Genre-busting literary fiction by Vermont writer J. Kilburn
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BEFORE by J. Kilburn: www.cerealnovel.com brings you a unique coming-of-age tale
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Midwest Book Review recommends it!
Independent Book Review featured it!
READERS FAVORITE gives it 5 stars!
InD'tale Magazine says, "Mr. Kilburn is a master at writing character development!"
BEFORE both celebrates and indicts the sweet and sordid in small-town, everyday life. This Crime Fiction and Coming-of-Age mashup by J. Kilburn will leave you howling... while the questions and answers posed by this novel will have you re-examining the sunny streets and wildflower-filled lanes of your own neighborhood.
Writer J. Kilburn brings readers a light-hearted and whimsical coming of age story with roiling dark edges in this thoughtful novel. BEFORE follows the adventures and misadventures of Just Regular Kids as they grow up in a pastoral and peaceful New England college town. Buckle your seatbelts - all may not be as it seems. Events in a far-away criminal underworld lurk in the background as these teenagers take their first steps into adulthood. Adventurous readers will discover that two Sweet Sixteens have a lot more in common with hardened criminals than you - or they - might realize.... Surprises are in store for everyone!
ISBN # 978-0-578-37918-0 - paperback
ISBN# 9781005477080 - E-Book/Smashwords
www.topdogsnovel.com introduces the fictional Topdogs Motorcycle Club - crime fiction anti-heroes
www.topdogsnovel.com introduces the fictional Topdogs Motorcycle Club - crime fiction anti-heroes
www.topdogsnovel.com introduces the fictional Topdogs Motorcycle Club - crime fiction anti-heroes
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INTRODUCING the TOPDOGS MOTORCYCLE CLUB... fictional top-tier Outlaw Bikers who rule a city and play "the bad guys" in books about heroes, victims, and undercover policing.
InD'tale Magazine calls this a "heart-stopping" tale of crime and suspense!
Two opposing and mutually-exclusive lives meet for just a moment at a time and in a place where one of them shouldn't be. The fallout of this moment leaves a woman on the run from Organized Crime, and takes readers on a frantic plunge into the dark streets and back alleys of a richly-described criminal underworld. This riveting and disturbing biker fiction tale introduces the TOPDOGS Motorcycle Club, a fictional gang of modern-day outlaws who take us for a journey on the darker side of the road less traveled.
Inspired by actual events, this shocking and terror-filled crime fiction plays out against a backdrop of bloody gang violence that spilled across Quebec in the 1990's - the Quebec Biker War. Novelist J. Kilburn brings readers to the dark side of seedy streets in this international tale of adventure, terror, and crime set in Montreal.
ISBN # 978-0-578-32352-7 - paperback
ISBN# 978-0-578-67036-2 - EPUB
Genre-Busting Literary Fiction for Adventurous Readers
Genre-Busting Literary Fiction for Adventurous Readers
Genre-Busting Literary Fiction for Adventurous Readers
The books are set in northern New England and in the largest French-speaking city in the New World - the cosmopolitan city of Montreal. A cast of repeating characters come and go with the setting and events. Each book stands alone, but nestles into a larger story arc about small-town life, Organized Crime, and policing. They may be read in any order - each is a novel and fully self-contained story on its own.
The first story began with a chance encounter at the gas station. Outlaw Bikers - the real ones - thundered in and lent an international, dangerous air to a small town for a few brief minutes. A few years later, hunters found a body at the edge of the woods - human bones interred in a shallow, hasty grave. Anonymous and silent, those bones never-the-less screamed MURDER! The two events - bikers and murder - wove and braided themselves in my imagination, a plot was born, and I sat down to pen a short story - one about heroism, terror, and grief. My imagination kept working and other events wove in - there is plenty of horror and mischief in the region to keep a series of international crime suspense novels well-fed.
Another novel is on its way!
Genre-Busting Literary Fiction for Adventurous Readers
Genre-Busting Literary Fiction for Adventurous Readers
Coming in 2024...
J. Kilburn's third novel returns readers to Collegeville for a family drama and police procedural with romance, danger, and intrigue around every corner. Some State Police administrators, a sitting governor and a college professor are still trying to assemble a secret task force to penetrate Canadian Bikers. The book brings back some old friends and also introduces a new character: a State Trooper with secrets of her own....
Novelist J. Kilburn's works appeal to adult General Fiction and Literary Fiction fans. Other readers who may enjoy these tales include:
Social workers, policing professionals and retired spies; Reformed juvenile delinquents; Parents recovering from an especially adventurous or mis-behaved teen; New Adult readers recovering from an especially toxic or abusive parent; LGBTQ-friendly or -Questioning readers; Anyone who enjoys tales about small-town life, family drama, romance, good cooking, simple living, and hard work.
J. Kilburn's novels include brief scenes that may disturb or prematurely enlighten some readers. While at least one Editorial Reviewer has recommended the novel BEFORE for a Young Adult audience, the Author/Publisher strongly recommends that prospective readers and their parents screen the "Contents and Trigger Warnings" page near the front of these and all books before diving into a new reading adventure.
J.Kilburn tries to keep his fiction historically accurate and reasonably plausible. The best lies - and fiction - stay close to the truth.... No "racking the slide on his revolver" and no "veins spurting in bright red arcs" here! The best stories are credible, correct in the details, and well-researched. To that end, everything in these tales is true - except for that which is entirely made up. You, Dear Reader, will have to decide which is which.
There's a story for everyone... find yours today!
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