DS Kane's brAInbender, Book 9 of the Spies Lie series cover reveal:

Coming soon: DS Kane's brAInbender, book 9 of the Spies Lie series. Here's the cover:

You can see that the sky is constructed of numbers and there is a giant eye above Ann's figure...

"PAGE TURNERS" Local Author Event in Monterey on July 15

"PAGE TURNERS" ...

A Local Authors Book Fest!
Sunday, July 15, 2-5 p.m., Monterey Elks Lodge, 150 Mar Vista

Pre-event presentation at 1 p.m. by DS Kane: How to Write a Thriller

Co-sponsored by Central Coast Writers & Monterey Elks Lodge

FREE PUBLIC EVENT! Come to meet more than 40 local published authors. Book giveaways all afternoon. Wide variety of books available for purchase at “below Amazon” prices: mysteries, memoirs, children’s books, thriller novels, spy stories, poetry, sci-fi! Great chance to pick up books for later gifts.

Come, browse, enjoy!

DS Kane's MindField honored by Kirkus Reviews

I received this moments ago:

David –

I hope your week is off to a good start. I'm writing to let you know that your review for Mindfield was selected by our Indie Editors to be featured in Kirkus Reviews 3/15 Issue. Congratulations! Your review will appear as one of the 35 reviews in the Indie section of the magazine which is sent out to over 5,000 industry professionals (librarians, publishers, agents, etc.) Less than 10% of our Indie reviews are chosen for this, so it's a great honor. I will send you the digital copy when it comes out this week but I wanted to share the news...

All the best, 

Monique

Monique Stensrud

Advertising & Promotions Director

KIRKUS MEDIA LLC

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mstensrud@kirkus.com

Received yesterday, January 8, 2018...Kirkus Reviews MindField

Kirkus Reviews

BOOK REVIEW of MindField, Book 8 of DS Kane's Spies Lie series

In the eighth installment of Kane’s (CypherGhost, 2016, etc.) Spies Lie series, a hacker and her parents aim to uncover the truth about a CIA conspiracy.

Ann Sashakovich, an 18-year-old Stanford University student and computer hacker, is the adopted daughter of two spies in the United Nations Paramilitary Force, Cassandra Sashakovich and Lee Ainsley. Ann discovers that she has the power to access the internet mentally and turn off “Bug-Loks,” nanodevices that hackers implant in human subjects to collect information. On her first day of her sophomore year, Ann meets the handsome Glen Sarkov and quickly falls for him. He’s the CEO of Mindfield, a startup that’s designing a “nano-firewall” to prevent hacking of medical technology. When a company called InTelQ expresses interest in funding Mindfield, Glen is ecstatic, but Ann believes that he may be in danger. Meanwhile, Ann’s parents need her talents to offset a murderous plan by the CIA. The story features an engaging cast of multifaceted players, including Laura Hunter, Ann’s roommate, who has a dark secret about her mother’s death; Frank Lucessi, an arms and drug dealer; and Daniel Strumler, the newly elected U.S. president who has a reputation as “America’s dumbest presidential candidate.” The story switches between several different characters, which gives readers clear insight into each of their motivations. Ann’s crush on Glen, her frequent texts with her mom, and her focus on her schoolwork are all nice, down-to-earth additions to a high-energy thriller. In addition, Kane’s sharp prose moves the narrative along quickly and leaves no room for dull moments. In one particularly dark scene, a character reflects on murders he just committed: “As he stood up, the dead bodies stared back at him. He took a deep breath to keep their ghosts from causing him to regret what he’d done for money.” Although the mystery ties up nicely, the fates of some characters are still left unresolved, which will either leave readers feeling unsatisfied or hoping for another book in the series.

A fast-paced thriller with an empowered young female protagonist.