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This is the biography of Howard Allen Losness depicting the travels and experiences throughout his life.
Japan has just attacked Pearl Harbor. Simultaneously, Japan's Minister of War, Tojo Hideki has a secret project developing on the small Mariana Island of Saipan, that when completed, is guaranteed to annihilate America. Unable to trust his advisors, he sends a civilian attorney, Monoru Sakamoto to Saipan to be his watchdog. Before the project is completed, America occupies Saipan and Sakamoto and Tojo's project disappear without a trace. Fifty years later, Sakamoto's granddaughter, Akiko, goes to Saipan in an attempt to learn the fate of her grandfather. With the help of a handsome young Attorney General, Justin Moore, the son of one of the fighting men that helped liberate the island, she explores the island and uncovers the amazing fate of her grandfather. Their explorations continue until they uncover the still-existent secret project, intact. Then she learns of the embarrassment that Japan wanted to not only keep from the world, but from its own people as well-Suicide Cliff.
Walter Wentworth, CEO and President of Wentworth Steel has just married a gorgeous, intelligent, successful business woman, a person he knew nothing about her background. A check into her past by his attorney reveals the same woman, by another name, an escaped felon, wanted in Germany to face charges of homicide!
Ondre is an apartment manager who loves to look at women, even when they don't know it: in their bedroom or in the bath. This time he falls in love with a Las Vegas showgirl, Natalie, who has a live-in boyfriend, Maddox. In plotting to get rid of him, he accidentally kills him and Natalie is convicted of the crime. She will eventually be exhororated and will subsequently learn that Ondre did the dastardly deed. She will also exact her own means of revenge, one that will leave the reader rooting for her and waiting to learn of Ondre's unfortunate fate.
Cross Check is a fast-paced suspense novel concerning the life of Laura Neuell, a beautiful young woman who has been duped into thinking that she is working undercover for the CIA when in reality she is putting her life in constant danger by working for her mobster uncle as a cat burglar.
Sergeant Zachery collins has just escaped from a North Vietnamese prison where he and several other Americans have been incarcerated for the past 22 years. Picked up by an American submarine, he is delivered to the American soil wher unknown sources try to assisinate him. Only the highest source of the Pentagon had been advised of his existence. Collins in now not only faced with survival in his own country, but must discover who is trying to kill him and why. Many others will die before the answer is found. The reader will be amazed at the extent that government and military cover-up is woven into our country, all to save face.
Sparrow is a young Indian boy who lives in a small village near a lake. One day he decided that he would like to visit his cousin, Running Bear, who lived in the city. After obtaining permission from his parents and the chief of the tribe, he boarded a bus for the city. When he arrived he was shocked to see how the people had such little regard for their environment, marking up buildings and throwing refuse on the ground with vehicles that burped soot into the air. He soon tired of the conditions there and returned home, happy to breathe clean air, free of smog and the noise of the city.
Here are twelve stories from thriller writer Howard Losness, beginning with the tale of a man who refuses to act his age. You'll read about the deal he makes with a Mr. Sattan in return for his youth and the consequences thereof. Then there is Harm, who is living the good life with his wife and family, until the arrival of a letter announcing an additional member that he hadn't counted on, or even knew about. Charlie finds his dream girl and marries her, only to give everyone at the wedding reception the surprise of their lives. And then there is Paddy O'Toole, a gangster wannabe. Wait until you read what fate has in store for this fool. No collection of short stories would be complete without a 'Who done it'. In The Butler Did It, you'll discover Howard Losness' version of not one butler, but a plane full of them. In each of Howard Losness' short stories you will find yourself drawn into the lives and dilemmas that his characters create for themselves.
An accurate and accessible survey of modern psychological theory and practice, this reference offers professional writers practical advice for incorporating psychological elements into their work. With easy-to-understand explanations and definitions, this book is an invaluable resource for any writer wishing to add realistic details to scenes that depict psychologists, mental illnesses and disorders, and psychotherapeutic treatments. Designed around the needs of professional fiction and nonfiction writers, this is an easy-to-use resource that includes historical and modern psychological treatments and terms and refutes popularly held misconceptions.
Caroline Walbrook is an accomplished author whose life is about to change when she learns that the headaches she has been having and periodic passing out bouts are the result of a brain tumor that is threatening her very existence and must be surgically removed immediately. The operation is successful, but the stress of the procedure leaves her in a coma. While in a comatose state, Carolines husband and his lover, Carolines best friend, Lenore Patterson, develop a plot to kill her. A simple drug introduced into her feeding tube, or a pillow over her face should do it, but before they can implement the plan, Caroline Walbrook comes out of her coma. She has no memory of who she is, nor does she remember anyone that had been involved in her life, including her husband. Time for plan B to be implemented.