Tag Archives: Veterans
Clay Harvey. A Flash of Red. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1996.
While Tyler Vance is in the drive-through for his local bank one day, a fleeing bank robber points a gun at him and demands he hand over his truck. In that instant, Vance’s unique, deadly, and very secret military training … Continue reading
Filed under 1990-1999, 1996, Harvey, Clay, Mecklenburg, Piedmont, Romance/Relationship, Suspense/Thriller
Joyce Marie Taylor. Aniratak. New York: iUniverse, 2007.
Ocracoke Island is always a good setting for a story about loners, misfits, and star-crossed lovers. In this book, Ocracoke is called Blackie’s Landing. Andy McBride, a World War II veteran and former world traveler, retreated to Blackie’s Landing in … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2007, Coast, Hyde, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Taylor, Joyce Marie
Nicholas Sparks. The Lucky One. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2008.
This is one of those stranger-comes-to-town tales, but since it’s a Nicholas Sparks novel, it’s also a romance. Logan Thibault is a veteran who believes that a photograph that he found in Iraq is his lucky charm. When he comes … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2008, Coastal Plain, Romance/Relationship, Sparks, Nicholas
Mark de Castrique. Foolish Undertaking. Scottsdale, Ariz.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2006.
Barry Clayton, a funeral director in fictional Gainesboro, N.C., is back after appearing in de Castrique’s earlier novel, Dangerous Undertaking. Clayton’s business is thrust into the national spotlight when the body of a Montagnard man reknowned for helping American soldiers … Continue reading
J.D. Rhoades. The Jack Keller Thrillers.
The Devil’s Right Hand. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2005. Good Day in Hell. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2006. Safe and Sound. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2007. Jack Keller, a veteran of the first Gulf War, still experiences … Continue reading
Filed under Coastal Plain, Cumberland, Novels in Series, Rhoades, J.D., Series, Suspense/Thriller
J.D. Rhoades. The Devil’s Right Hand. New York: St. Martin’s, 2005.
Jack Keller is a bail bondsman and a veteran of the first Gulf War. Still scarred by memories of battle, his life doesn’t get any easier when he’s caught in the middle of a violent struggle in Fayetteville. Jack is … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2005, Coastal Plain, Cumberland, Novels in Series, Rhoades, J.D., Suspense/Thriller
Reynolds Price. A Long and Happy Life. New York: Atheneum, 1962.
Price’s widely acclaimed first novel is the story of Rosacoke Mustian and her unshakable adoration for the rakish Wesley Beavers. Rosacoke’s patient and unselfish love appears wasted on Wesley, a motorcycle- riding skirt-chasing Navy veteran who simply seems too impatient … Continue reading
Filed under 1960-1969, 1962, Coastal Plain, Price, Reynolds, Warren
Allan Gurganus. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. New York: Knopf, 1989.
Ninety-nine year old Lucy Marsden spins an epic tale that covers the Civil War, slavery, marriage, and death. With an energetic and humorous style, she tells the story of her remarkable life. Married at fifteen to a Confederate veteran thirty-five … Continue reading
Filed under 1980-1989, 1989, Gurganus, Allan, Historical, Novels Set in Fictional Places
Kurt Corriher. Someone to Kill. New York: St. Martin’s, 2002.
When John Pavlak’s wife is murdered, he isn’t satisfied to just sit back and let somebody else handle the investigation. Especially when he becomes a suspect himself. Pavlak is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam conflict, and the athletic director … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2002, Corriher, Kurt, Davidson, Mecklenburg, Mystery, Piedmont
