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Sunday sample: Empires Will Fall

Enjoy this sample of the latest book edited by the Written Word to hit the physical and electronic bookshelves: the fifth Eva Driscoll thriller By Alan McDermott As soon as the words left his mouth, Gray knew they weren’t what Melissa wanted to hear. It was the constant upheaval that weighed on her, the perpetual […]

Sample Sunday: 15 Times a Killer

Love a good mystery? Here’s a sample from a book edited by The Written Word: 15 Times a Killer, the first police procedural set in the U.S., by million-seller Alan McDermott. The FBI received many tip-offs each and every day, and while some were clearly hoaxes, each had to be acted upon. If just one […]

cover of Shadows of the Past by Lucy Appadoo, showing equestrian statue in Madrid silhouetted by setting sun.

Here’s an excerpt from a romantic suspense novel edited by The Written Word, written By Lucy Appadoo Daniela opened the front door nervously to see a tall man with jet-black hair in a crew cut that brought out his dark, piercing brown eyes. His large hands held a manila folder, and the way his tight black […]

Because Why Not: 25 Tales of Imagination, by Trick Campbell cover image

This Sunday, I offer a sample from a book I edited. Because Why Not: 25 Tales of Imagination By Trick Campbell On the eve of the office Christmas party, three days before December twenty-fifth, the halls of the Crescent Moon were alive with the sounds of laughter and merriment. Brightly coloured lights and tinsel were […]

The Sokolov Agenda cover

This week, I’m proud to present you a sample from the latest book I have edited to hit the shelves. It’s called The Sokolov Agenda, the latest thriller By Alan McDermott Mann pushed through the wooden doors to the street, straight into two men who were clearly waiting for him. ‘He’s here,’ one of them […]

Ghost Star by Roger Eschbacher cover

Enjoy this taste of a book edited by The Written Word and then published in 2018 By Roger Eschbacher Galen rounded the corner and heard the sound of broken glass crunching under his boots. He looked down. A small number of broken bottles of ship’s brew sparkled in the emergency lighting. The brew’s pungent aroma […]

Shadows of the Past cover

The latest Written Word-edited book to come out In the second book of her Women of Strength series, author Lucy Appadoo shifts the action across the Atlantic to Madrid, Spain, bringing with it the two main characters of the first book, In Rio’s Shadows, Blanca Castellano and Carlos Silva. The Woman in this volume is […]