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The problem with lies from Trump or other authoritarian leaders is that others believe them, or worse, act as if they believe the lies. That’s why we see people like US Secretary of State Marco Rubio revising his statements on Ukraine because they contradicted his president’s previous lie. It was so refreshing, so uplifting to […]

Cover of book, "The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1940," by Roger Moorhouse.

I am trying my hand at producing videos for YouTube to promote my podcast, Beyond Barbarossa. For an upcoming episode, I recorded a Zoom interview with Roger Moorhouse, author of seven books on the Second World War. We talked about one of them, The Devils’ Alliance: Hitler’s Pact with Stalin, 1939–1941, and about its subject, […]

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Elyse Salpeter, author

For your consideration: the prolific multi-genre author Elyse Salpeter. And when I say “multi-genre,” I mean it. Her Kelsey Porter series is listed as paranormal suspense, but it also can be described as a thriller; the “Flying” series of Flying to the Light and Flying to the Fire are thrillers but also touch on paranormal […]

Echoes: Hawaiian Storm mystery number 4

A sample from the latest Hawaiian Storm mystery, Echoes 2019 Where her brother Dylan was tall and brawny, Keahi Koraka was on the short side, thin and wiry. She kept her hair short, buzzed on the side in a cut her mother hated. The mother she hadn’t spoken to in over a year. Her movements […]

Echoes: Hawaiian Storm mystery number 4

Get the fourth Hawaiian Storm mystery in the e-book format you prefer Today! Echoes, FBI Special Agent Vanessa Storm’s last case, is available NOW on a dozen different ebook etailers, including , Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, Scribd and more. In 1999, the Kahuna was The Man on Oahu’s leeward side. The coolest […]

Echoes: Hawaiian Storm mystery number 4

Echoes, the fourth Hawaiian Storm mystery now available for pre-order at a low introductory price “I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.” — Michel Foucault In 1999, the Kahuna was The Man on Oahu’s west coast. The coolest guy at the wildest parties, with the coolest posse, […]