Flagrant Three by Carl Linke

http://www.amazon.com/Flagrant-Three-Carl-E-Linke/dp/0982742193

Elections are over. Gone are those endless ads, phone calls, signs, buttons, mail inserts and letters promoting voting for you know who. With all of that behind us, there is no better time to sit back, relax and lose yourself in a good book, a mystery thriller, my newest novel, Flagrant Three. An unspeakable kidnapping leads to a questionable suicide and murder as a vengeful psychopath plays on the fervor of March Madness for payback. Four days before his appearance in the Final Four, the country’s best college basketball player is missing, believed kidnapped from his Cinderella, small college in rural South Carolina. Without him, hopes for a championship evaporate as do the significant alumni donations tied to the national exposure. A lazy and pompous athletic director turns to Tucker McGill, his much ballyhooed bad boy assistant with a scarred past, to spearhead the search. Spurred along by his over-inquisitive love interest, Melissa Cooper, and supported by the local sheriff, PJ Beedle, the hunt sends frenzied fans to the streets around the country when mysterious messages begin to jeopardize and expose the president of the college, the NCAA, and the television sports media. Surrounded by FBI agents, the Atlanta Police Department, Aiken County deputies, and liars that have him doubting his own instincts, Tucker confronts officials as he works to unravel the motives of a mastermind with a secret past and exposes an incredible plot which has the search team hunting their own. Flagrant Three will not have you bogged down in double-dribbles or play-by-play analysis. It is a mystery thriller that drives the madness of March to a peak when it changes the “what if” to the “what now” as the clock ticks Cinderella closer to game time…or game over. Flagrant Three is available on my website ( www.carllinke.com ) and on Amazon (paperback and Kindle version.) NOTE: I have a few copies direct from the printers, which allows me the opportunity to sign all books ordered via my website. (I know, big whoop!) If you want me to write a note plus a signature, please order your book from my website and then send me an email with what you would like me to write. I am not able to sign books ordered through Amazon. A chance to beat the Black Friday crowds and the Christmas Eve rush, Flagrant Three is priced to make it a great stocking stuffer or small gift as college basketball kicks off its march to March Madness. CEL +’ PS WOMP it up! W-ord O-f –Mouth P-romotions…pass this note on to your contacts list! Word of mouth and social networks are the best forms of marketing. Please help me spread the word; let your friends know about Flagrant Three. PPS For those of you who have not read my first book, Haint Blue (for shame!), it, too, is available on my website at a reduced price.