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    Marinated Money: Love, Crime and Capers in the time of COVID-19: A Helen and Frank Story, #2
    Russians and Rubles: A Helen and Frank Story, #3
    Helen and Frank: Getting Older and Finding Love with Food, Wine, Theater, Music, Crime and COVID: A Helen and Frank Story, #1
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    A Helen and Frank Story Series

    By Thomas Morgan

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    About this series

    Growing old is risky. Combine it with poverty and you have a conundrum. In Defiance Is Different, the fourth in the Helen and Frank series, Frank Palermo had lost his money by 2023. He had sent it to aid the defense of Ukraine, along with prodigious sums of money he had defrauded from Russian oligarchs. Helen Palermo was living on a placid lake in Florida, estranged from Frank, whom she feared might get her killed. Barney Browning and Vinnie Palermo continued to make money. They needed to invest it somewhere, so they began buying regional banks in the Midwest. Their success attracted unwanted attention. With Barney's help, Frank returned to his gastronomic roots and opened a small restaurant in Defiance, Missouri. Helen arrived from Florida and helped Frank's restaurant succeed. The Covid-19 pandemic was over, yet people had much to fear--multiple wars, urban crime, a porous southern border, inflation, ubiquitous fentanyl, inept and scary politicians, overreaching bureaucrats, a divided electorate, and a presidential election year. If 2023 was calamitous, imagine what 2024 might bring.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTMH Books
    Release dateMay 17, 2021
    Marinated Money: Love, Crime and Capers in the time of COVID-19: A Helen and Frank Story, #2
    Russians and Rubles: A Helen and Frank Story, #3
    Helen and Frank: Getting Older and Finding Love with Food, Wine, Theater, Music, Crime and COVID: A Helen and Frank Story, #1

    Titles in the series (4)

    • 1

      Helen and Frank: Getting Older and Finding Love with Food, Wine, Theater, Music, Crime and COVID: A Helen and Frank Story, #1
      Helen and Frank: Getting Older and Finding Love with Food, Wine, Theater, Music, Crime and COVID: A Helen and Frank Story, #1

      Helen and Frank: Getting Older and Finding Love with Food, Wine, Theater, Music, Crime and COVID: A Helen and Frank Story, #1

      Thomas Morgan
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      In a St. Louis memory care center, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, two unlikely people run afoul of each other. And somehow, despite their faults and bad intentions, almost inexplicably … they fall in love. If it happens to you, remember how Helen and Frank found joy in their imperfect lives.

      In a St. Louis memory care center, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, two unlikely people run afoul of each other. And somehow, despite their faults and bad intentions, almost inexplicably … they fall in love. If it happens to you, remember how Helen and Frank found joy in their imperfect lives.

    • 2

      Marinated Money: Love, Crime and Capers in the time of COVID-19: A Helen and Frank Story, #2
      Marinated Money: Love, Crime and Capers in the time of COVID-19: A Helen and Frank Story, #2

      Marinated Money: Love, Crime and Capers in the time of COVID-19: A Helen and Frank Story, #2

      Thomas Morgan
      4/5 - 1 rating
      4/5 - 1 rating

      The second novella in the series of Helen and Frank stories, Marinated Money continues to follow the antics, love, crime and capers of Helen and Frank, who met in a St. Louis memory care center amidst the Covid-19 pandemic ... and fell in love. By the end of 2021, the pandemic dragged on.Economies were in chaos. Politicians were at each other's throats. Helen and Frank have married and moved to a rural area of St. Albans, Missouri, to escape urban chaos. However, Vinnie, Frank's nephew, has caught up with them with an anxious and concerned phone call Frank can't ignore. Before they know it, they've become involved with con men, a money laundering caper, and a cast of nefarious characters. Throw in some good intentions - and bad decisions - and some good old fashioned twists and Marinated Money will keep you guessing until the end. And what about those bronzes? 

      The second novella in the series of Helen and Frank stories, Marinated Money continues to follow the antics, love, crime and capers of Helen and Frank, who met in a St. Louis memory care center amidst the Covid-19 pandemic ... and fell in love. By the end of 2021, the pandemic dragged on.Economies were in chaos. Politicians were at each other's throats. Helen and Frank have married and moved to a rural area of St. Albans, Missouri, to escape urban chaos. However, Vinnie, Frank's nephew, has caught up with them with an anxious and concerned phone call Frank can't ignore. Before they know it, they've become involved with con men, a money laundering caper, and a cast of nefarious characters. Throw in some good intentions - and bad decisions - and some good old fashioned twists and Marinated Money will keep you guessing until the end. And what about those bronzes? 

    • 3

      Russians and Rubles: A Helen and Frank Story, #3
      Russians and Rubles: A Helen and Frank Story, #3

      Russians and Rubles: A Helen and Frank Story, #3

      Thomas Morgan
      0 ratings
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      Russians and Rubles, the third installment of the Helen and Frank Stories by Thomas Morgan, takes our two stalwarts and their little band of conspirators through the tumultuous year of 2022.   Amidst the disorder of Covid-19, crime, inflation, fentanyl overdoses, and a porous southern border, a new plague arrived in 2022:  Vladimir Putin had his military invade Ukraine on February 28.   Helen's aggressive nature and Frank's money laundering skills attract attention from the wrong people. They tangle with an assorted group of miscreants, including American mobsters, Wagner Group operatives, shady bankers, and ambitious federal investigators.   Though Helen and Frank's rural location in St. Albans, Missouri, insulates them from urban chaos, danger finds them. Their involvement with criminal elements here and abroad compounded their peril. With wealth and influence, anyone can eventually overstep. It happens to Helen and Frank. They had to learn their lesson the hard way.

      Russians and Rubles, the third installment of the Helen and Frank Stories by Thomas Morgan, takes our two stalwarts and their little band of conspirators through the tumultuous year of 2022.   Amidst the disorder of Covid-19, crime, inflation, fentanyl overdoses, and a porous southern border, a new plague arrived in 2022:  Vladimir Putin had his military invade Ukraine on February 28.   Helen's aggressive nature and Frank's money laundering skills attract attention from the wrong people. They tangle with an assorted group of miscreants, including American mobsters, Wagner Group operatives, shady bankers, and ambitious federal investigators.   Though Helen and Frank's rural location in St. Albans, Missouri, insulates them from urban chaos, danger finds them. Their involvement with criminal elements here and abroad compounded their peril. With wealth and influence, anyone can eventually overstep. It happens to Helen and Frank. They had to learn their lesson the hard way.

    • 4

      Defiance Is Different: A Helen and Frank Story, #4
      Defiance Is Different: A Helen and Frank Story, #4

      Defiance Is Different: A Helen and Frank Story, #4

      Thomas Morgan
      0 ratings
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      Growing old is risky. Combine it with poverty and you have a conundrum. In Defiance Is Different, the fourth in the Helen and Frank series, Frank Palermo had lost his money by 2023. He had sent it to aid the defense of Ukraine, along with prodigious sums of money he had defrauded from Russian oligarchs. Helen Palermo was living on a placid lake in Florida, estranged from Frank, whom she feared might get her killed. Barney Browning and Vinnie Palermo continued to make money. They needed to invest it somewhere, so they began buying regional banks in the Midwest. Their success attracted unwanted attention. With Barney's help, Frank returned to his gastronomic roots and opened a small restaurant in Defiance, Missouri. Helen arrived from Florida and helped Frank's restaurant succeed. The Covid-19 pandemic was over, yet people had much to fear--multiple wars, urban crime, a porous southern border, inflation, ubiquitous fentanyl, inept and scary politicians, overreaching bureaucrats, a divided electorate, and a presidential election year. If 2023 was calamitous, imagine what 2024 might bring.

      Growing old is risky. Combine it with poverty and you have a conundrum. In Defiance Is Different, the fourth in the Helen and Frank series, Frank Palermo had lost his money by 2023. He had sent it to aid the defense of Ukraine, along with prodigious sums of money he had defrauded from Russian oligarchs. Helen Palermo was living on a placid lake in Florida, estranged from Frank, whom she feared might get her killed. Barney Browning and Vinnie Palermo continued to make money. They needed to invest it somewhere, so they began buying regional banks in the Midwest. Their success attracted unwanted attention. With Barney's help, Frank returned to his gastronomic roots and opened a small restaurant in Defiance, Missouri. Helen arrived from Florida and helped Frank's restaurant succeed. The Covid-19 pandemic was over, yet people had much to fear--multiple wars, urban crime, a porous southern border, inflation, ubiquitous fentanyl, inept and scary politicians, overreaching bureaucrats, a divided electorate, and a presidential election year. If 2023 was calamitous, imagine what 2024 might bring.

    Author

    Thomas Morgan

    Thomas Morgan Hyers, a practicing pulmonologist in St. Louis. He is in the same age group as the principal characters in the story, and he experienced the year 2020 in his medical practice and in his personal interactions with family and friends. He currently practices pulmonary occupational medicine and conducts clinical research with new pharmaceuticals. He wrote this story during the peak lockdown period when his practice was curtailed by Covid-19. In addition to his medical responsibilities and writing efforts, he likes to spend time with his family, garden and cook. 

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      It was a pleasant enough story, doesn't take a lot of time to read. He obviously knows what's going on regarding COVID 19, and is a fan of crime capers.