A grown-up hero for the thinking woman! All available in digital or paperback from this page. Twenty years piloting Navy helicopters, Carl Tanner’s been proud to wear the uniform. He’s a good guy in a firefight, a bad guy as an enemy. Along the way, he’s taken bullets for his buddies and done good for his country. But things and people change. Tanner’s nothing if not adaptable.
Once out in the civilian world, he’s a couple of beats behind everything. Where did common courtesy go? How come even grade-schoolers have potty-mouths? Doesn’t anybody keep their word? And why is everyone so crazed about getting stuff?
Is he becoming an old fart? Forty’s almost a year away. He’s still got his hair, his teeth, and his marbles. He’s not overweight, the babes still get that gleam when they spot him at a bar or the gym. In his spare time, he works out; he’s absolutely not losing his edge. In his spare time, he goes to a firing range. In his spare time, he goes to a beach bar. Trouble is, now he’s got too damn much spare time.
He needs a job. At the firing range, he meets a guy who works private security. Not your usual sway-backed, pot-bellied, pseudo-uniformed retiree who plods around malls. This guy is former military: ripped, disciplined, focused. Head up, shoulders back. Ready, and able, to take on the world. Tanner’s kind of retiree. And Carl Tanner decides to become the same.
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SONORA HEAT: Daughter of a powerful family in Sonora, she wields a Beretta Nano like some women do a lipstick. Tanner’s job? Not as billed: it’s gonna be a classic goatfuck. From riding herd on an unruly gang of pistoleros, he’s now babysitting the impetuous princess. With lethal results. AMAZON
IT SHOULD BE FUN: Undercover at a women’s strip club: fun? But the frothy facade hides an evil secret. A petite blonde hides information until it’s almost too late. AMAZON
NOT MUCH CHOICE: When his girlfriend goes missing, Tanner’s hot on her trail…right into a crime-ridden past she’s hid from him. Way outnumbered by a corrupt group of powerful locals, Tanner winds up doing what he’s always done best: goes to war. AMAZON
NO GOOD DEED: Aunt Lou, a seventy-something teenager, has a burglar problem. Reluctantly, Tanner will do a good need and nab them in the act. Then it all goes to hell when the garden-variety burglars turn out to be killers with some very unusual backing. AMAZON
A WEEKEND IN HELL: The aftermath of No Good Deed, a short story that ties it all up neatly, not that anything in Tanner’s life is neat. When the work is complete, it’ll be free. Watch for the download link!
NO SHORTAGE OF MEAN: #5 coming soon! Tanner’s sucked into the one thing he’s not prepared for: a family feud turned lethal and a girlfriend who can respond in kind.
MISTER NOWHERE: #6 arrives one of these days. The Sonora Desert and its homicidal locals comes back for a second round.