On balance, retired trial lawyer turned-beach bum Matt Royal is a pretty laid-back fellow. But when Laurence Wyatt, one of Matt's best friends, is murdered, Matt trades in his easygoing ways for a hard-hitting quest for revenge. Matt knows the Longboat Key police will do their job in investigating. But for Matt, finding Wyatt's killer isn't a job; it's personal.

Determined to do whatever it takes to solve Wyatt's murder, Matt takes matters into his own hands and embarks on a clandestine investigation. Soon, Matt finds himself in hot pursuit of a cadre of remorseless criminals and trained killers, but the tables turn and Matt becomes the pursued. Faced with mounting danger, Matt calls for backup from his buddies Jock Algren and Logan Hamilton.Matt Royal would go to the ends of the earth to exact revenge for Wyatt's murder, but will he go outside the law?

Expect the unexpected in this wild and dangerous ride from Longboat Key, Florida, to Frankfurt, Germany, because hell hath no fury like Matt Royal scorned.

The year is 1884. A 10-year-old British boy has come to visit his uncle's Wyoming spread, just as the vicious Yellow Kerchief Gang has the ranch under siege. Outgunned and outmatched, a British rancher is willing to pay $5000 for help. That is more than enough money to bring Matt Jenson into the fray. A huge, bloody gunfight, fuelled by betrayal, erupts at the Powder River. But Matt has to shoot carefully. The Yellow Kerchief Gang has a hostage - the British lad named Winnie. And Matt has history on his hands, because Winnie Churchill must survive. Fifty years later Winston Churchill will fight a war of his own - carrying a Matt Jenson.44 shell in his pocket and a gunfighter's spirit in his soul.

It. Is. On. From the pen of the prolific (and bestselling) author Barney Stinson comes the indispensable guide for every Bro looking to score with The Ladies. Featuring the famous plays including: -The Lorenzo Von Matterhorn -Mrs. Stinsfire -The Ted Mosby -The Time Traveller -The 'SNASA' -The Scuba Diver -The 'He's Not Coming' ...and other greatest hits from Barney Stinson's secret Playbook of legendary moves. So suit up and get ready to be schooled in awsomeness.

While in prison, Ron Trentweiler, a petty thief, is befriended by an itinerant preacher and gets “religion.” Upon his release, he founds a small, storefront Pentecostal-style church in his native, rural Alabama. Enter Winona Stepp, a visitor at one of his services who seems to know all about "Brother Ron," as he has taken to calling himself, yet insists upon keeping her own past to herself. Things go smoothly for the pair, that is until Winona suggests using venomous snakes in their "act" and all hell breaks loose. Eventually, they make their way north into Matt’s "backyard" in the Catskills, where things take a murderous twist. What secrets are hiding in Winona’s closet? Is Brother Ron exactly what he appears to be? Is he a religious convert or just a con man? These and other questions confront Chief of Police, Matt Davis, along with the usual cast of characters in the new Matt Davis Mystery, TWICE BITTEN, as he once more comes face to face with murder in the sleepy village of Roscoe, NY.

While in prison, Ron Trentweiler, a petty thief, is befriended by an itinerant preacher and gets “religion.” Upon his release, he founds a small, storefront Pentecostal-style church in his native, rural Alabama. Enter Winona Stepp, a visitor at one of his services who seems to know all about "Brother Ron," as he has taken to calling himself, yet insists upon keeping her past to herself. Things go smoothly for the pair, that is until Winona suggests using venomous snakes in their "act" and all hell breaks loose. Eventually, they make their way north into Matt’s "backyard," where things take a murderous twist. What secrets are hiding in Winona’s closet? Is Brother Ron exactly who he appears to be? Is he a religious convert or just a con man? These and other questions confront Chief of Police, Matt Davis, along with the usual cast of characters in the new Matt Davis Mystery, TWICE BITTEN, as he once more comes face to face with murder in the sleepy village of Roscoe, NY.
Twice Bitten is the third in the Matt Davis Mystery Series. The first two are: As The Twig Is Bent and Opening Day. All are available in Kindle and paperback.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joe Perrone Jr. worked as a sportswriter for the Passaic-Clifton, NJ, Herald News, and was also a freelance advertising copywriter. He is best known for his Matt Davis Mystery Series, which presently includes: "As the Twig is Bent," "Opening Day," and "Twice Bitten." In addition to his mysteries, Joe also authored "Escaping Innocence (A Story of Awakening)," an evocative coming-of-age novel set in the turbulent '60s. A non-fiction book, "A 'Real' Man's Guide to Divorce (First, you bend over and...)" was published in 2009.
Joe was a professional fly-fishing guide for ten years in the Catskill Mountains of New York, and has had several fly-fishing short stories published in the Mid Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide. "Opening Day" and "Twice Bitten," are both set in Roscoe, NY, the Upstate New York fishing village where Joe was a guide. "As The Twig Is Bent" was recently translated into Portuguese by Rafa Lombardino of Word Awareness, Inc of Santee, CA, and is currently available in Kindle and paperback.
Mr. Perrone is currently at work on a literary novel, entitled "Changes," which examines the life of a man who has been struck by lightning and the resulting conflicts that he must resolve within his circle of family and friends. A release date for "Changes" will be announced late in 2012. All of Joe's books are available in Kindle and paperback editions.
Joe lives in Western North Carolina with his wife, Becky, and the couple's two cats, Callie and Cassie. The author welcomes comments from his readers, and can be reached via Email at: joetheauthor@joeperronejr.com or at his website at www.joeperronejr.com

While in prison, Ron Trentweiler, a petty thief, is befriended by an itinerant preacher and gets “religion.” Upon his release, he founds a small, storefront Pentecostal-style church in his native, rural Alabama. Enter Winona Stepp, a visitor at one of his services who seems to know all about "Brother Ron," as he has taken to calling himself, yet insists upon keeping her past to herself. Things go smoothly for the pair, that is until Winona suggests using venomous snakes in their "act" and all hell breaks loose. Eventually, they make their way north into Matt’s "backyard," where things take a murderous twist. What secrets are hiding in Winona’s closet? Is Brother Ron exactly who he appears to be? Is he a religious convert or just a con man? These and other questions confront Chief of Police, Matt Davis, along with the usual cast of characters in the new Matt Davis Mystery, TWICE BITTEN, as he once more comes face to face with murder in the sleepy village of Roscoe, NY.
Twice Bitten is the third in the Matt Davis Mystery Series. The first two are: As The Twig Is Bent and Opening Day. All are available in Kindle and paperback.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joe Perrone Jr. worked as a sportswriter for the Passaic-Clifton, NJ, Herald News, and was also a freelance advertising copywriter. He is best known for his Matt Davis Mystery Series, which presently includes: "As the Twig is Bent," "Opening Day," and "Twice Bitten." In addition to his mysteries, Joe also authored "Escaping Innocence (A Story of Awakening)," an evocative coming-of-age novel set in the turbulent '60s. A non-fiction book, "A 'Real' Man's Guide to Divorce (First, you bend over and...)" was published in 2009.
Joe was a professional fly-fishing guide for ten years in the Catskill Mountains of New York, and has had several fly-fishing short stories published in the Mid Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide. "Opening Day" and "Twice Bitten," are both set in Roscoe, NY, the Upstate New York fishing village where Joe was a guide. "As The Twig Is Bent" was recently translated into Portuguese by Rafa Lombardino of Word Awareness, Inc of Santee, CA, and is currently available in Kindle and paperback.
Mr. Perrone is currently at work on a literary novel, entitled "Changes," which examines the life of a man who has been struck by lightning and the resulting conflicts that he must resolve within his circle of family and friends. A release date for "Changes" will be announced late in 2012. All of Joe's books are available in Kindle and paperback editions.
Joe lives in Western North Carolina with his wife, Becky, and the couple's two cats, Callie and Cassie. The author welcomes comments from his readers, and can be reached via Email at: joetheauthor@joeperronejr.com or at his website at www.joeperronejr.com

Matt Ridley, acclaimed author of the classics 'Genome' and 'Nature via Nurture', turns from investigating human nature to investigating human progress. In 'The Rational Optimist' Ridley offers a counterblast to the prevailing pessimism of our age, and proves, however much we like to think to the contrary, that things are getting better. Over 10,000 years ago there were fewer than 10 million people on the planet. Today there are more than 6 billion, 99 per cent of whom are better fed, better sheltered, better entertained and better protected against disease than their Stone Age ancestors. The availability of almost everything a person could want or need has been going erratically upwards for 10,000 years and has rapidly accelerated over the last 200 years: calories; vitamins; clean water; machines; privacy; the means to travel faster than we can run, and the ability to communicate over longer distances than we can shout. Yet, bizarrely, however much things improve from the way they were before, people still cling to the belief that the future will be nothing but disastrous. In this original, optimistic book, Matt Ridley puts forward his surprisingly simple answer to how humans progress, arguing that we progress when we trade and we only really trade productively when we trust each other. 'The Rational Optimist' will do for economics what 'Genome' did for genomics and will show that the answer to our problems, imagined or real, is to keep on doing what we've been doing for 10,000 years -- to keep on changing.

Matt Cooper's back...somewhat. That is, his son and grandson open the story at Matt's graveside, paying their respects to the legendary detective. It's now 2012 and Matt's been dead for ten years. His son, Clay and grandson, Elliott now run Cooper Investigations and they're hot on a double murder case. Seems a hooker was found dead in the streets. The hooker's father wants Cooper Investigations to look into it, but the father is killed before he can have the first meeting with Elliott. Not to worry. Matt Cooper's decendants will handle this case with the same professionalism he practiced. Count on it.

The Matt Cooper series consists of a total of 17 stories to date. To collect all 17, check the list below. These are all available here on Amazon.

01) Welcome, Matt
02) The Reunion
03) Cold Cash
04) November Child
05) The Mother Goose Murders
06) The Condiment Killer
07) A Million To One
08) Little Matt
09) Find Her
10) Hard Bargain
11) The Case Of The Plates
12) Dead Ringer
13) The Stickup
14) You Can Bank On It
15) The Last Stop
16) Violence Is Golden
17) Cooper Generations

I'd like to thank Moira Coleman for her assistance with proofreading and suggesting storylines.

Matt Cooper's back...somewhat. That is, his son and grandson open the story at Matt's graveside, paying their respects to the legendary detective. It's now 2012 and Matt's been dead for ten years. His son, Clay and grandson, Elliott now run Cooper Investigations and they're hot on a double murder case. Seems a hooker was found dead in the streets. The hooker's father wants Cooper Investigations to look into it, but the father is killed before he can have the first meeting with Elliott. Not to worry. Matt Cooper's decendants will handle this case with the same professionalism he practiced. Count on it.

The Matt Cooper series consists of a total of 17 stories to date. To collect all 17, check the list below. These are all available here on Amazon.

01) Welcome, Matt
02) The Reunion
03) Cold Cash
04) November Child
05) The Mother Goose Murders
06) The Condiment Killer
07) A Million To One
08) Little Matt
09) Find Her
10) Hard Bargain
11) The Case Of The Plates
12) Dead Ringer
13) The Stickup
14) You Can Bank On It
15) The Last Stop
16) Violence Is Golden
17) Cooper Generations

I'd like to thank Moira Coleman for her assistance with proofreading and suggesting storylines.

He'd done the old man proud. By leaping into the path of danger, Matt Jensen foiled a train robbery in Colorado, and the governor himself presented him with a public reward. But what started on the rails has stayed on the rails - and taken on a life of its own. Now, a frustrated outlaw and his murderous posse have struck again - this time kidnapping the governor's niece. With the power of the law behind him, Matt Jensen, the last mountain man, is riding toward a town called Braggadocio. That's where Matt will learn how to put a bad man down - and to make sure he stays that way.