Co-Co-Caleevio


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CRIME DOES PAY: CO-CO-CALEEVIO PULLS THE TRIGGER WITH A BANG! Co-Co-Caleevio is a crime novel that begins and ends on the mean streets of Gravesend, the toughest neighborhood of New York City's toughest borough and the heart of notorious West Brooklyn. It's a place where organized crime still rules and where wise guys have to think fast, hit hard or get whacked. In between, the novel crosses international boundaries and time zones with the speed of sound as West Brooklyn's most accomplished safe and loft burglar takes on a European job in order to pay back the markers held on him by boss of bosses Tony the Pug. This is a caper novel to end all caper novels, a non-stop pager-turner from start to finish, and one of Author David Alexander's boldest books ever. Authors don't come any better than David Alexander, and his tough-as-nails global thriller Co-Co-Caleevio represents his taking the fine art of mayhem to an exciting new level of accomplishment. The depth of insight into the world of the Mafia, black intelligence ops, tomb raiding tombaroli, historical arcana, exotic military technologies and the inner mainsprings of political intrigue -- to name but a few of this book's points of focus -- seems at times close to envisaging actual events. Dominick "Dee" de Venise's textile warehouse has been in the family for generations, but he'll have to torch it for the insurance money. De Venise has no other choice. The Mezzatesta family is into him for boo-koo bucks and if he doesn't pay off, he's history. The only other option de Venise has is to stage a big-money heist planned by his crooked lawyer friend Arnie, but he's already turned down that particular deal. Arnie's plan is too risky, and besides, de Venise knows Arnie long enough and well enough not to trust him. De Venise doesn't trust anyone to torch the business either. Wanting it done right, he plans to do it himself, then set up an ironclad alibi. Everything goes like clockwork until the insurance company refuses to pay off on de Venise's policy, leaving him with no business to run and no money to buy off his wise guy creditors. With no more cards to play at this point, de Venise agrees to do the heist for Arnie. If nothing else, it will get him out of the country, and if de Venise is really lucky and really smart, there's even an outside chance of him scoring the bucks he needs to get him straight with the mob and put him back in action. Just like when he was a kid, the name of the game is Co-Co-Caleevio -- single, double, triple. Catch the ball to win. Co-Co-Caleevio is a crime novel that begins and ends on the mean streets of Gravesend, the toughest neighborhood of New York City's toughest borough and the heart of notorious West Brooklyn. It's a place where organized crime still rules and where wise guys have to think fast, hit hard or get whacked. In between, the novel crosses international boundaries and time zones with the speed of sound as West Brooklyn's most accomplished safe and loft burglar takes on a European job in order to pay back the markers held on him by boss of bosses Tony the Pug. This is a caper novel to end all caper novels, a non-stop pager-turner from start to finish, and one of Author David Alexander's boldest books ever. A Triumvirate Digital Publications thriller novel. Published by arrangement with the author. Copyright © David Alexander. All rights reserved. Author’s website: www.davidalexanderbooks.com Contact: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorDavidAlexander Blogspot: http://david-alexander-bestselling-novelist.blogspot.com/ Amazon: www.amazon.com/author/david_alexander Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DavidalexanderbooksAViewtoaDave




David Alexander


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Question: When is a book like an assault weapon? Answer: When a master of global action thrillers has his finger on the trigger. Internationally renowned David Alexander is that author. Known for scenes rich in drama, vivid dialog and surprising twists and turns of plot that defy prediction, bestselling author David Alexander has risen to the pinnacle of success with thrillers that USA Today has called "Among the finest ever to appear in print" and the New York Times has heralded as "Modern fiction masterpieces." Dubbed "King of Action-Adventure" and "Master of Intrigue," author David Alexander has created a high-velocity narrative style that is strikingly unique. Time and again, readers have been stunned by the uncanny sense that this author, under the guise of fiction, has written about events that have actually taken place. Could such sometimes unbelievably far-out plot developments have been drawn from real life? Could they have really occurred? Critics agree that David Alexander more often than not makes you believe this is more than possible. Here, in this omnibus edition of selections from his outstanding novels, including the prizewinning thrillers Trainjack, Habu Patch, Brooklynese, Snake Handlers, Chain Reaction, Switchback, I Kinda Spy, Brothers of the Gun and Death Pulse, David Alexander proves time and again that the masterpieces he's conceived and written give him unchallenged claim to leadership in the novel and the short story. For those who are already familiar with the spectacular novels of David Alexander, this omnibus edition will open the door to an entirely new reading experience. For those not yet acquainted with his work, this book will be a voyage of discovery to new worlds of mindblowing fiction that's bound to whet their appetites for more by this astonishingly brilliant author.




Chain Reaction


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The unthinkable has happened -- again. A terrorist strike on a major New York City landmark leaves behind an aftermath of death and destruction. Caught at ground zero is NYPD detective Jack Keller who barely escapes with his life. His longtime friend and former partner is not as lucky. Keller vows to bring the terrorist mastermind behind the strike to justice. He tracks him down in a global manhunt. Yet unknown to Keller time is running out. His quarry is gearing up for the boldest terrorist attack in history. Iran has given terrorists a theater nuclear missile in a bid to out-do the death toll on 911. If successful the doomsday plan will unleash a nuclear nightmare on millions of victims and set the stage for worse to come. In the end everything hinges on a hard-as-nails New York police detective who stakes his life in a global chase after the terrorist chieftain he's determined to bring to justice no matter what or who he has to sacrifice in order to do it. The action scenes in Paris and Venice are gripping and move faster than greased lightning, giving the impression that Alexander knows every back street, hidden ally and public square, every public monument and off-the-beaten-path corner of these European cities, and also knows just which elements to use in his masterfully conceived and boldly executed plot. The dark narrative tapestry of Chain Reaction also places this thriller squarely amid the select ranks of classic hardboiled fiction. This is a contemporary thriller, though, and one in which Alexander manages to mix successfully an intricate plot with exotic locales, a considerable amount of action, and solid characters. Chain reaction is a thriller fan's dream; exciting, involving, thought-provoking. All in all, a first-class tale of intrigue by one of the top authors in the field.




The King of West Brooklyn


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Crime Does Pay: The King of West Brooklyn Scores a Knockout Punch "The Mezzatestas, David Alexander's fictitious crime family in The King of West Brooklyn, are the new Corleones." -- USA Today "Bestseller! Bestseller! Bestseller! The word should be shouted at least three times as a kind of Brooklyn cheer, because David Alexander's crime thriller The King of West Brooklyn has "Bestseller!" written all over it." -- NY Daily News "Today Brooklyn, tomorrow the world ... David Alexander has the names of two conquering heroes and The King of West Brooklyn is world-class ... a thriller with style, guts and endless quantities of Brooklyn chutzpah applied as thickly as mozzarella cheese on a Brooklyn pizza. Alexander is an author who is going places. Hopefully one of them is not jail, as some of the criminal capers described in the novel read almost like he was taking notes at the scene of the crime ." -- L.A. Times "The Mezzatestas, David Alexander's fictitious crime family in The King of West Brooklyn, are the new Corleones." -- USA Today "If mob-related hits haven't already put Gravesend, the crime capital of West Brooklyn, on the map, The King of West Brooklyn is destined to do so." -- Daily News "Today Brooklyn, tomorrow the world ... David Alexander has the names of two conquering heroes and The King of West Brooklyn is world-class ... a thriller with style, guts and endless quantities of Brooklyn chutzpah applied as thickly as mozzarella cheese on a Brooklyn pizza. Alexander is an author who is going places. Hopefully one of them is not jail, as some of the criminal capers described in the novel read almost like he was taking notes at the scene of the crime." -- L.A. Times "If James Bond wore athletic shirts, spoke with a Brooklyn accent and drove a candy apple-red 1973 Plymouth Barracuda, he'd be Dominick de Venise, the edgy protagonist of David Alexander's smashing crime thriller The King of West Brooklyn." -- Kirkus Reviews Applause for Author David Alexander "... All muscle, no flab..." Daily News "What Tom Clancy did for submarines, Alexander has done with the contemporary realities of global terrorism, high-tech weapons and the robotization of the battlefield." -- Jack Phelps / Independent Reviews "This boat ride through the Tunnel of Fear nails you to your seat. Don't get on unless you have the guts to finish the ride!" -- Stun Gun Sam / Independent Reviews Critical acclaim for Kill Chain "Passenger jets disappear out of thin air ... terrorist armies drape black flags across failed states ... chaos in the streets of American cities ... and the threat of terrible doom gathers steam as this thriller draws to a powerful climax ... Alexander ... has thought of everything and then some...." -- Voice Book Reviews "This is not just another novel; this is history in the making ... a game changing ... thriller." -- Booklister




The Blackout Heist


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New York City falls into chaos when an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon is set off in orbit, triggering the most massive power failure and blackout in history. The blackout, whose epicenter is New York City, is far more serious than any ordinary mass power outage, since EMP destroys unprotected electrical and digital systems, including computers, automotive systems, radio and cellular communications, public transportation switching and control systems, street lighting and other vital infrastructure without which civilization can't function. The EMP pulse triggers multinational military and civil operations ranging from rescue to combat, while in the meantime New York's five boros are turned into a savage battleground in a concrete jungle where survival of the fittest has suddenly become the only law. To some city denizens, though, the blackout comes as a blessing in disguise, making it possible to stage and execute the heist of the century under cover of darkness ... The Blackout Heist. High-tech criminals posing as terrorists devise a method of blacking out the entire city of New York -- selectively by district -- by securing control of the national power grid. Their target has never before been so much as touched. This time will be different. Way different. The heist will go down among the greatest robberies in the history of criminal enterprise. The cops will be put out of action. The military will be out of gas. Emergency first responders will be stalled. The city of New York will be out of the vital electrical power its millions of inhabitants need to stay safe and secure. In the midst of this turmoil a determined band of professional thieves await the chance of a lifetime. It's the opportunity to make the score of a lifetime, if not the score of the century. The big money job has been planned for years, and now the time has come to make the final move and net an almost unimaginable fortune in looted treasure. The Blackout Heist. By #1 New York Times bestselling author David Alexander.




Trainjack


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An NYPD detective is recruited as a rail marshall by a brother cop on the police force of Paris, France, and gets caught up in the hijack of the century. Trainjack is raw-edged excitement ... David Alexander takes the railway thriller to places that it has never gone before. SUPERCRIME MEETS SUPERTRAIN. Trainjack barrels along at a breakneck pace. The faster this high-speed thriller goes, the better it gets. SUPERCRIME MEETS SUPERTRAIN. Written with daring verve and accomplished skill, plotted with the deft touch of a master prose stylist, packed with surprises at practically every turn, Trainjack is an exceptional technothriller from one of the top authors in the field. SUPERCRIME MEETS SUPERTRAIN. Danger and high intrigue make a train connection with espionage, treachery and passion. Alexander has created characters so original they seem to jump right off Trainjack's excitement-packed pages. Trainjack, a global crime technothriller by author David Alexander.




I Kinda Spy


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When a threat emerges that's too big for the CIA, too dangerous for MI6 and too frightening to contemplate, there's only one secret agent who can prevail against it. When he joins forces with a talented group of covert action operators, this impossible mission becomes just another day in the spy business. I Kinda Spy is a global superthriller that pits masters of espionage and mandarins of supercrime against each other in a winner-take-all fight to the finish. SUPERSPIES VS. SUPERCRIMINALS A deadly terrorist organization threatens global security and a deep black espionage agency tasks its most capable operative with a do-or-die assignment. An international criminal cartel bent on getting its hands on a multibillion dollar payoff and will stop at nothing to suit its ends, opposes him with the hand-picked elite of the world's foremost assassins. SUPERSPIES VS. SUPERCRIMINALS "This thriller has more action, more adventure, more plain everything you want to read in a thriller, than any ten similar reads I could name. Read this exceptional thriller by David Alexander today." SUPERSPIES VS. SUPERCRIMINALS Urbane yet action-packed, stylish yet hard-hitting, I Kinda Spy is a spy story that plays for keeps.




The Man From D.A.V.E.


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A daring secret agent of the worldwide D.A.V.E. spy organization is sent on a perilous mission to save humanity from a weapon as futuristic as a space-based high-energy laser and as ancient as the burning ray of ancient weapon master Archimedes of Syracuse. The action begins in Germany, races across Europe from France to Switzerland, Austria and Italy, then booms across Eastern Europe and roars across the Balkans into Greece, from where it hurtles eastward to the Black Sea port of Odessa, and then rockets into orbit. Plus, this thriller even has its own sound track. So don't wait until the movie comes out. The Man From D.A.V.E. is a feature film in thriller novel form. You'll find this out when a bunched fist aimed at your jaw launches from your Kindle and you find yourself dodging bullets to get to the next paragraph alive.




Threatcon Delta


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"THE PENTAGON IS TAKEN. IF YOU WANT IT BACK, FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS..." When an ousted mogul and his Russian partner team up to take over the US government, America's first woman president tackles the first major strategic challenge of her administration. Threatcon Delta: Assault on the Pentagon tells the story of how terrorism, treason and global organized crime converge to place the most potent symbol of American military power under the control of a determined and ruthless group of heavily armed and extremely dangerous men who can't be stopped, yet who must be stopped. This global superthriller is based both on author David Alexander's extensive and detailed research into the history of the Pentagon, combined with first-hand knowledge of the Pentagon's most closely held secrets by this veteran defense insider, all of which has been artfully woven into a masterpiece of high-concept suspense fiction. In fact, the combined impact of accuracy and authenticity blended with superb storytelling may find some readers asking themselves if perhaps some parts of the story shouldn't have been made public, for fear that terrorists or global criminals might some day use it as a basis for an actual plan of attack. Yet the assault on the Pentagon portrayed in the book is no standard terrorist martyrdom mission either. Those who've taken over the headquarters of the United States military have an exit strategy that has been brilliantly devised to shuttle them to safety and provide for the enjoyment of their ill-gotten profits -- a scam on a global scale that promises to net the Puzzle Palace's hijackers a considerable fortune. By any standard, Threatcon Delta: Assault on the Pentagon is action thriller fiction at its boldest and best. It's one of the achievements that have earned author David Alexander a secure place at the top of the list of the world's masters of the game.




Marine Force One


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Marine Force One is a special detachment of the Marine Corps whose prowess in combat and specialized training sets them apart from the average grunt. They charge where others retreat, and succeed where others fail. They are the best America’s got. As tensions continue to build between North and South Korea, Marine Force One is sent on a recon mission that reveals North Korea’s plans to use chemical weapons against the South. But before they can report to H.Q., they are ambushed and overwhelmed by a relentless pursuit force. Now, the battered and bloody team must take out the chemical weapons on their own and make it across the border alive.