Publisher's Note: This novel is no longer in print and is only available from third-party booksellers. Hill Country Greed was re-edited by the author and re-released by the publisher under the title The Entrepreneurs. While the plot remains the same, The Entrepreneurs is a better and faster read that also brings the setting from 2002 to the current day. To find The Entrepreneurs you can click on the author name here or search for The Joe Robbins Series. Here is the book description for The Entrepreneurs -- Joe Robbins Book One: A finance executive must catch a killer or be killed . . . Amateur boxer turned executive Joe Robbins moves his family to Austin, Texas, to join a startup and get rich. At his first company party, Joe witnesses a young woman commit suicide. She leaves no note . . . no motive . . . and the image haunts his dreams. But the company is busy writing software and making sales and everyone is going to get rich! Employees careen around Austin like bats. When the market crashes, the company falls apart, and the paper riches evaporate. Then a director is found murdered, and the police figure Joe for a prime suspect. Two more executives are murdered, and Joe might be next. Forced into the role of an amateur detective, Joe falls back on what he knows: facts, logic, and analysis. If the going gets rough, he'll use his fists. Whatever the approach, he'd better work fast because he's facing a long stay at the big house or a short trip to the morgue. Read The Entrepreneurs FREE as part of your Kindle Unlimited subscription. Seven-time CFO Patrick Kelly witnessed crazy twists when he was in the corporate world. Now he weaves those experiences into gripping financial thrillers. Each novel can be read on a standalone basis. Read them all. The Cartel Banker (Book Two): When Joe's best friend is murdered, something inside his head snaps, and it sends him directly into the flames of cartel hell. A Siren's Love (Book Three): When a beautiful rock star hires Joe to investigate a fraud, his search for the truth uncovers the trail of a serial killer. The Island Thief (Book Four): When Joe tries to combine business with pleasure on a trip to Santorini, he learns the hard way that island criminals play for keeps.

Hill Country Greed: A Joe Robbins Financial Thriller (Book One) (Joe Robbins Financial Thrillers)

Literature & Fiction

Kelly MD, Assistant Clinical Professor-Health Sciences Patrick

Genre Fiction

Chaparral Press LLC.

Publisher's Note: This novel is no longer in print and is only available from third-party booksellers. Hill Country Rage was re-edited by the author and re-released by the publisher under the title The Cartel Banker. While the plot remains the same, The Cartel Banker is a better and faster read that also brings the setting from 2002 to the current day. To find The Cartel Banker you can click on the author name here or search for The Cartel Banker. Here is the book description for The Cartel Banker -- Joe Robbins Book Two: Pity the poor drug cartels with their billions in US paper currency. Who will bank them? Kenji Tanaka. Born Peruvian-Japanese and educated at Harvard, Kenji is fluent in Spanish, Japanese, and English. He has a beautiful lawyer, a giant bodyguard, and a master plan to become the banker for the cartels by laundering their cash and reinvesting it in legitimate real estate ventures. So when a nosy US co-investor discovers Kenji's true purpose, Kenji does the only smart thing he can: He has the snoop murdered. How could Kenji know he just killed Joe Robbins's best friend? Join Joe Robbins as he embarks on a quest for justice that takes him into the back offices of white-collar crime, through the labyrinth of mysteries at the DEA, and into the heart of the merciless cartel world. Read The Cartel Banker FREE as part of your Kindle Unlimited subscription. Seven-time CFO Patrick Kelly witnessed crazy twists when he was in the corporate world. Now he weaves those experiences into gripping financial thrillers. Each novel can be read on a standalone basis. Read them all. The Entrepreneurs (Book One): Joe Robbins--recently hired finance executive for a crazy startup--must catch a killer or be killed. A Siren's Love (Book Three): When a beautiful rock star hires Joe to investigate a fraud, his search for the truth uncovers the trail of a serial killer. The Island Thief (Book Four): When Joe tries to combine business with pleasure on a trip to Santorini, he learns the hard way that island thieves play for keeps.

Hill Country Rage: A Joe Robbins Financial Thriller (Book Two) (Joe Robbins Financial Thrillers)

Patrick Kelly

Publisher's Note: This novel is no longer in print and is only available from third-party booksellers. Hill Country Siren was re-edited by the author and re-released by the publisher under the title A Siren's Love. While the plot remains the same, A Siren's Love is a better and faster read that also brings the setting from 2002 to the current day. To find A Siren's Love you can click on the author name here or search for A Siren's Love. Here is the book description for A Siren's Love -- Joe Robbins Book Three: A fraud investigation explodes when Joe discovers the tracks of a serial killer. Serial killers are different. They don't fit easy patterns. Some go years without killing. They kill a few people in one place, disappear, and then resurface somewhere else. Sometimes they have psychological issues, but not always. Sometimes they kill without compassion. Seventeen years ago, in a small town in Oklahoma, a high school boy's affair with his teacher was exposed by his parents. A week later, his parents were murdered, and the boy disappeared, never to be found. Five years later, a bouncer at a strip club in Houston went on vacation with one of the dancers. Neither of them returned. Fast forward to today. Sophie Tyler--a beautiful rock star--hires Joe to investigate a fraud. It appears she invested in a fake movie. Joe solves the case in a couple of days--it was the ex-boyfriend. But then the ex is murdered, and Sophie's manager disappears. Devastated by the tragedy, Sophie turns to Joe for emotional support. As beautiful as she is, he'd better watch his back, for when you're hunting a serial killer, there's no room for a siren's love. Read A Siren's Love FREE as part of your Kindle Unlimited subscription. Seven-time CFO Patrick Kelly witnessed crazy twists when he was in the corporate world. Now he weaves those experiences into gripping financial thrillers. Each novel can be read on a standalone basis. Read them all. The Entrepreneurs (Book One): Joe Robbins--recently hired finance executive for a crazy startup--must catch a killer or be killed. The Cartel Banker (Book Two): When Joe's best friend is murdered, something inside his head snaps, and it sends him directly into the flames of cartel hell. The Island Thief (Book Four): When Joe tries to combine business with pleasure on a trip to Santorini, he learns the hard way that island thieves play for keeps.

Hill Country Siren (The Joe Robbins Series)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Kelly, Patrick

Mystery

Financial consultant Joe Robbins must choose between family, justice, and saving the life of a prostitute. Joe’s estranged wife Rose invites him to rejoin the family on one condition: he must stop trying to save the world. Joe happily agrees. Then his best friend is murdered, and Joe knows who ordered the hit, a money launderer for ruthless drug cartels. The DEA get involved, but without evidence, the investigation stalls. 
Joe breaks into the kingpin’s back office to steal key evidence and then wipes his hands of the affair. Subsequently, the kingpin kidnaps a former prostitute that Joe once helped get into rehab. Here’s the deal: the kingpin will free the woman in exchange for the evidence. But Joe has already turned it over to the DEA. 
To have any chance of saving the woman, Joe must abandon happiness and sneak into the midst of a murderous cartel gang . . . 
A Just Rage is the second book in a series of thrillers featuring finance executive Joe Robbins. Patrick Kelly’s thrillers are fast-paced and written in a breezy style, with colorful characters, witty dialogue, and lots of action.
Each of the novels in the series can be read on a standalone basis. 
Read A Just Rage FREE as part of your Kindle Unlimited subscription.

A Just Rage (A Joe Robbins Thriller)

Pity the poor drug cartels with their billions in US paper currency. Who will bank them? 
Kenji Tanaka. 
Born Peruvian-Japanese and educated at Harvard, Kenji is fluent in Spanish, Japanese, and English. He has a beautiful lawyer, a giant bodyguard, and a master plan to become the banker for the cartels by laundering their cash and reinvesting it in legitimate real estate ventures. 
So when a nosy US co-investor learns of Kenji’s true purpose, Kenji does the only smart thing he can: He has the snoop murdered. 
How could Kenji know he just killed Joe Robbins’s best friend? 
Join Joe Robbins as he embarks on a quest for justice that takes him into the back offices of white-collar crime, through the labyrinth of mysteries at the DEA, and on into the heart of the terrifying and merciless cartel world. 
The Cartel Banker is the second book in a financial thriller series featuring finance executive Joe Robbins. Patrick Kelly’s financial thrillers are chock-full of suspense, bursting with action, and topped off with a trace of romance.
Each of the novels in the series can be read on a standalone basis. Buy your paperback copy of The Cartel Banker now. Note: The Cartel Banker was previously published under the titles of Hill Country Rage and A Just Rage. The story is unchanged.

The Cartel Banker (The Joe Robbins Series)

Thrillers & Suspense

Seven-time CFO Patrick Kelly witnessed crazy twists when he was in the corporate world. Now he weaves that history into gripping financial thrillers. A finance executive must catch a killer or be killed . . . Amateur boxer turned executive Joe Robbins moves his family to Austin, Texas, to join a startup and get rich. At his first company party, Joe witnesses a young woman commit suicide. She leaves no note . . . no motive . . . and the image haunts his dreams.
But the company is busy writing software and making sales and everyone is going to get rich! Employees careen around Austin like bats.
When the market turns, the company falls apart, and the paper riches evaporate. Then the company fires Joe. When a director is found murdered, the Austin police write Joe down as a prime suspect. Two more executives are murdered, and Joe might be next. 
Though a wizard with numbers, Joe Robbins has no training as a detective. He’d better learn fast, because if he can’t solve the mystery, he’s facing a long stay at the big house or a short trip to the morgue. 
The Entrepreneurs is the first of the financial thrillers featuring executive Joe Robbins. Read the whole series:
The Cartel Banker: Joe Robbins owes everything to his best friend Neil, so when Neil is killed by drug smugglers, Joe embarks on a relentless quest for justice.
A Siren’s Love: When the embezzler Joe Robbins is tracking turns up dead, Joe sifts through clues until he uncovers the trail of a serial killer. 
The Island Thief: On a long working holiday in Santorini, Joe uncovers an embezzlement scheme and tangles with the local mob. 
Each novel in the series can be read on a standalone basis. Read The Entrepreneurs and feel the thrill of Joe Robbins on the hunt. Note: The Entrepreneurs was previously published under the titles of Hill Country Greed and A Fateful Greed. The story is unchanged.

The Entrepreneurs (The Joe Robbins Series)

Set on the beautiful Greek island of Santorini, The Island Thief may be your best chance this year to hike a volcano, drink shots of ouzo, and ride a donkey. The novel can be read on a standalone basis.On a working holiday in Santorini, Joe Robbins tangles with the local mobAmateur boxer turned freelance executive Joe Robbins travels to Santorini for fun and to consult a hotelier about his business. After a minor traffic incident, a low-level mobster slaps Joe’s driver around, and Joe intervenes. No big deal. Bullies never take a second run at a better fighter. But then a woman Joe befriends is strangled in her hotel room. Was it the low-level mobster out for revenge? The local police think not, for they have evidence to the contrary.
On the business side, Joe discovers the hotel is losing money to an inside thief. Furthermore, the thief is the bookkeeper for the mob’s scheme to embezzle funds from a public works project. When Joe shares his findings with the police, they explain that in Santorini, the mob has lots of friends and they have broadcast a simple message:
Kill the American . . .
The Island Thief is the fourth book in a series of financial thrillers featuring finance executive Joe Robbins. Patrick Kelly’s thrillers are chock-full of action, bursting with suspense, and topped off with a trace of romance. 
Each of the novels in the series can be read on a standalone basis. Get your paperback copy of The Island Thief today.

The Island Thief (The Joe Robbins Series)

An Australian woman’s life of adventure and romance
Thomas is a widower with two young daughters. Concerned that the girls lack a strong female figure in their lives, he starts telling them the Sheila Stories--the adventures of an Australian woman before, during, and after World War II.
But Sheila is no ordinary woman.
At the age of eighteen, she comes into some money and leaves a comfortable home in Sydney to buy a sheep farm in Queensland.
At that’s just the beginning, for during the course of the stories, Sheila
Befriends aboriginal farm workers.
Fights dingoes and a venomous snake.
Buys a ten thousand acre cattle station.
Almost drowns in a flash flood.
Dances to big band music in Toowoomba.
Joins the Australian Women’s Army Service in WW II.
Drives an ambulance.
Risks her life to save another.
Helps disabled servicemen.
Marries a soldier.
Moves to America.
Runs a bed and breakfast in Cape May, New Jersey.
And opens a surf shop.
Put your cares aside and embark on a great journey.
Strike out to find your fortune at the age of eighteen.
Fight for a worthy cause.
Fall in love.
Experience the heartbreak of loss.
Laugh. Cry. Feel the salt air on your face as you ride your surfboard at the beaches of Sydney.
You’ll have the time of your life.Buy The Sheila Stories today and relive a life of adventure and romance.

The Sheila Stories: 1935 - 2005

A retired detective reluctantly helps a friend investigate a homicideBill O'Shea is living the dream. After a career of fighting crime in the big city, Bill buys a condo in the bucolic mountain resort community of Wintergreen, Virginia. When he meets his attractive new neighbor, Bill knows his retirement is off to a great start.But then a local pedestrian is killed in a hit-and-run accident, and the short-staffed community police department asks Bill to help out. With no witnesses and no vehicle, it's going to be a real challenge. Plus, the snooty groundhog and irrepressible bear are certainly no help. When a break in the case proves a connection between the car and the victim, Bill goes from no suspects to too many.Is it the victim's wife--whose husband cheated on her for many years--or the betrayed business partner? Maybe it's the victim's mistress or the friend who loaned him money. It could even be a random hiker passing through on the nearby Appalachian Trail.Join Bill O'Shea as he tries to solve this murder while dodging zany wildlife and courting a new love interest in the beautiful mountaintop resort of Wintergreen, Virginia.

The Mountain View Murder (A Wintergreen Mystery)

It's a short walk to the overlook but a long way down.The rich entrepreneur Damian Susskind has recently survived a heart attack and quintuple bypass surgery. Suddenly aware of his own mortality, Damian summons his family and friends to Wintergreen to share the latest plans for his will. Unfortunately for Damian, one of those in attendance bears him malicious intent, and by the end of the day, Damian is dead.Retired police detective Bill O'Shea is asked to help the short-staffed Wintergreen police department investigate an accidental death. Forensic evidence soon convinces Bill that this was no accident. There is plenty of motive to go around and more than a few suspects-the difficulty is tying a single killer to the crime. Will Bill and his friends solve the case, or will a Wintergreen murderer go free?If you love beautiful mountain settings, a charming cast, and intriguing plot twists, you're going to love the Wintergreen Mystery Series!Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.

The Overlook Murder (A Wintergreen Mystery)

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