BETRAYALS (Del Rio Book #2)
Richard Paolinelli
Betrayals, a compelling political conspiracy mystery thriller, heralds the return of FBI
star agent, Jack Del Rio, who is perhaps the only man in America who can stop the
strings of assassinations and conspiracies that threaten to topple the entire government
administration and bring the United States under the thumb of evil dictatorship.
Unable to trust even his closest friends and allies in the Bureau, Jack must first survive multiple attempts on his own life then sort out the evildoers who have wormed their way into top positions and do this in time to save the President of the United States – who may just be one of the conspirators himself. It’s a race to the finish and the devil takes the hindmost.
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ESCAPING INFINITY
Richard Paolinelli
2017 Dragon Award, Finalist – Best Sci-Fi Novel
2017 ETWG Blue Ribbon Book Cover, 2nd Place
2017 Readers Favorite International Book Awards – Honorable Mention
Thousands have checked into the Infinity Hotel over the years. None of them have ever checked out.
Peter Childress and Charlie Womack are successful engineers on their way to Phoenix for an important presentation. But one of Charlie’s infamous “shortcuts” has gotten them good and lost once again. As night falls, the pair stumble across the Infinity Hotel and the promise of a meal, fuel and a good night’s sleep before starting off fresh in the morning is too good to pass up.
But while Charlie immediately takes to the hotel’s amazing amenities, Peter begins to uncover some of the hotel’s dark secrets – a seemingly unlimited number of floors, guests that appear out of time and place and a next morning that never seems to come. Worse still, the entrance to the Infinity has disappeared and no other apparent exit back to the outside world is in sight.
Now, under the watchful eyes of the hotel’s manager and front desk clerk, Peter searches for a way back out and uncovers the horrible truth behind the mystery of the Infinity Hotel.
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ENDGAMES (Del Rio Book #3)
Richard Paolinelli
In the thrilling conclusion to the Jack Del Rio series, Endgames, the former FBI Special Agent has fallen off the grid and is content to let the rest of the world believe him dead. He has taken the name John Rivers and lives a secluded life on the Navajo Reservation.
But the shades of his past are not yet done with him yet. Surviving elements of his enemies from London and Washington D.C. want to see him actually filling out a grave and are coming for him. Compounding matters, a newspaper reporter from Phoenix is also on his trail and a former flame is coming from England and is bringing news that will change everything for Del Rio.
A pair of deadly ambushes just outside his new home proves to be the last straw and Del Rio returns to the fight with a vengeance. By the time he is done he will dispatch enemies on U.S. and foreign soil and be named an international terrorist. But even as the world turns against him, Del Rio uncovers one last gasp effort by the conspiracy he has fought for so many years to overthrow the U.S. government.
As his final battle draws to a close, Del Rio makes his final moves in an endgame no one will see coming.
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FROM THE FIELDS
Richard Paolinelli
A narrative account of the near century of high school football played in Turlock, California – including stats, rosters, photographs and interviews with former players and coaches. Starting with the first team of 15 players from the 1920 Turlock High football team all the way through to the 2014 season. Players spotlighted include former pro football players from Turlock – Bob Mitchell, Paul Larson, Jeff Winans, Jonathan Quinn, Tom Brandstater and Colin Kaepernick – along with moments in the history of the city of Turlock itself connected to the football program as the little farming town grew to become a larger commuter city.
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JACK DEL RIO (The Complete Trilogy)
Richard Paolinelli
All three books of the Jack Del Rio political mystery/thriller series in one volume.
Follow Jack Del Rio’s adventures from England to D.C. and out to the Navajo Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico.
In Book 1, Reservations, Del Rio battles a seemingly supernatural foe bent on murdering the entire Tribal Council of the Navajo Reservation.
In Book 2, Betrayals, Del Rio uncovers an age-old plot hatched in the post-WW2 Soviet Union to plant a Russian in the Oval Office and overthrow the government of the United States. The FBI’s star agent has just seven days to stop the plot and uncover the traitor before Inauguration Day.
In Book 3, Endgames, the remnants of the conspiracy Del Rio has battled have followed him back to Arizona, leading to a series of confrontations across the world and a journey to an explosive conclusion that no one will see coming.
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JONAH BLUE
Jim Christina
Jonah Blue tells the story of a young boy’s dream of becoming a Rocky Mountain Free Trapper in 1830. Running from his family’s farm at 10 years old, Jonah is befriended by an older Mountain Man named Rensfeld Doggett. This is the story of Jonah’s transition from young boy to young man and eventually a man in the wilds of the Montana Territory in 1853.
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MAELSTROM
Richard Paolinelli
Dr. Steven Collins has devoted his life to one cause: finding a way to prevent a catastrophic collision between Earth and an asteroid, like the one that killed off the dinosaurs millions of years ago. Collins spends years developing a shield—a device that uses the Earth’s own magnetic field—and finally reaches the point where he is ready to test it. But when Collins turns on his creation, he rips open a hole in time and space itself that hurls him forward in time, where he discovers to his horror that the device he created has caused the very global Armageddon he was trying to prevent. Collins now must try to undo the damage he has done as best he can. But the few surviving members of the human race are slowly dying off, a century of living under the shield taking its toll, and they cannot leave the planet to try to build a new civilization elsewhere. For just beyond the shield lurks a madman who seeks to dominate the human race or exterminate it.
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PERFECTION’S ARBITER
Richard Paolinelli
A biography of National League Umpire Ralph “Babe” Pinelli, a former major league baseball player who was the home plate umpire for Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series. Includes stats from Pinelli’s playing days.
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RESERVATIONS (Del Rio Book #1)
Richard Paolinelli
Who – or what – is killing members of the Navajo tribe?
RESERVATIONS, a mystery/thriller, is set near Gallup, New Mexico, where the Navajo, Hopi and Zuni reservations lie adjacent. Three tribal leaders have been murdered – murdered in a fashion that suggests the deeds were carried out by COYOTE, a legendary supernatural evil trickster feared by many Native Americans.
The tribal president contacts an old friend in the FBI for assistance in solving the crimes and preventing more murders. Star agent, Jack Del Rio, is dispatched to New Mexico where he finds a situation tangled in political intrigue. Jack must work his way through those issues on his way to solving the mystery. Sparks fly as Navajo police officer Lucy Chee is assigned to assist him in his quest.
Question is can Del Rio and Chee solve the mystery and find the killer before he strikes again? If not, who is next?
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THE LAST LONELY TRAIL
U.S. Marshal. David Crockett Hall and Texas Ranger, John Barclay Armstrong have set out 
chasing men, each for their own reasons. When their paths converge in Kansas, they discover the men they were following separately have now joined together and are heading for a giant payday somewhere,, but where the two lawmen don’t know.
This story is about camaraderie, friendship, hardship and an unerring desire to complete their jobs at any and all costs.
Set against the background of the late 1870’s, the story takes us across the mid-west, southwest and into Colorado, unfolding a tale of two strangers becoming friends.
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