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The Victim

2 faces on TV - VICTIM and KILLER - which is she? She thought she'd escaped - now a man's remains are found in a remote Australian waterhole. Police say MURDER! She is linked to it, brought back from England, and charged with the crime. Newspapers say, "KILLED HER LOVER, FED HIM TO CROCODILES!" She will tell nobody what happened on that fateful day!

 

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Aberrant Creation

A journey through space, a dimensional slip, and a dark, uncharted region in the galaxy all add up to big trouble.Centuries into the future, at the Space Agency HQ near the centre of the galaxy, Intergalactic Craft 1B sets out to look for reported missing ships. Space Agent Jim Long finds himself in an uncharted section of the universe, forced into immediate action to save the craft and crew. The spacecraft enters a new area that throws everything into a state of chaos. Stranded and shifting into other dimensions, communication with the outside is mysteriously cut off, causing confusion and fear. Mysterious, deadly foes appear in different time shifts, ready to cause mayhem and death. F...
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The Cutting Room

Detective Inspector Ryan McNally stands in the dock at London's Southwark Crown Court accused of a vicious assault; he awaits the jury's verdict. A guilty decision would be career-ending and might send him to prison.The British Transport Police's Major Investigations Team are called in to investigate the discovery of human remains in a left luggage facility at Liverpool Street Station and on the back seat of a London black cab at Victoria's busy bus terminal.The team's priority is the identification of the victim. Their only clues are a wedding band and a tattoo.McNally's detectives have proven they can work together under the most stressful of circumstances in Britain's most unique policing...
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The Claire Trilogy Box Set

This box set includes the full Claire Trilogy by award-winning author Tom McCaffrey. The prequel, Finding Jimmy Moran, is now available! Book #4 of The Claire Saga, Where the Ley Lines Meet, releases June 2024.

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Where The Ley Lines Meet

The Claire Trilogy taught us the meaning of family and loyalty in every sense of those words through the bonding of Claire the Mule and her family of mystical misfits under the most trying of circumstances.

It's prequel, Finding Jimmy Moran, introduced the world to the magical young boy who grows into the man that leads Claire's family across the galaxy.

Where The Ley Lines Meet is what happens when the mystical misfits and their alien brethren are recalled to earth to reunite and save the world.

The storylines and characters the readers have come to love in the prior four books reappear in this continuation and conclusion of The Claire Saga. Or is it?

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Finding Jimmy Moran

Who is Jimmy Moran? It starts with a lucky penny. Then a muse who bestows a mystical gift. Or maybe a curse? Family, friends, and fights abound as Jimmy breaks the law, looks for love in all the wrong places and experiences loss that transforms him. A mischievous Bronx boy becomes a man in his search for the love of his life.

This is the coming of age story of the character we meet in The Claire Saga, who becomes a mob lawyer, Claire the mule's best friend, and the leader of the motley crew of magical misfits.

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Kissing My Ass Goodbye

This final installment of The Claire Trilogy picks up where An Alien Appeal leaves off, expands the roster of mystical characters and introduces the next generation of Terran-Centauri hybrids. When the interstellar childrens' powers are inadvertently exposed to the Internet, Machiavellian twin tech tyrants attempt to kidnap them for their own nefarious purposes.

During the ultimate showdown between Claire and her family of misfits, one of the most powerful corporations on earth and the United States military, love is tested and lives are forfeited. Where will the survivors go from here? Be ready to say goodbye.

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An Alien Appeal

An Alien Appeal picks up where The Wise Ass left off, expands the roster of mystical and magical characters, reunites Jimmy with his last sibling and finds Jimmy and Everett traveling through space to Proxima b to answer to that planet's elite for Everett's decisions and Jimmy's continued existence.All of Jimmy's wishes come true, including arguing his friend's case before the highest court in this galaxy, but there are prices to pay and Jimmy's life hangs in the balance. Love is tested and irrevocable choices are made.These colorful characters' continuing evolution embraces love, interstellar courtroom drama, loss and tears. Of course, Claire plays her central role in the resolution of it a...
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The Wise Ass

When Wise Guys meet the Wise Ass and friends, all hell breaks loose.

After his brothers are murdered, a New York mob lawyer testifies against his associates and is forced to enter WITSEC (the Witness Protection Program). He and his wife are relocated to a rural area outside a small town in Colorado where he is compelled to adapt to his new life under the constant threat of mafia reprisal. Reflexively resisting his immersion into all things country, this life long city boy meets and adopts a loquacious mule and befriends his closest neighbors, who have even greater secrets to conceal.

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ChatGPT Unlocked

Whether you're 18 or 80, ChatGPT Unlocked is your no-jargon, step-by-step companion for discovering how AI & ChatGPT can make your everyday life easier, faster, and more fun.Based on the author’s wildly popular online classes (ChatGPT Unlocked, AI and ChatGPT for Beginners, and AI Made Simple), this book is written for people who want clear instructions—not tech-speak. You’ll learn what ChatGPT is (in plain English), how it compares to Google, and exactly how to download and start using it immediately for things like:·        Writing emails, lists, posts, and letters·        Planning trips, dinners out, meals i...
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The Adventures of Israel St. James

Israel St. James is your average 19th century Cambridge student - fancy beard, bowler hat, waistcoat, and watch.Everything changes when he and his colleagues uncover Archimedes' Apothecary, a mysterious cabinet containing magical items and ancient texts.After pirates attack, Israel is fatefully marked with immortality and 'Archimedes' Insight' - the ability to discern the true nature of magic relics with a single touch. From then until now, he has traveled the world in search of these supernatural artifacts in order to keep humanity safe from baddies who would abuse their power toward nefarious ends.Travel with Dr. St. James through pivotal events in history as he encounters a host of colorf...
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Wilma Dunn: Plumber of Crate

The town of Crate seems like a wonderful place to live. Perfect, even. Everyone has everything they need, and a council of experts makes sure it stays that way.

Well, one less expert now. Amos Dunn has passed away, and his niece, Wilma, has been tapped to take over his position. She's nervous about change, and she has large shoes to fill, but her uncle taught her everything he could about how to do his job. She might be just what the town needs.

Whether she's what the town wants ... that's another question. But as Uncle Amos always said, never stop asking questions.

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CHAOS OF MOKII

Mokii is a city that exists only in the combined imaginations of its inhabitants. They are not dreaming. You might be sitting on a train while your brain drifts to explore Mokii. You need to get past the bouncer, have fun, yet experience danger. 

key words: Experimental, metaphysical short story science fiction Kindle Unlimited Metaverse  

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ALIEN EXIT

Alien Exit is driven by a female astronaut, a Palaeolithic mongrel, Glastonbury chaos, steamy sex in space, a journalist and a mad general. All to overcome time-quakes created when aliens depart Earth.

This novel attempts to break tropes: the aliens are not invading, they're leaving; the planet as spheres but s l o w l y.; usual ways to communicate do not work.

key words first contact 

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VENGEANCE ISLAND

In 1551 Ottoman pirates abducted the population of a Mediterranean island and sold them as slaves or took the better looking to harems. Those souls needed revenge.

I helped their cause in Vengeance Island assisted by an ancient spirit of Gozo and by the puzzled descendants in modern France.

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