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Joseph Flynn


Biography

Joseph Flynn was born in Chicago and raised in the shadow of Wrigley Field. He was one of three White Sox fans in the neighborhood, swimming against the tide of the Cubs faithful. Such adversity would later serve him well as he embarked on a career in writing. His education was both parochial and secular, including, St. Mary of the Lake School, Francis W. Parker School, Loyola University and Northeastern Illinois University. Mr. Flynn's novels have been published by Signet Books, Bantam Books, Variance Publishing and his own imprint Stray Dog Press, Inc. Booklist said, "...Flynn is an excellent storyteller."

Where to find Joseph Flynn online

Website: http://www.josephflynn.com
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Books

Hot Type    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $2.99 USD. 108500 words. Published on November 21, 2011. Fiction.
Two men on the run … Dan Cameron gets a cool old typewriter for his birthday. He uses it to write his first novel and then he's told he has to give it back. But Dan and his wife, Erin, take off while their lawyers fight in court. Fetch McDonald is three weeks away from finishing his prison sentence when he learns his wife is getting married in two weeks. He breaks out of jail. Laughs ensue.
The K Street Killer    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $3.99 USD. 157680 words. Published on November 19, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Somebody in Washington is killing lobbyists. Three in consecutive weeks. Putnam Shady tells Sweetie he will be next. Sweetie says she’ll protect Putnam and enlists Jim McGill to find the killer. Then McGill’s world turns upside down when his son is diagnosed with leukemia. Meanwhile, Welborn Yates and Kira Fahey schedule their marriage — and have to deal with wedding crashers.
One False Step    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $2.99 USD. 130720 words. Published on November 18, 2011. Fiction.
Two cops. Two killers. One plan. But when do those things ever work out?
Still Coming    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $2.99 USD. 150750 words. Published on May 30, 2011. Fiction.
Every year the college admission process is a nerve shredding experience for thousands of the brightest young minds in the country. This year, however, the tables are turned for Shepherdton College in New York. Long after rejection notices have been sent out, it receives 437 letter with a two-word message written in blood red ink: Still Coming. Some people just refuse to take no for an answer.
Nailed    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $3.99 USD. 129410 words. Published on March 27, 2011. Fiction.
The crime: an African-American minister is nailed to a tree near the Sierra Nevada resort town of Goldstrike. The cop: Ron Ketchum, the town’s chief of police, former LAPD, and in his own words a recovering bigot. The obstacles: a grandmother’s curse, a rogue mountain lion, a lifelong nemesis and hostile media. The outcome: uncertain till the very end.
Farewell Performance    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $2.99 USD. 49450 words. Published on February 22, 2011. Fiction.
The rumor: An underground rock concert is coming soon in which the band and the audience will all commit suicide. The cops: An LAPD vet with one foot out the door and a hot-headed female detective from Santa Monica. The job: Debunk a psychotic hoax -- or stop a mass tragedy -- starting with a single clue.
Blood Street Punx    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $2.99 USD. 161130 words. Published on February 13, 2011. Fiction.
Five rich kids from Chicago's Gold Coast decide to advance their art careers by creating a fictitious street gang, the Blood Street Punx, and start painting murals all over town, the likes of which no one has seen before, extolling the fearsome Punx. They never imagine that in short order they'll have two very real gangs gunning for them and a cop nicknamed Lady Die hot on their heels.
Gasoline Texas    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $2.99 USD. 70140 words. Published on January 17, 2011. Fiction.
A comic look at love, politics and the price of gas.
The Next President    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $2.99 USD. 134600 words. Published on January 9, 2011. Fiction.
J.D. Cade came home from the army thinking he’d never have to kill again. He was wrong. He's blackmailed and his son is endangered. The blackmailer's goal: have J.D. assassinate Sen. Franklin D. Rawley—the first African-American with a chance to become president. J.D must find his enemy before he loses his son. First published June, 2000, eight years before Barack Obama was elected president.
Round Robin    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $3.99 USD. 94210 words. Published on December 26, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Robin Phinney is 230 pounds of bad attitude. She takes a dim view of people in general and men in particular. Her home is her sanctuary. But when her furnace breaks down she's forced to look for a on-premises handyman. Manfred Welk is big enough to make Robin look dainty. He was a political prisoner and a former CIA spy. And he has a blue-haired daughter. Robin's world is about to change forever.
Digger    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $2.99 USD. 126460 words. Published on November 27, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
John Fortunato was a tunnel rat in Vietnam. He lost his best friend there. To do penance, he secretly recreated a portion of the VC's tunnels under his hometown, Elk River, IL. Years later, John's closest relative, Tommy Boyle, is killed in a vicious labor strike. John uses his tunnels to search for the killer. When company owner Tony Hunt learns of the tunnels, he decides to bring in his own VC.
The Concrete Inquisition    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $2.99 USD. 75100 words. Published on November 5, 2010. Fiction.
A cop gets shot. He loses his left eye, his job, and his wife. So what's he do? Michael "Doc" Kildare sues for $15 million. The drug lord who lost the money doesn't like that. Chicago's superintendent of police doesn't like it. Soon, Doc is facing hitmen to the right, a maniac to the left and when his wife returns a redheaded distraction. Nobody ever said retirement would be easy.
Pointy Teeth    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $2.99 USD. 68040 words. Published on October 19, 2010. Fiction.
Twelve Bite-Size Stories: Beat the Devil; The Hotel Fred; Smoked Out; High Heat; Bunny and Sunshine; No Good Deed…; Fixer-Upper; Sleepover; Speed Trap; Younger Woman; Money Man and Tech Support. Stories of thrills, suspense, romance and humor.
The Hangman's Companion    by Joseph Flynn
Price: $3.99 USD. 159780 words. Published on September 26, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
Jim McGill, the first private eye to live in the White House,is called on to do his first overseas investigation. Fellow former Chicago cop Glen Kinnard has beaten to death the star of the French national soccer team. Kinnard swears he was only trying to protect a blonde woman as French law requires, but the blonde has disappeared and McGill must search Paris to find her.

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