Saturday, August 30, 2025

What is Nolan Chase reading?

Featured at Writers Read: Nolan Chase, author of A Lonesome Place for Murder.

His entry begins:
The James Bond novels by Ian Fleming and Ian Fleming: The Complete Man by Nicholas Shakespeare

There’s an interesting paradox with the original Bond novels—they’re rooted in real-life espionage, yet pure adventure stories. Casino Royale and From Russia With Love are the best of them (From Russia was one of JFK’s favorite books).

Nicholas Shakespeare’s Fleming bio covers Fleming’s early life at Eton, his Navy service where he contributed to the creation of what became the CIA, and his years as...[read on]
About A Lonesome Place for Murder, from the publisher:
In this dark mystery, perfect for fans of C. J. Box, one wrong step leads Ethan Brand to the most dangerous case of his career...and the most personal.

Hoping to surprise his sons, Ethan Brand, the chief of police of a small town in northern Washington state, is contemplating buying a horse. But when the horse literally stumbles upon an abandoned smuggling tunnel, Ethan and his lead investigator Brenda Lee Page discover a dead body connected to a decade-old mystery.

Ten years ago, Tyler Rash, a troubled friend of Ethan’s, vanished without a trace. The body in the tunnel has Tyler’s ID and personal effects.

As Ethan and Brenda Lee investigate Tyler’s disappearance, they follow a trail that leads them to a cross-border smuggling operation connected to the town’s notorious family of smugglers. And when a bomb is sent to Ethan’s own house, the case takes a deadly and personal turn. A killer is stalking Ethan Brand–a killer he’ll have to face if he wants to see his family again.
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