Michael Ebner

A coming of age story for readers who are both book lovers and film fans. It’s been three years since Joe’s father vanished. Now seventeen, he is unaware that government agents are watching him in case his dad makes contact. Joe is too distracted by his secret girlfriend, midnight swims in the pools of strangers, free drinks from his buddies at the movie game and the glamorous college student, Felicity. But his movie-esque existence and addiction to fiction is set to collide with a heavy dose of reality this summer when he discovers everything is not what it seems: his secret girlfriend wants to be the real thing. His college fling may have ulterior motives. And the government agents want co-operation to catch his missing father. All this and the three year old death of Joe’s first girlfriend Alice are going to cause him to face some dark truths. It’s no longer a movie game. This is his life and he wants to win.

Hotel concierge, Joel Wilson, has recently befriended the lobby pianist, Wade Farley and his path will soon change in ways he could never have imagined. Both have talent, ambition and big plans for other careers; Joel to be a film director and Wade to make it as a musician. But they'll need to go to great lengths to cut through the competition. Their scheme to hit the big time takes them to New York and kick-starts a dangerous game. Underestimating music mogul Lance Martin makes it a deadly one. He's the reason one hit wonders vanish from the face of the earth.

Crime thriller readers of ordinary-people-in-extraordinary-circumstances will enjoy this acclaimed new series – where espionage and mafia worlds collide with Seattle reporter, Teagan Penn. By award-winning author, Michael Ebner, a Kirkus Reviews ‘Best Books of the Year’ author. “An entertaining page-turner that mixes punchy shootouts with resonant soul-searching. Ebner gives his characters rich back stories and complex motivations. Teagan proves to be an appealing hero with depth and determination – readers will enjoy rooting for her. GET IT. ” - Kirkus Reviews “Ebner has crafted a fast-paced thriller with plenty of twists and turns that make it difficult to recognize fact from fiction.” – San Francisco Book Review “Intense thriller. An ending you will not see coming.” – Los Angeles Book Review “Global terrorism, mafias and one woman running from her personal struggles to try and make a difference form this twisting action thriller. A good recommendation for fans of action, thrillers and espionage.” – LoveReading (UK) "The excitement in this book starts right from the first chapter" – Chicago Book Review “The next best thing its readers pick up. Engaging and exciting from the beginning. Teagan has no choice but to fight fire with fire.” – Portland Book Review “A riveting story. Makes the reader feel they are on the edge of their seat, waiting to see what happens next.” – Seattle Book Review Teagan is successful in her own right but she’s not the crusader journalist she aspired to be back in college. She needs a personal distraction and decides to make a difference in the world to help others. When a foreign news story shocks her to the core, she takes matters into her own hands and starts a special project. But not everybody will be happy about her illegally funded venture. When Teagan travels to Paris to deal with a project setback, she wakes up in a luxury hotel in the middle of a terrorist siege. Or is it a planned attack on her life? Like other survivors from the siege, she is taken to a local police station. Routine questioning turns to intense interrogation by an American–a European Counterterrorism agent–Robert Lexington. She is the only one in custody who has seen Roman in the last ten years. Teagan is persuaded by Lexington to help locate him–a high priority person of interest–and in return she will avoid the courts and military prison back home. What follows is a challenging personal journey for Teagan across Europe and America. She must draw on her experience as a skilled interviewer, improviser and investigator to find the ghost-like Roman for her family's survival.