Tom Hannaford finds mysterious lettering on a barnacle-encrusted plank floating in the surf on a deserted North Carolina beach. With insatiable curiosity, and after some questionable research, Tom convinces his friend Chris to fly with him on a leisurely vacation to the Bahamas. It is there, not so coincidentally, that Tom suspects his message from the sea originated. As they land and investigate remote Cat Island, they stumble upon a shocking discovery that sends them running for their lives. With the help of a lovable 13-year old island boy, they must use all of their skills and cunning just to survive. This fast-paced intrigue, skillfully woven by experienced pilot, sailor, explorer, and retired Navy Commander Thomas Hudgin, will captivate readers both young and old alike.

When Jason Shannon hears a Mayday call while sleeping on board the Southwind, a sailboat docked on the Cape Fear River, he leaps to his feet and responds to Maisy, an island girl in the Bahamas who lost her family at sea during a storm. Obsessed to find her, he recruits two of his friends, Lori and Jeff, to sail to Andros Island 900 miles away and search for the possible girl of his dreams. But just before departure, Jeff and Lori discover a body floating in the river that came from the Coral Sun Ray, a freighter docked nearby which nearly derails their plans.   

The Blood of Saints features a pair of dynamic new characters, FBI Special Agent Michael Saville, and US Park Police Sergeant Lowri Pritchard, who must battle anxious superiors, uncooperative government officials, and a possible massive political cover-up, as they race to solve a series of unexplained deaths that threaten national security and the sanctity of the White House itself.

Not only is The Blood of Saints a crackerjack suspense thriller in the tradition of David Baldacci or Vince Flynn; it tackles head-on some of today’s biggest hot-button issues, including corruption in the White House, and the roles that partisan politics, opinion polls, and the liberal and conservative media play in contemporary society.  It’s a compelling murder mystery, love story, and political treatise all rolled into one. 

Bestselling author Jordan Dane (No One Heard Her Scream, Evil Without A Face), had this to say about The Blood of Saints. “Keith Spence delivers a provocative look at today’s politics in The Blood of Saints, a page turning novel of espionage, murder, and betrayal.”

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 DEVIL'S BREW
by Keith Spence
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0971287525
  280 Pages
$13.49

 

Keith Spence's powerful debut novel concerns David Jourbet, a penetration agent for the CIA with a very big problem: he's just gunned down the Agency's chief of counterintelligence in cold blood. Fort Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary awaits. A life sentence for murder.

Then he's offered a way out. A simple deal, really. Help the Agency locate a missing operative and all charges will be dropped. Just like that.

Except this isn't just any agent who's gone missing. It's Marlena Cory, David's lifelong love, a woman he jilted at the altar two years earlier.

Before the mystery of Marlena's disappearance can be solved, David must return to the scene of some of some of his most traumatic childhood memories, battling demons both past and present, real and imagined.

And through it all, he will find himself plunging deeper and deeper into a spiritual and emotional Hell that makes a lifetime at Leavenworth seem like an inviting alternative.

"Devil's Brew is the debut novel of Keith Spence and presents the reader with a deadly thrill ride of a read. Devil's Brew is about a CIA agent facing a life sentence for murder - unless he helps them locate a missing operative, who happens to be the woman he loved but could not marry. Filled with twists and turns, betrayal, intrigue, double-dealing and high-stakes action, Devil's Brew is a compelling spy story that turns leisure reading into pure excitement." - Midwest Book Review

 "A gripping story without a moment of marking time. Well researched, entertaining and absolutely consuming. Written in the legacy of that master of suspense Alistair MacLean; Keith Spence has inherited the magic." - Alexander Honeywell, international relations expert

"This action-packed thriller contains all the elements necessary to carry this genre and Spence hit it right on the head. David Jourbet, the larger than life hero who's riddled with personal issues, makes a great point-of-view character. Devil's Brew is filled with an interesting supporting cast: corrupt CIA officials, nasty villains, and a mysterious romantic interest, along with a surprise ending, making Devil's Brew an entertaining read." - Jeff Pate, author of Winner Take All and Eye of the Beholder.