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David Chacko


Biography

David Chacko is the author of nineteen widely acclaimed novels, many of which are in the espionage genre with a minor in the historical. All of them—whether they are spy stories or crime stories—have been mysteries. In addition, one book, Beggarman, Spy, is nonfiction. He lives in Istanbul and New York with his wife, the artist Betul Aydiner.

Where to find David Chacko online

Website: http://www.mystery-central.com/
Twitter: GhostArise
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Blog: http://www.mystery-central.blogspot.com/

Where to buy in print

http://foremostpress.com/readers/chacko_d/

Books

The Byzantium Stone    by David Chacko
Price: $6.99 USD. 99830 words. Published by Foremost Press  on June 6, 2011. Fiction.
Samson Mondieu, the designated treasure hunter, is sent to track down a remarkable gemstone. Said to be God-made, it was last seen during the fall of Constantinople. Slowly, Samson comes to realize that what he is searching for is less a mystical object then the bedrock of the secret that drives all the other secrets. But that's not all he will discover . . .
Beggarman, Spy (The Israel Potter Series)    by David Chacko
Price: $5.99 USD. 94100 words. Published by Foremost Press  on October 11, 2010. Nonfiction.
The biography of Israel Potter created a sensation when it was first published. Potter's tale was so strange and compelling that Herman Melville later made it his own in fiction. But no one has ever known Potter's true-life tale, which was hidden for more than two hundred years. Beggarman, Spy brings the truth out of the shadows of history with grace and vengeance.
The Brimstone Papers    by David Chacko
Price: $5.99 USD. 76980 words. Published by Foremost Press  on June 14, 2010. Fiction.
From the furious mantrap called the Battle of Bunker Hill to a raging disaster at sea, The Brimstone Papers tells the first year of the Revolutionary War as no one has ever thought to do. The story, based on the peripatetic life of a real man, is as rooted in its time as it is relevant to ours.
The Shadow Master    by David Chacko
Price: $6.99 USD. 85360 words. Published by Foremost Press  on February 12, 2010. Fiction.
TIME. An archeologist found dead in his hotel room suddenly ran out of it. His brother Klement, a former intelligence agent, suspects his death was as unnatural as the things he did in a race against it. Klement joins the chase for an invaluable book that is a monument to it. A beautiful art dealer, a mass killer, and an invisible man all rock around this clock.
Red Bishop One    by David Chacko
Price: $3.99 USD. 66680 words. Published by Foremost Press  on February 5, 2010. Fiction.
A Colombian drug lord holds the United States hostage from his jail cell on the eve of a presidential election. The violence he calls down cannot be stopped without appeasing him--or unmasking a conspiracy that has been dormant for most of our lives.
The Black Chamber    by David Chacko
Price: $3.99 USD. 76590 words. Published by Foremost Press  on January 27, 2010. Fiction.
THE BLACK CHAMBER introduces Stephen Warfield, the man who unravels puzzles at America's most secret intelligence organization--NSA. On this mission Warfield conducts his greatest manhunt in search of his former lover, who stands at the center of the most damaging scandal in US history. Follow Warfield--code-name Mariner--from the highest levels of Washington into the long shadow of a drug cartel.
A Long Way From Eden    by David Chacko
Price: $4.99 USD. 92870 words. Published by Foremost Press  on January 4, 2010. Fiction.
When a sinkhole freakishly erupts on the Sun Coast of Florida, the decaying remains of a young woman surface. Homicide detectives are forced to dig ever more deeply along twisted, dangerous paths into the past. Their journey makes for a haunting, teeth-grinding tale.
Martyr's Creek    by David Chacko
Price: $4.99 USD. 101630 words. Published by Foremost Press  on December 12, 2009. Fiction.
When your worst enemy makes you the executor of his estate, you don't expect an easy time. What James Pandolph discovers in settling Tom Powys' considerable estate is nothing compared to what is required settling the passions of his life. This includes neo-conservative politics at the highest level and the bodies that have fallen at every step along the way.
Less than a Shadow    by David Chacko
Price: $5.99 USD. 82080 words. Published by Foremost Press  on November 1, 2009. Fiction.
As hot as today's headlines. Turkey, the front line of democracy in the Middle East, is about to suffer a devastating terrorist attack. Jason Ender stands alone on the rim of chaos with orders to prevent it, whatever the price.
The Severan Prophecies    by David Chacko
Price: $7.99 USD. 141740 words. Published by Foremost Press  on October 29, 2009. Fiction.
When the Roman emperor Caracalla was assassinated, his family gave the task of safeguarding their dynasty to the questor Marcellus Decimus, the narrator of this story. How he led a young boy named Varius in a race against death that culminated in the restoration of the dynasty is one of the more remarkable episodes in the chaotic and violent history of Rome.
Like a Man    by David Chacko
Price: $5.99 USD. 86220 words. Published by Foremost Press  on October 27, 2009. Fiction.
Czech paratroopers make a night-drop into their Nazi-occupied homeland during WW II. Their objective? To kill the second most powerful man in Nazi Germany. They accomplish their mission against insurmountable odds, then seek safety in the catacombs of an ancient church. When confronted by an entire SS regiment, their chances of escape are slim to none.
Gone Over    by David Chacko
Price: $7.99 USD. 146530 words. Published by Foremost Press  on October 27, 2009. Fiction.
Gone Over is the story of the American Revolution seen through the reverse lens of British Intelligence—a view never quite seen before. Israel Potter is the best known private soldier of the Revolution, and his story takes the reader through the maelstrom of the war. Co-written with Alexander Kulcsar.
The Peacock Angel    by David Chacko
Price: $5.99 USD. 100710 words. Published by Foremost Press  on October 26, 2009. Fiction.
Jason Ender, the acknowledged master of the espionage game, leads a team of dedicated people in a desperate hunt for a mysterious, ancient religious icon. With the future of the Middle East at stake, Ender soon discovers that despite his vast talents and skills, he may be fated for death by powerful forces determined to take and use the icon for their own purposes. From the streets of Zurich to th
Echo Five    by David Chacko
Price: $5.99 USD. 87980 words. Published by Foremost Press  on October 26, 2009. Fiction.
Echo Five takes place at the end of the world where terror is the norm and the heat arrives from the rim of hell. Jason Ender, who has been assigned to debrief high value terrorists in the Horn of Africa, finds himself caught in a rising tide of violence that begins with the death of a young female interrogator--Echo Five--and ends with the discovery of a plot that threatens to pull the plug on th
Graveyard Eyes    by David Chacko
Price: $5.99 USD. 81630 words. Published by Foremost Press  on October 23, 2009. Fiction.
The torture and murder of a prominent businesswoman launches a police investigation that ruffles the collar of the gigantic city of Istanbul. Inspector Levent, the man the department calls when discretion is demanded, uses all his skills to make his way through a maze of sex and hot money, obscured at every turn by the realities of power. A scintillating top-down view of Turkey.
Devil's Feathers    by David Chacko
Price: $5.99 USD. 83180 words. Published by Foremost Press  on October 23, 2009. Fiction.
Inspector Levent, Istanbul Homicide, is on vacation when his most sensational case is handed off to him. How can he stop the past from invading the present with fire that literally burns its victims alive? What kind of vengeance consumes without ever being quenched? Devil's Feathers answers these questions and more.

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