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Penn's Books
Christmas Inc.
Warning: This is not a children’s book. Exposure to children under 12-years old may cause child to stop believing in Santa Claus or take a cynical view of Christmas.
What would happen if Santa decided to go public and sell shares of Christmas on the NASDAQ?
The Wall Street Journal called it “the biggest IPO (Initial Public Offering) since Facebook.” But, with the influx of capital comes a host of problems. When the economy collapses and Christmas Inc. is in danger of bankruptcy, the Government deems Christmas Inc. “too big to fail.” Santa must accept a government bailout. With the bailout comes increased regulation.
Can Santa save Christmas and return us to our cherished values?
Christmas Inc. is a rollicking, politically incorrect satire on the state of our society.
Warning: This is not a children’s book. Exposure to children under 12-years old may cause child to stop believing in Santa Claus or take a cynical view of Christmas.
What would happen if Santa decided to go public and sell shares of Christmas on the NASDAQ?
The Wall Street Journal called it “the biggest IPO (Initial Public Offering) since Facebook.” But, with the influx of capital comes a host of problems. When the economy collapses and Christmas Inc. is in danger of bankruptcy, the Government deems Christmas Inc. “too big to fail.” Santa must accept a government bailout. With the bailout comes increased regulation.
Can Santa save Christmas and return us to our cherished values?
Christmas Inc. is a rollicking, politically incorrect satire on the state of our society.
Blue Water & Me
Blue Water & Me is a high-adventure true story of author Penn Wallace's magical first summer fishing with his father, Blue Water Charlie, at age eleven.
The pair begin their adventure by ramming a thirty-thousand ton Japanese freighter. Licking their wounds, they cruise the coast of Mexico. Penn learns how Charlie became a fisherman, with a little help from Bogey and the Duke. Papa spins yarns about the death of the albacore industry, the political maneuvering and murder that followed in its wake.
Penn swims with dolphins and explores desert islands. As the summer passes, Penn's undying belief in Papa's ability to handle any situation slowly erodes as he sees his father's feet of clay for the first time.
Finally, they get caught in an out of season hurricane. They fight for their lives in hundred mile an hour winds and thirty foot waves.
Blue Water & Me is a story of father-son bonding that every father and son, and anyone who knows a father or son, should read.
Blue Water & Me is a high-adventure true story of author Penn Wallace's magical first summer fishing with his father, Blue Water Charlie, at age eleven.
The pair begin their adventure by ramming a thirty-thousand ton Japanese freighter. Licking their wounds, they cruise the coast of Mexico. Penn learns how Charlie became a fisherman, with a little help from Bogey and the Duke. Papa spins yarns about the death of the albacore industry, the political maneuvering and murder that followed in its wake.
Penn swims with dolphins and explores desert islands. As the summer passes, Penn's undying belief in Papa's ability to handle any situation slowly erodes as he sees his father's feet of clay for the first time.
Finally, they get caught in an out of season hurricane. They fight for their lives in hundred mile an hour winds and thirty foot waves.
Blue Water & Me is a story of father-son bonding that every father and son, and anyone who knows a father or son, should read.
The Ted Higuera Thrillers
The Inside Passage
Book 1 of the Ted Higuera Series
Somewhere, far from civilization, on the Inside Passage of Western Canada, a cell of al-Qaeda operatives plot to sink an American cruise ship. The terrorists, Canadian citizens trained in the Taliban camps of Afghanistan, were hand picked for their particular talents.
Ted Higuera and his friends cruise the Inside Passage to celebrate their college graduation. They stumble upon the terrorist plot and the clock starts ticking.
Can Ted and his crew stop the attack and save the thousands of innocent lives aboard the Star of the Northwest?
Book 1 of the Ted Higuera Series
Somewhere, far from civilization, on the Inside Passage of Western Canada, a cell of al-Qaeda operatives plot to sink an American cruise ship. The terrorists, Canadian citizens trained in the Taliban camps of Afghanistan, were hand picked for their particular talents.
Ted Higuera and his friends cruise the Inside Passage to celebrate their college graduation. They stumble upon the terrorist plot and the clock starts ticking.
Can Ted and his crew stop the attack and save the thousands of innocent lives aboard the Star of the Northwest?
Hacker for Hire
If Clive Cussler had written Ugly Betty, it would be Hacker for Hire.
Hacker for Hire, a suspense novel about corporate greed and industrial espionage, is the second book in a series about Latino computer security analyst Ted Higuera and his best friend, para-legal Chris Hardwick.
The goofy, off-beat Ted Higuera, son of Mexican immigrants, grew up in East LA. An unlikely football scholarship brought him to Seattle.
Chris, Ted’s college roommate, grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth. His father is the head of one of Seattle’s most prestigious law firms.
Ted’s first job out of college leads him into the world of organized crime where he faces a brutal beating. After being rescued by beautiful private investigator Catrina Flaherty, Ted decides to go to work for her.
Catrina is hired by a large computer corporation to find a leak in their corporate boardroom when the previous consultant is found floating in Elliot Bay.
Ted discovers that Chris’s firm has been retained by their prime suspect. Now he and Chris are working opposite sides of the same case.
Ted and Catrina are led deep into Seattle’s Hi-Tech world as they stalk the killer. But the killer is also hunting them. Can Ted find the killer before the killer finds him?
If Clive Cussler had written Ugly Betty, it would be Hacker for Hire.
Hacker for Hire, a suspense novel about corporate greed and industrial espionage, is the second book in a series about Latino computer security analyst Ted Higuera and his best friend, para-legal Chris Hardwick.
The goofy, off-beat Ted Higuera, son of Mexican immigrants, grew up in East LA. An unlikely football scholarship brought him to Seattle.
Chris, Ted’s college roommate, grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth. His father is the head of one of Seattle’s most prestigious law firms.
Ted’s first job out of college leads him into the world of organized crime where he faces a brutal beating. After being rescued by beautiful private investigator Catrina Flaherty, Ted decides to go to work for her.
Catrina is hired by a large computer corporation to find a leak in their corporate boardroom when the previous consultant is found floating in Elliot Bay.
Ted discovers that Chris’s firm has been retained by their prime suspect. Now he and Chris are working opposite sides of the same case.
Ted and Catrina are led deep into Seattle’s Hi-Tech world as they stalk the killer. But the killer is also hunting them. Can Ted find the killer before the killer finds him?
The Mexican Connection
Ted Higuera, now managing his father’s Mexican Restaurant in East Los Angeles, is reunited with his best friend, Chris Hardwick, when old nemesis reemerges from their past.
Ted’s little brother disappears in Juarez, the drug capital of the world, and Ted and Chris are dragged into the middle of the war between rival cartels vying for control of this important portal to the US drug market. They must confront the corruption of Mexico’s law enforcement and find new allies in a hostile environment.
Throw in a magical Jaguar and an Aztec god and you have a rollicking adventure tale.
Ted Higuera, now managing his father’s Mexican Restaurant in East Los Angeles, is reunited with his best friend, Chris Hardwick, when old nemesis reemerges from their past.
Ted’s little brother disappears in Juarez, the drug capital of the world, and Ted and Chris are dragged into the middle of the war between rival cartels vying for control of this important portal to the US drug market. They must confront the corruption of Mexico’s law enforcement and find new allies in a hostile environment.
Throw in a magical Jaguar and an Aztec god and you have a rollicking adventure tale.
Bikini Baristas
The owner of a chain of bikini barista stands disappears in the California high desert. His wife hires Catrina to find out what happened. Cat and Ted follow a tawdry trail of ex-wives, girlfriends, money laundering and lots of people out to get him. Was he killed, or did he just fake his disappearance to escape his problems?
Chris gets his first case. A troubled young man becomes a folk hero as he evades capture through the Northwest and then, all over the country. Chris must represent this famous anti-hero in court.
But nothing is ever as it seems. Follow Ted and Chris as these two seemingly separate series of events intertwine for an astonishing conclusion.
The owner of a chain of bikini barista stands disappears in the California high desert. His wife hires Catrina to find out what happened. Cat and Ted follow a tawdry trail of ex-wives, girlfriends, money laundering and lots of people out to get him. Was he killed, or did he just fake his disappearance to escape his problems?
Chris gets his first case. A troubled young man becomes a folk hero as he evades capture through the Northwest and then, all over the country. Chris must represent this famous anti-hero in court.
But nothing is ever as it seems. Follow Ted and Chris as these two seemingly separate series of events intertwine for an astonishing conclusion.
The Cartel Strikes Back
The fifth book in the Ted Higuera series, The Cartel Strikes Back, is a novel of love, revenge and the Mexican Drug Wars.
Spoiler Alert:
Ted proposes to Maria. All is well in paradise, right? Not exactly, Maria says she needs time to think about it, then she disappears.
So, what would a normal, red-blooded Teddy do? He goes searching for her and finds more danger and mystery than he bargained for.
Chris and Candace have their own problems. After Harry's death, the vultures swoop in to carve up the corpse of Hardwick, Bernstein & Johnson. Chris and Candace are left on the outside.
Then Ted's little brother, Carlito is arrested for a murder he knows nothing about.
Ted, Chris, Catrina and friends are back at it again.
The fifth book in the Ted Higuera series, The Cartel Strikes Back, is a novel of love, revenge and the Mexican Drug Wars.
Spoiler Alert:
Ted proposes to Maria. All is well in paradise, right? Not exactly, Maria says she needs time to think about it, then she disappears.
So, what would a normal, red-blooded Teddy do? He goes searching for her and finds more danger and mystery than he bargained for.
Chris and Candace have their own problems. After Harry's death, the vultures swoop in to carve up the corpse of Hardwick, Bernstein & Johnson. Chris and Candace are left on the outside.
Then Ted's little brother, Carlito is arrested for a murder he knows nothing about.
Ted, Chris, Catrina and friends are back at it again.
Cyberwarfare
During an all-out cyber-attack on the United States, Ted Higuera is inexorably drawn into the plot, making him a suspect. Can he stay out of the grasp of Homeland Security and discover who is behind this mysterious attack?
Ted Higuera, son of Mexican immigrants, is a talented cyber-security analyst who’s earned the nickname of “Hacker for Hire.” He and his posse dig deep into the Dark Net to discover who is trying to bring the United States to its knees.
Unfortunately, the cyber-terrorists know Ted is on their trail and set him up to take the fall.
Watch as Ted and company negotiate the twisted path that leads them to the bad guys.
You won’t be able to put this one down.
During an all-out cyber-attack on the United States, Ted Higuera is inexorably drawn into the plot, making him a suspect. Can he stay out of the grasp of Homeland Security and discover who is behind this mysterious attack?
Ted Higuera, son of Mexican immigrants, is a talented cyber-security analyst who’s earned the nickname of “Hacker for Hire.” He and his posse dig deep into the Dark Net to discover who is trying to bring the United States to its knees.
Unfortunately, the cyber-terrorists know Ted is on their trail and set him up to take the fall.
Watch as Ted and company negotiate the twisted path that leads them to the bad guys.
You won’t be able to put this one down.
BACK TO VIETNAM
Cybersecurity expert Ted Higuera learns that his Uncle Gino, who went MIA in Vietnam in 1969, may still be alive. Rumors of an American being held in a secret POW camp reach Ted’s ears. He gathers the team, and they head to Vietnam to search for his uncle.
In Vietnam, the Ted is interrogated, Chris is arrested, and the group is followed by the secret police. Ted gets caught up in the Cartels’ drug war once more. They search the jungles for the POW camp.
In the end, Ted must confront Vietnam’s head of security and number one drug lord, Colonel Bao. He must make an impossible decision and do something he’s never done before.
Cybersecurity expert Ted Higuera learns that his Uncle Gino, who went MIA in Vietnam in 1969, may still be alive. Rumors of an American being held in a secret POW camp reach Ted’s ears. He gathers the team, and they head to Vietnam to search for his uncle.
In Vietnam, the Ted is interrogated, Chris is arrested, and the group is followed by the secret police. Ted gets caught up in the Cartels’ drug war once more. They search the jungles for the POW camp.
In the end, Ted must confront Vietnam’s head of security and number one drug lord, Colonel Bao. He must make an impossible decision and do something he’s never done before.
The Catrina Flaherty Mysteries
Mirror Image
Based on a real-life tragedy, Mirror Image is a heart-stopping tale of horrific abuse.
Female PI Catrina Flaherty tackles one of her most difficult cases. Cat specializes in women’s issues, infidelity, messy divorces, spousal abuse, sexual harassment, etc. But her newest client, Mandy Alcott, has an unusual problem; her abusive husband is the chief of police.
What do you do when your abuser is The Law?
You call Cat Flaherty.
Cat sees in Mandy the same terror she herself endured at the hands of her police officer ex-husband. Can Cat save Mandy from her life of fear? Can she extricate Mandy and her two children safely?
Based on a real-life tragedy, Mirror Image is a heart-stopping tale of horrific abuse.
Female PI Catrina Flaherty tackles one of her most difficult cases. Cat specializes in women’s issues, infidelity, messy divorces, spousal abuse, sexual harassment, etc. But her newest client, Mandy Alcott, has an unusual problem; her abusive husband is the chief of police.
What do you do when your abuser is The Law?
You call Cat Flaherty.
Cat sees in Mandy the same terror she herself endured at the hands of her police officer ex-husband. Can Cat save Mandy from her life of fear? Can she extricate Mandy and her two children safely?
Murder Strikes Twice
Ripped from today's headlines. Murder Strikes Twice is a fictionalized version of a real-live case that is still developing.
Catrina Flaherty and her team are called in to investigate two tragic deaths that the police have ruled accidental. But is this too much coincidence? Both women were the wives of the same man and he walked away with millions of dollars in insurance money.
Can Cat put together a case that the D.A. can take to court, or will she have to handle this herself in her best vigilante style?
Read this book before you hear the final outcome of the case on TV.
Ripped from today's headlines. Murder Strikes Twice is a fictionalized version of a real-live case that is still developing.
Catrina Flaherty and her team are called in to investigate two tragic deaths that the police have ruled accidental. But is this too much coincidence? Both women were the wives of the same man and he walked away with millions of dollars in insurance money.
Can Cat put together a case that the D.A. can take to court, or will she have to handle this herself in her best vigilante style?
Read this book before you hear the final outcome of the case on TV.
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The Chinatown Murders
WARNING: This book contains graphic sexual violence. Not intended for younger readers. Based on a true story. Someone is raping women working at massage parlors in Seattle's China Town. He selects his victims because they are undocumented aliens. They can’t go to the police or they risk deportation. Now he has escalated to murder. Who you gonna call? Cat Flaherty. The Man leads Catrina on a danger-fraught chase through the ancient streets of Chinatown in a race against time. Neither Catrina, nor her ex-lover, Detective Sergeant Tom Brennen, can stop the monster as the body count piles up. With a shock ending that you’ll never predict, the latest Cartrina Flaherty Mystery is a page burner. |
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Hold onto your hats! Cat is back. People on a remote Panamanian island are disappearing, and the local police are incompetent. Who you gonna call? Cat Flaherty. When the love Seattle PI Catrina Flaherty’s life turns out to be a serial killer, she turns him over to the police and walks away from her business, home, and friends. She slinks off to Panama to recover from her broken heart. Staying with Suzanne, a friend from the police academy, she meets colorful characters and observes the sometime bizarre lifestyle of the ex-pats. She is enchanted by the beauty and the wildlife, but when people start dying, it’s obviously the work of a serial killer. Cat is sucked back into her role as an investigator and the killer soon has her in his sights. Can Cat discover the identity from a host of persons of interest before he gets her? |