What if you are placed in a position of being the only person in the room that is not responsible for the rape, death and illness of thousands? What if you had to run, as an owner, a strip club for organized crime leaders? Suppose that you had to negotiate for the organized crime people and deliver large sums of cash in exchange for illicit narcotics. These are the type of questions Detective Ernie Lijoi Sr., will answer and some of the situations he will face and inspired by his experiences which has been named, “The Cash Mule” , while he tries to keep his family safe and free of the dreadful undercurrent that springs from a world of illegal and despicable behavior. During the operation and under the guise of Eddie Pannoni, a narcotics dealer and gun runner from New York, Ernie Lijoi Sr. uncovers information which coincides with a separate investigation named “Operation Horn Dog”, which involved a series of rapes. He is introduced to a group of people that create, transport and sell methamphetamine that they import from Canada. He saves the life of a child while gathering intelligence on the child’s uncle and his illicit operation connecting him to Columbia. Events continue twisting and turning until the close of the operation where the largest twist is revealed, Detective Ernie Lijoi Sr. is Eddie Pannoni, an unbelievable revelation to all of the incarcerated parties. The following story is fictional and does not depict any specific person or place, although some of the stories are based on factual incidents. The names, places and some aspects of this story are total fiction. Some of the events have been telescoped to improve dramatic flow; others are close to how they really happened. There are some stories that have a basis of truth and others that are created in the mind of the writer. The characters in this book are fictionalized versions of individuals who may or may not have a relationship to real persons. No one character is based on any single individual. This book is inspired by the career of Detective Ernie Lijoi Sr., during his career as a DCI agent.

The Cash Mule

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Lijoi Sr., Ernie

Mystery

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The Drinking Man's Guide to Women (and Divorce)

Humor & Entertainment

O'Cahir, Patrick

Humor

The Digger's Rest

Literature & Fiction

Malone, K. Patrick

Genre Fiction

“Gutting the Monkey” follows the life of Billy Halverson - Recon Marine, Mercenary, Bodyguard, and Enforcer. It is a street-smart, fast paced adventure, based on actual events and the sometime altered reality resulting from the use of psychotropic drugs. The two worlds often collide and blur the line between the real and the surreal. The story revolves around Billy's quest to rediscover his better nature and find redemption - before the "monkey on his back" drives him further into the abyss. Billy not only feels the grip of the Monkey, but is able to see and hear him as the Monkey lures him into a tragic downward spiral of addiction, self destruction, and violence. No one will be spared the Monkeys wrath. Billy does not choose a psychiatrist couch or confessional booth to find enlightenment and cast out his demons. That would be too easy. Billy goes deeper into the abyss to meet his demon face to face. But….The Monkey will not go away until Billy has been destroyed. Can Billy “Gut the Monkey” and find enlightenment or will Billy sink lower into a pit of violence and despair? This is a great read for anyone that has struggled to be free from their inner demons or aided another in the fight. “Gutting the Monkey” is a different kind of story; far removed from the mundane arc of “one man against the world” relying instead, on the more empathetic approach of “one man’s struggle against his inner beast”. The action emerges from within an unforgettable backdrop of music and pop culture, giving the novel the dreamlike atmosphere of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" combined with the edgy appeal of “Fight Club." The action moves fast and the narration is full of sardonic anecdotes and dark humor.

Gutting the Monkey

Iverson, James

Farcy, P

Iverson, J W

Thrillers & Suspense

The day has arrived. Stargazer and his troupe prepare the trap that will with-precision and luck-kill the Scog that is slowly destroying the Tarook forest. Albeit, a dangerous undertaking, Stargazer feels the task is part of his destiny of why he was placed on the planet Arret. Afterwards, he can begin his search for a way off the planet and not be plagued with a guilty conscience. Besides, he is eager in a perverted sense to test the limits of Tarella's enhance. As with all best laid plans, when the Scog arrives and the trap is set into motion, it goes awry and tragedy strikes. He thinks it ironic, that he stayed to help and yet still has to deal with guilt and maybe he shouldn't have offered to help kill the Scog. In any event, he decides that his next course of action is to venture to Falling Star Mountains and seek out the legend. Was it a meteor or was it a ship? He hopes for the latter, and maybe he will find information inside that will aid him with leaving the planet Arret and find a way home. Meanwhile, on the starship inside the massive arboretum, ABBI flees a tiger that the computer awakens. Inside a cave, she discovers flint rocks and fire is born. To her dismay, the small scraggly tree inside the cave has only so many limbs for fuel and she needs to find another way out before the tiger finds a way in. While she searches, she encounters a few furry creatures that she knows as rabbits. Though she has only been human for a short time and holds all life sacred, she knows her only way to survive is to kill and eat the rabbits. Afterwards, she finds a tunnel and escapes the cave and finds herself overlooking a vast landscape inside the arboretum. But the computer isn't finished with its attempts at ridding the ship of the human, and ABBI encounters more life forms, all of which are ravenous carnivores. Commander Dath prepares for a planet drop. The fleet is in desperate needs of supplies. He and his landing party will, one way or another acquire such needs on the planet Zoria. He cares not if they are given, or if they have to 'borrow' such goods. His thinking is distorted with all the pain meds he has been administering, and soon after negotiations begin, he insults the Zorians and a fight ensues and a few of the Kymions in the landing party are attacked and ripped apart. Before escaping, however, they acquire what they need and return to the fleet, unawares that the soil and water they 'borrowed' is tainted.The watcher Darok is frustrated and angry with the last earthling he sends down to the surface. Especially after it has the audacity to return to his ship and attack him. He sends the drone to Earth and brings back not one but three flat-faced animals, brothers of evil themselves. He programs them to seek out the earthling and destroy him. Once again, with the best laid plans, it also goes awry and an evil entity that escapes Stargazer's subconscious awaits them and takes over one of the life forms. It calls himself NeoZ, as if believes it is a new and special type of human. NeoZ battles its two brothers and then ventures out to kill Stargazer.

Stargazer II: Continuation

Chase, Thomas E.

When Reno’s parents announce the family will be camping on an island, she realizes their drug-dependent / drinking / hyperactive / disabled eccentricities are normal compared to this new plan. She soon learns the island is not the tropical type, but the kind in the middle of a busy traffic rotary. Her parents pack a tent, some blankets, and a Porta-Potty to camp in the center of the busiest rotary in town. So Reno quickly comes up with a survival plan which includes avoiding any and all street lunatics (besides family). Once they arrive, she is at least grateful their camp is hidden amongst tall trees. But events take a peculiar and disturbing turn, first when Reno sees her new neighbor, a bum who shares the rotary and resides on a nearby bench, and second, when her young sister Wiley pays the price for their mother’s liquor binge in a bloody trauma to the head and Reno must face her own responsibility in the accident and help her sister fight for her life. But how?

Moving Back to Normal

Quest, Sara Webb

Newly ordained, Father William Sullivan set out as a missionary to aid a hurricane-ravaged village in South America. However, he never arrived. Storms and sea life conspired to maroon the priest on a remote island void of human life. Still eager to serve, Father William refuses to allow isolation to prevent his helping those in need; the wounded, the desperate and the defeated. So with pen, paper and bottles, Father William casts messages into the surf intent on reaching those who need him the most.

Hope in a Bottle

O'Donnell, Neil

100 of the Most Influential Gay Entertainers is a creative nonfiction book featuring the Nation’s most influential entertainers in the GLBTQI (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, inter-sexed) communities across the United States. Read the true life stories of your favorite entertainers as they provide intimate details of their early childhood, the discovery of their individualism, their challenges and achievements, and their disappointments and accomplishments. Read the stories of injustice on every level of inhumanity imagined, beginning with a society whose lack of knowledge and understanding set out to discourage and disband a culture of people by putting into place dehumanizing rules and laws such as requiring entertainers to wear at least one piece of men’s clothing under t heir drag attire or risk being arrested, laws requiring drag entertainers to purchase a license in order to perform, and the law against walking the street in drag attire; read about police trickery, abuse of power and physical abuse during raids at local entertainment venues and apartments shared by entertainers. Also read how an entire congregation of parishioners tried to force the hand of their pastor to throw h is own son out of the church, and the story of an entertainer whose family has disowned her for over twenty-five years because of her sexual preference. Most importantly, read how these entertainers have not only excelled in their crafts as female impersonators, male lead entertainers and female-to-male illusionists, but also as productive, educated citizens in mainstream society as celebrity look-alikes, successful business owners, accomplished singers and musicians, television personalities, professional choreographers, managers, models, and actors. Reformatted and re-edited with new and updated photos and other personal information that includes a brief autobiography of the author.

100 of the Most Influential Gay Entertainers, Revised Edition

Biographies & Memoirs

Baines, Jenettha

Community & Culture

Welcome to the world of investigative street reporting.  Washington, D.C., power capital of the world, is also home to bums, killers, cops who bend the rules, F.B.I. agents who dole out leaks to reporters like so many dimes to the poor, and layers of lies and misinformation. Dave Haggard thought it was the worst idea he had ever had for a story. He was living in a homeless shelter, sickened by the smells, and feeling sorry for himself when a scuffle in the stairwell and a scream brought him into a terrifying hunt for the serial killer of priests. A sick, sadistic murderer was using a butterfly knife as a Rosary in grisly killings that would bring Dave into the hunt not as a reporter but as bait. The head of Homicide has a plan to trap the killer and it involves Dave and his girlfriend. A hit man for a group of religious fanatics is on the loose and has an agenda of his own. The killer is lost in his lunatic visions and he knows who Dave is and where to find him. What are his plans for Elena? Who to trust? Who to fear? Dave Haggard is a reporter in hiding from his own story.

Butterfly Knife: A Dave Haggard Thriller (Dave Haggard Thriller, 1)

Matthews, Larry

“An artful, false woman shall set thy pillow with thorns,” declares the prosecution in one of North Carolina’s most sensational murder trials. Karen Cecil Smith has written a fictionalized story based on the first woman to be tried for murder in Cumberland County, North Carolina. The year is 1850. It is a time of slavery, superstition, and social snobbery. Exotic and shapely beauty Maria Stafford stands accused of killing her prosperous, older husband.From the moment Maria sets eyes on Sherwood Stafford, a distinguished New Yorker who has just moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina, she dreams of becoming his wife. Maria wants a home of her own, complete with servants, cook, and personal seamstress. The local fortuneteller predicts the two will wed.Their storybook wedding and fashionable honeymoon provide brief happiness for Maria. She is disappointed in her marriage and disgusted with her hypochondriac husband. Eyes of envious women are on her as she proudly strolls the streets of Fayetteville in all her finery. Note is taken of her daily visits to the fortuneteller and clandestine meetings with an old beau. When Sherwood Stafford falls ill and dies, townsfolk whisper that his wife killed him. A bench warrant for Maria’s arrest is issued. What follows is an adventure that takes the reader aboard a ship bound for Cuba with a side trip to the low country of Charleston, South Carolina. “I tried to stay true to history and to the actual murder trial,” said the author, “but I did delve more into the life of the actual fortuneteller and other interesting characters, such as the household slaves, a free mulatto, and a pirate turned sailor.”Pillow of Thorns is a page-turning novel that will keep the reader wondering, right up to the end, if Maria is guilty or innocent of the crime for which she is accused.

Pillow of Thorns

Smith, Karen Cecil

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