davis, a careful and meticulous cop. He follows all the possible strings/clues of a death that might be a murder without any readily visible reason for such an elderly woman to be in such an abandoned burned-out hotel site in the first place.Perrone's narrative style, pleasant though it is and clear though it is, might take some getting used to. The novel shifts from the present day to the days of World War II (1944). From the first-person voice of Matt as he deals with the death of a woman with no enemies and, at 86, mostly a life in the past (and in the past tense), it shifts to the present tense with the action of young factory workers of more than 50 years ago. Never mind: It's done with the smoothness of a well-balanced seesaw.The story carries the reader along, and the past explains the present as much as the past can. The characters who deserve sympathy get it, and those who don't, get some empathy for a crime gone awry, then and now.Fast paced it is not, but "Broken Promises" arrives at a conclusion both sad and satisfying - and that's life, that's realism. In Roscoe, crime is not high-speed car chases, crazed mobsters, mutilating madmen - and crimes are solved by dint of perseverance, compassion, shrewd common sense. And I welcomed the setting, the pacing, the detecting by a police chief who does his job, even if he'd rather be fishing."- Celia Miles, for the Hendersonville, NC Times-News

Ralph Gilly, the owner of a fishing resort in Montana where Chris and Matt vacationed together years ago has a neighbor in trouble, and he's reached out to Matt and Chris for help. Clint Davidson's prize bull has been slaughtered and his foreman, Shorty McMann, has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. The cattleman has been warned that any involvement by the FBI or other law enforcement agencies will result in the death of his ranch hand. Desperate, the ranch owner offers to pay all expenses if Matt and Chris can fly out together to help. Reluctantly, Roscoe mayor Harold Swenson agrees to let Matt go, with dire consequences promised if he isn't back on time, and he and Chris head West.Meanwhile, back home in Roscoe, Rick Dawley becomes acting chief, and he, Bobcat Walker, and Pete Richards have their hands full with an crazed arsonist who is setting local barns on fire.Can Matt and Chris save Shorty? Can the undermanned Roscoe police department stop the fire bug before someone is killed?These are the challenges facing Matt and Roscoe in the newest Matt Davis mystery, Deadly Ransom.ADVANCE REVIEWS"Matt Davis is back-and that's bad news for the bad guys Matt Davis, the former NYC homicide detective, nearly killed in the line of duty in Joe Perrone Jr.'s debut, 'As the Twig is Bent, ' thought he'd found peace and quiet as chief of a small, Upstate police department. But trouble has an uncanny way of finding him. It's kidnapping and arson this time around in Perrone's fifth Matt Davis mystery, 'Deadly Ransom, ' a must-read for his many fans."-Tom Connor, co-author of the New York Times best-selling "Martha Stuart's Better Than You at Entertaining"* * * *"Generally I do not read serial novels, and I admit to fighting to keep preconceived prejudices at bay . . . to my surprise, Deadly Ransom is a page turner.The author cleverly presents his latest thriller in a psychophrenic storyline. Davis, a former NYPD detective, now Chief of Police in Roscoe, NY, is asked to solve a kidnapping in Montana. He convinces the mayor to allow him a long overdue vacation, agrees to work on his own time, and heads to Montana. Back in Roscoe, an arsonist is keeping Matt's substitute quite busy. The reader roots for his replacement to solve the arson mystery so that Matt doesn't return, only to find an unresolved mess at home.I like the short chapters. As you read, there is a comfortable certainty in knowing the action will shift as you reach the end of a chapter. The scene either shifts from protagonist to antagonist, or re-opens the action, either in Montana or Upstate New York.Although part of a series, 'Deadly Ransom' has a strong enough plot and character development to allow it to stand on its own. In fact, your curiosity might be piqued enough to return to the scene of the crime and work your way through the first four books in the series."-Greg Miller, Production Manager, Thomson Reuters; author of "Springsteen-A Notion Deep Inside" (2016-www.BossScribbler.com* * * *" 'Deadly Ransom' is just that, another Matt Davis mystery well worth the cover price. However, this time you get two Matt Davis cases for the price of one. Matt and former partner, Chris Freitag, are off to Montana-not to fish, but to rescue a kidnapped ranch hand named Shorty. While Matt's away, Roscoe is burning, as an arsonist terrorizes the countryside. Author Joe Perrone Jr. takes the reader on his typical twisted ride, this one from the Catskills to the big skies of Montana. The cast includes cowboys, Indians, an arsonist, and more three-dimensional characters.In the end, it's Matt's good old common sense and his lifetime of experience that saves the day. 'Deadly Ransom' is a welcome addition to the Matt Davis Mystery Series and holds your attention right up to the conclusion."-Jim Krul, former director Catskill Fly Fishing Museum and Center, Livingston Manor, NY