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Mark Zvonkovic

Set over the course of six decades, A Lion in the Grass documents the despair and hope of a spy who suffers the murder of friends and enjoys the success of mentoring protégés.

The story is told through alternative viewpoints of Raymond, his protégés, and the French villain. The novel digs deeply into questions of love, self-doubt and hatred, all foisted upon Raymond during a career from which, he discovers, it is impossible to retire.

An octogenarian at the end, Raymond learns that the Frenchman is planning to kill again. To thwart the Frenchman’s plot, the old spy and his protégés must engage in one last mission.

Douglas Rye

Dos Perro Publishing

The Raymond Hatcher Stories

A Lion in the Grass

"Compelling characters and poignant philosophical questions drive The Narrows, where narrator Larry Brown struggles to find his place in the turbulent early ’70s. An excellent family drama with suspense and heart." -IndieReader

"Its special blend of psychological inspection with components of thriller reading will delight literary seekers of quality fiction." -Midwest Book Review

A harrowing extraction of members of a religious cult goes awry Junior high teacher Larry Brown teams up with experienced extractor nicknamed Black Lightning to rescue his cousin from a cult. But the mission is complicated by Larry’s unfaithful girlfriend and the drowning of another cult member in the Charles River. And then Larry’s cousin isn’t as willing as Larry hoped. These events work together on a day in a family vacation home on Cape Cod to turn Larry’s world upside down.

Spanning a ten-day period, The Narrows chronicles the personal and social challenges that took place during the cultural transformation of the 1970s.

The Narrows

"When the past bleeds into the present, a lawyer and an ex-spy reunite, risking the unknown in this entertaining romantic thriller." —Foreword Clarion Reviews

"You will keep turning pages not just for the pleasure of his writing, but because you simply have to know what happens next." —Mark Pryor, author of Die Around Sundown and the Hugo Marston series

Set in the conference rooms of a white-shoe Houston law firm and the stunning coastline of Baja California, Belinda is the story of a heroine who defies ageism.

Her decision to fight her firm’s men in suits who demand her retirement is called into question when a man once her lover appears after a long unexplained absence.

Against a backdrop of romance and legal drama, the novel explores questions about love, the law, and the anxious precipice of life change. Is it ever too late to be swept away by romance? Can true justice ever be attained when the law’s practitioners are corrupt? And when your work is what defines you, what’s left after retirement?

During a week of surprises and abstruse events, Belinda sees the once presumed greatness of her life flicker as she forces the moment for her decision to a crisis.

Belinda