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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | March 15, 2025 · 5:00 am

Double Crossed Blitz

Thriller

Date Published: September 10, 2024

Recovering from the emotional and physical damage of his last case, Ronan
McCullough is trying to put his life back together. But when a federal
agent’s charred remains surface, linked to a professor’s encrypted money
laundering scheme, Ronan becomes embroiled in a high-stakes game of life and
death with someone who is willing to kill everyone that knows anything about
the encryption codes.

Ronan soon uncovers several dark secrets and learns that nobody is being
honest with him, including the people he trusts the most. When the
encryption codes are stolen and Ronan learns their real purpose, he finds
himself in a race to stop a plan that will make it nearly impossible to stop
the funding of dangerous crimes.

As the body count rises and secrets are unearthed, Ronan must navigate a
web of deceit to uncover the truth. How will Ronan succeed when the main
suspect is a set of numbers?

About the Author

Eliot Parker is the author of five thriller novels and two collections of
short stories. His latest thriller, DOUBLE CROSSED, won the American Writing
Awards award for best mystery/thriller in 2024. His thriller A FINAL CALL
was named a “Best Book to Discover of 2022” by Kirkus Magazine and
a finalist for the Hawthorne Prize in Fiction. Eliot has won the West
Virginia Literary Merit Award as well as the PenCraft and Feathered Quill
Book Awards for his works and been a finalist for the SIBA Book Prize in
2016. He hosts the podcast program “Now, Appalachia,” on the
Authors on the Air Global radio network that profiles authors and publishers
from the Appalachian region. He teaches writing at the University of
Mississippi.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | November 8, 2018 · 5:00 am

A Knife’s Edge – Blitz

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Mystery, Thriller

Publisher: Headline Books

Release Date: October 31, 2018

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Six months after a drug cartel infiltrated Charleston, Ronan McCullough continues to fight the drug war that plagues the city. His investigations are halted when the body of a mutual acquaintance, Sarah Gilmore, is found in the trunk of a burning car. In an investigation that takes him deep into the professional and personal life of the victim, McCullough discovers secrets lurking in her past, and a tangled web of personal and professional conflicts, suspicion, and betrayal. Was Sarah killed for those reasons or something larger? As Ronan seeks answers, his life and the lives of those closest to him are used as pawns in a deadly game that has no ending.

Praise for A Knife’s Edge

“Ronan McCullough is an interesting protagonist and you will want to keep on reading after the intriguing beginning,” —Peter Senftleben, editor and publishing consultant

“This book was a gripping, and gritty police thriller that kept me rapt in its pages until the end” – Lisa Brown-Gilbert, Pacific Book Review

“As a man who lives and works in Appalachia, Parker puts that knowledge and his storytelling skills to work in this cracking good book.” –The Richmond Times

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About the Author

Eliot Parker is the author of four thriller novels, most recently A Knife’s Edge. A recipient of the West Virginia Literary Merit Award and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize in Thriller Writing, Eliot is the host of the “Now, Appalachia” podcast show on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network and teaches writing and literature at Mountwest Community and Technical College in Huntington, West Virginia.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | September 9, 2017 · 5:00 am

Code for Murder – Blitz

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Thriller

Date Published: July 2017

An overzealous decision by Cleveland Police Lieutenant Stacy Tavitt leads to a botched undercover investigation, leading to Stacy being attacked and her unconscious body dumped into the frigid Cuyahoga River. Six months later, Stacy’s first case back from medical leave involves the murder of Cleveland Browns football player Devon Baker. With little forensic evidence connecting anyone to the crime, Stacy sets out to find the killer. As Stacy comes very close to unraveling the tangled threads of the case, the killer wants her, and those close to her, to suffer for another impulsive decision she made in the line of duty. The killer just may be more familiar to Stacy than she realizes.

About the Author

Eliot Parker is the author of three previous novels, most recently Fragile Brilliance, which was a finalist for the Lords of Discipline Thriller Prize. He received the West Virginia Literary Merit Award in 2016, as well as the Bronze Award for Mystery/Thriller Writing from the National Literary Habitat Organization. Eliot is graduate of the Bluegrass Writers Studio at Eastern Kentucky University with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing.

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