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    Hell's Cold Furies
    When The Ball Drops Foul
    A Hole in the Water
    Ebook series4 titles

    The DREW NOLAN stories Series

    By Charles Bechtel

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    About this series

    No Dead People...

    That's what June said right before she left Nolan. Did he listen? Noooo...

    Okay, so Drew had to meet a dead man before they went to Santa Anita Park to watch the ponies run. But it wasn't his fault.

    His sister Annigail made him go.

    Turned out, their fay at the races wasn't going to be the walk in the park they expected.

    Conmen, jockeys, horse thieves, killers, the FBI, people toting guns... and a gorgeous Latin woman in a black dress and dark stockings...

    Like Drew Nolan can leave this alone?

    No way.

    Travel with Drew to not so sunny California in this fourth book in the series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles Bechtel
    Release dateMay 13, 2013
    Hell's Cold Furies
    When The Ball Drops Foul
    A Hole in the Water

    Titles in the series (4)

    • 1

      A Hole in the Water
      A Hole in the Water

      A Hole in the Water

      Charles Bechtel
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      Vacationing with an old High School flame on his charter boat in the Caribbean, Nolan sets his hook into something he wishes he hadn’t. The floating bag of stink hauls him into deeper and deeper waters until there’s nowhere to go but down. Drew gets dragged from his home port in Key Largo to up the Florida Coast and into a crummy marina, then out to a posh resort on the island of Bimini, then across the Caribbean to the south Texas coast, then to a Colombian resort island where possibly, just possibly, the drug cartel won’t notice him. Introducing his girlfriend June, smart, sassy and sexy. There’s his Rich-As-Croesus brother-in-law, Watt, and his poor as dirt first mate Wiley. As for people wanting his more than roughed up, there’s the dapper lawyer for the drug lords, Lawrence, a mysterious and too all-knowing Ghost who keeps telling him to mind his own business, and more than enough people banging him on the head. There’s Cordell Rapp, wannabee fishing king, gotta be smuggler, has to be killer whose partner it was that found himself on Captain Nolan’s hook. Oh yeah, let’s not forget Charlotte Rapp, the woman with the champagne-colored hair. She’s the weasel Rapp’s svelte and abandoned wife who joins Captain Nolan for a cruise he won’t soon forget.

      Vacationing with an old High School flame on his charter boat in the Caribbean, Nolan sets his hook into something he wishes he hadn’t. The floating bag of stink hauls him into deeper and deeper waters until there’s nowhere to go but down. Drew gets dragged from his home port in Key Largo to up the Florida Coast and into a crummy marina, then out to a posh resort on the island of Bimini, then across the Caribbean to the south Texas coast, then to a Colombian resort island where possibly, just possibly, the drug cartel won’t notice him. Introducing his girlfriend June, smart, sassy and sexy. There’s his Rich-As-Croesus brother-in-law, Watt, and his poor as dirt first mate Wiley. As for people wanting his more than roughed up, there’s the dapper lawyer for the drug lords, Lawrence, a mysterious and too all-knowing Ghost who keeps telling him to mind his own business, and more than enough people banging him on the head. There’s Cordell Rapp, wannabee fishing king, gotta be smuggler, has to be killer whose partner it was that found himself on Captain Nolan’s hook. Oh yeah, let’s not forget Charlotte Rapp, the woman with the champagne-colored hair. She’s the weasel Rapp’s svelte and abandoned wife who joins Captain Nolan for a cruise he won’t soon forget.

    • 2

      Hell's Cold Furies
      Hell's Cold Furies

      Hell's Cold Furies

      Charles Bechtel
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      Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you. That’s what other people might think, but Nolan sees something in the half-eaten corpse lying on an outcrop to a Montana mountain that says differently. And what it says is, “Nolan, you’ve gotten yourself in some kind of mess... again.” Follow Drew Nolan as he tries to figure out three things: 1) Who’s the dead guy, and why is he dead? 2) Who are these mysterious women that seem to be in the middle of the muddle? 3) How the Hell did I ever get involved in something that is none of my business? Things haven’t been going well for Drew. He’s down in the dumps, no boat, no girl, no livelihood, no sense enough to stay out of Montana and off a horse. So what’s Nolan do to make a change? He visits a Dude Ranch in Montana, saddles up and rides out... to a mountain pass where a corpse lies waiting. Oh yeah, he brings Wiley with him, and together they slide down a mountain of trouble.

      Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you. That’s what other people might think, but Nolan sees something in the half-eaten corpse lying on an outcrop to a Montana mountain that says differently. And what it says is, “Nolan, you’ve gotten yourself in some kind of mess... again.” Follow Drew Nolan as he tries to figure out three things: 1) Who’s the dead guy, and why is he dead? 2) Who are these mysterious women that seem to be in the middle of the muddle? 3) How the Hell did I ever get involved in something that is none of my business? Things haven’t been going well for Drew. He’s down in the dumps, no boat, no girl, no livelihood, no sense enough to stay out of Montana and off a horse. So what’s Nolan do to make a change? He visits a Dude Ranch in Montana, saddles up and rides out... to a mountain pass where a corpse lies waiting. Oh yeah, he brings Wiley with him, and together they slide down a mountain of trouble.

    • 3

      When The Ball Drops Foul
      When The Ball Drops Foul

      When The Ball Drops Foul

      Charles Bechtel
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      "An ill wind that bloweth no man to good." A pleasant afternoon: the sky is blue, the grass is green, the company — although to each of them Drew and June had been strangers — willing to share their good humor along with cole slaw, ears of corn and hamburgers, when suddenly the news arrives. And the news is not good. Somebody killed Willa Maes. Worse, the talented, young ballplayer had been lynched. Maybe the right place, wrong time, but Drew Nolan has landed in it again. Sure, all they had to do was get back aboard their new boat, The Sweet Discourse, but this was a circumstance June Kingswood refused to turn a blind eye toward. At her urging, and against Drew's reluctance, our ex-cop-turned-charter-captain again plunges in where he doesn't belong. Or is wanted. But no worries, he's got this. Or does he? Has Drew Nolan just made things worse? Read this third book in the series to find out.

      "An ill wind that bloweth no man to good." A pleasant afternoon: the sky is blue, the grass is green, the company — although to each of them Drew and June had been strangers — willing to share their good humor along with cole slaw, ears of corn and hamburgers, when suddenly the news arrives. And the news is not good. Somebody killed Willa Maes. Worse, the talented, young ballplayer had been lynched. Maybe the right place, wrong time, but Drew Nolan has landed in it again. Sure, all they had to do was get back aboard their new boat, The Sweet Discourse, but this was a circumstance June Kingswood refused to turn a blind eye toward. At her urging, and against Drew's reluctance, our ex-cop-turned-charter-captain again plunges in where he doesn't belong. Or is wanted. But no worries, he's got this. Or does he? Has Drew Nolan just made things worse? Read this third book in the series to find out.

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      Running Before Thunder
      Running Before Thunder

      Running Before Thunder

      Charles Bechtel
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      No Dead People... That's what June said right before she left Nolan. Did he listen? Noooo... Okay, so Drew had to meet a dead man before they went to Santa Anita Park to watch the ponies run. But it wasn't his fault. His sister Annigail made him go. Turned out, their fay at the races wasn't going to be the walk in the park they expected. Conmen, jockeys, horse thieves, killers, the FBI, people toting guns... and a gorgeous Latin woman in a black dress and dark stockings... Like Drew Nolan can leave this alone? No way. Travel with Drew to not so sunny California in this fourth book in the series.

      No Dead People... That's what June said right before she left Nolan. Did he listen? Noooo... Okay, so Drew had to meet a dead man before they went to Santa Anita Park to watch the ponies run. But it wasn't his fault. His sister Annigail made him go. Turned out, their fay at the races wasn't going to be the walk in the park they expected. Conmen, jockeys, horse thieves, killers, the FBI, people toting guns... and a gorgeous Latin woman in a black dress and dark stockings... Like Drew Nolan can leave this alone? No way. Travel with Drew to not so sunny California in this fourth book in the series.

    Author

    Charles Bechtel

    Born:Spring Lake, North Carolina, April, 1953, fourth day, five minutes past midnight (thus late for my parents’ anniversary, which sets a standard for all such events from then on.)Educated:a long while back, when colleges offered to improve human beings attending their classes, not dedicate themselves to the function of making a person employable. Ahh, the good old days.Undergraduate degree: In English from a State college in Glassboro, NJ, that changed its name to Rowan University when Mr. Rowan gave it a huge wad of cash.Master degree:In English from Temple University in 1996, which is where I got to learn exactly what I needed to know from David H. Bradley, the author of a fine book, “The Chaneysville Incident” *among others) which I recommend reading. Otherwise, graduate school for writers is a waste of time and money.Marriage:I married to the finest woman on Earth, by accounts of many others more than myself: Manuela.I married once before, but for practice. It lasted a mere sixteen months.Manuela brought with her two wonderful young ladies, Elizabeth (Baby Beth) and Manuela (Meme), who each in turn delivered into my life young ladies of inestimable worth: Sky (b. 2003) Lucy (b. 2007) and Mia (b. 2008.) Though I give to each huge chunks of my heart, doing so has increased that heart’s size.Work History:Let’s say I worked, and have enjoyed no occupation more than Educator. My students put their trust in me; I put my faith in them. Pretty much always works out.What I do for fun:Everything. If it is not fun, I quickly stop doing it. (see Work, above)Writing Philosophy:Make sense by appealing to the senses.

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