Swiftshadow, Book 3 of DS Kane's Spies Lie seres is FREE!

	Swiftshadow by DS Kane Get This Book for FREE  (today and tomorrow only) When Cassandra Sashakovich, a bright but arrogant economist and consultant, is in Riyadh completing a financial forecasting assignment, her cover is blown by a mole from her intelligence agency. A covert agent whose call sign is “Swiftshadow,” she barely survives an encounter with a hit man and escapes to Washington, where she is fired by her agency for becoming a liability. Hunted by terrorists who fear she may have hacked details of their pending operation, Cassie must identify the mole and neutralize the terrorists to recover her life. She finds help in the arms of another rogue agent, Lee Ainsley, and learns how to deal with life on the run from a homeless teen, Ann Silbee. From Riyadh to the halls of power in Washington, from New York’s homeless to Hong Kong’s center of technology, from the remnants of Silicon Valley to Al Qaeda’s Afghanistan, Cassie desperately races against the clock to expose plots by both her own government and the terrorists; an operation that could result in the deaths of millions of Americans. Cassie must come to terms with her own nature, find and use skills she never knew she had. But even if she survives, will the experience change her into someone worse than those who want her dead? And if she survives is there some way for her to emerge more mature and self-reliant, no longer a naive tool of her country?

The link to Kirkus Reviews September 15 issue...

So, here's the link to Kirkus Reviews September 15 issue where Graynet, Book 4 of the Spies Lie series by DS Kane is one of the featured reviews:

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ds-kane/graynet/

And, if you are two busy to click the link, here's the entire review:

KIRKUS REVIEW

In the fourth novel in the Spies Lie series, an array of foes is still out to kill former covert operative Cassandra Sashakovich, despite her efforts to settle down with her boyfriend and adopted daughter.
At the close of the previous installment (Swiftshadow, 2014), Cassie had successfully overseen the deaths of the two terrorist brothers who had tried to kill her. However, just because Tariq and Pesi Houmaz are dead does not mean Cassie’s problems are over. Her boyfriend, Lee Ainsley, has been sent to Guantánamo Bay under false charges, and while she’s able to blackmail the government in order to free him, her actions don’t make her any new friends. In fact, the president of the United States himself wants her dead. Despite this threat, Cassie attempts to settle down in suburban Maryland with Lee and adopted daughter Ann Silbee, a homeless teenager she met in the tunnels underneath the streets of New York while on the run. Unfortunately, Lee and Ann clash immediately, both still suffering from traumatic events in their pasts. To top it all off, there is a third Houmaz brother, and he wants revenge for his brothers’ deaths. When a call for Cassie’s assassination is posted on GrayNet—a website that allows visitors to bet on life and death with potentially huge payouts—thousands of professional killers and desperate amateurs set out to be the one to deliver her head to Houmaz. Author Kane continues to deliver solid thrills chock-full of international intrigue and shocking ideas that get the conspiracy wheels turning. The addition of Ann to the sprawling cast heightens the stakes even further. Cassie remains a frequently frustrating protagonist; she’s so stubborn and demanding to those she calls friends, it’s a wonder she has any. Yet her ingenuity and will to survive against such insane odds will make readers root for her nonetheless.
Nonstop action and suspense starring the definition of a strong female lead.

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I just received an email from the folks at Kirkus Reviews (Anna Cooper):

Your review for “GrayNet" was selected by our Indie Editors to be featured in Kirkus Reviews 9/15 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.

If you'd like to read the entire, unedited review, pick up a copy at Kirkus Reviews (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/issue/). 

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ProxyWar, Book 6 of DS Kane's Spies Lie series, is now complete and I've sent it off to the copyeditor. It's looking good to be
available around Thanksgiving time.

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With Book 6 out of my critical path, I've started on Cyberthief, Book 7 of the Spies Lie Series.
My research for this one included lessons in Black Hat hacking. It's good to be back to a world I once lived in.

BookNook.biz reviews DS Kane's Spies Lie series

Kimberly Hutchens of BookNook.biz reviewed DS Kane's Spies Lie series on their blog:
http://www.booknook.biz/announcements/ds-kane-s-deathbyte-is-amazon-bestseller
Wow! A great and quite thorough review. Give it a read, ad if you like what you see, subscribe to her blog.

Kirkus Reviews Baksheesh (Bribes)

Today, Kirkus Reviews posted their review of Baksheesh (Bribes), Book 5 of the Spies Lie series:

“Author Kane shows no sign of running out of wild plot twists and corrupt figures out to destroy Cassie, not to mention the world…readers will be swept away on the tidal wave of sexy, espionage-laced prose…More wild, violent adventures in the world of international espionage.” – Kirkus Reviews

To read more click on this link: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ds-kane/baksheesh-bribes/

Link to DS Kane's NPR interview: What It's Really like to be a Spy

KALW FM, (NPR San Francisco). On the Aug. 16, 2015 edition of Work with Marty Nemko, listen to the interview with DS Kane, former intelligence service undercover operative and author of Blood Ridge on what it’s really like to be a spy.

Listen to the interview with this link: http://kalw.org/post/work-marty-nemko-whats-it-really-be-spy

DS Kane to be interviewed on NPR Radio this coming Sunday (8/16) at 11 a.m.

Would you like to know what it’s like to be a covert operative? DS Kane will be interviewed by Marty Nemko on KALW 91.7 FM (NPR Radio, San Francisco) this Sunday, August 16, 2015. Tune in to Work with Marty Nemko and listen for just over half an hour and get an inside look at what it takes to be a spy.

Kane will answer Marty Nemko's questions, including these:

• I’d imagine that if deception is key to being a spy, you need to be a good liar.  Are black operatives trained on how to avoid their lies being detected? If so, what do they teach you?
• Has being an undercover asset made you more or less trusting of people in your real life?
• Is there a cyberthreat that particularly worries you?
• You said there are over 1,200 intelligence services in the U.S. Why so many?
• The relationship of the US to Arab states seems to be getting stronger while getting weaker with Israel. Is that affecting how US intelligence services and Israel’s, the Mossad, are working together?

If you are in the San Francisco Bay area, you can listen to KALW 91.7 FM (NPR-SF). If you are an out-of-towner, listen on-line at http://kalw.org/listen-live.