Daniel J. Barrett

Books

The Academy
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 113,830. Language: English. Published: July 8, 2023 by Black Opal Books. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Hispanic & Latino
Joe Traynor has been appointed Assistant Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. He is the youngest in history to serve in this position. Now, his duties will be days of administration, curriculum and planned events with an occasional terrorist thrown in. He has a new daughter, an adopted daughter and a wife who earns three times his salary. Follow their life as they adjust.
Second Chances
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 107,160. Language: English. Published: May 31, 2023 by Black Opal Books. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Inspirational
What are the odds of hitting a national lottery for $330.0 million dollars? What are the odds of hitting it twice? The odds are four in ten billion. What are the odds of a couple hitting the lottery, one for $330.0 million dollars and the other for $480.0 million dollars, three years later in cities 1,500 miles apart? It’s never been calculated. How do you give away a fortune in a few years?
You Don't Know Jack
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 101,890. Language: English. Published: June 23, 2018 by Black Opal Books. Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Fired at age fifty, dumped by his wife and grown, college-age children—his wife moved her lover, a UPS deliveryman, into the house as soon as Jack left—Jack Manning is humbled beyond words. Six months later, he’s down and out, living in a rented room in the Burgh, cooking meals for his eighty-year-old landlady, while walking to work at the corner convenience store. Then he wins the lottery...
Never Say Never
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 92,800. Language: English. Published: October 8, 2016 by Black Opal Books. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
A shootout with terrorists at Orlando International Airport thrusts US Coast Guard Lieutenant Joe Traynor and his team of highly skilled experts into the middle of another dangerous investigation. In an area rich with prime targets, both military and civilian, Joe’s team has to both find the suspect and identify where he will strike—and they’re running out of time.
Taking Care of Your Own
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 93,050. Language: English. Published: February 7, 2016 by Black Opal Books. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
It’s just another day in paradise for US Coast Guard Lieutenant Joe Traynor, stationed in the Florida Keys…until he gets a call from his boss, Rear Admiral Jake Barnes. Barnes suspects that some Coast Guard members in Miami have been selling seized cocaine back to the Colombians, and Joe and his team are called in to investigate...if they can just survive long enough.
Conch Town Girl
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 84,530. Language: English. Published: November 1, 2014 by Black Opal Books. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
Julie Chapman grew up in Key Largo, a tenth-generation Conch, raised in the Florida Keys by her grandmother, Tillie, since Julie’s parents were deceased. Then one night Tillie has a car accident and ends up in a coma, leaving Julie and her best friend Joe to wonder if it really was an accident. As they start digging for the truth, they uncover some dark secrets that could cost them their lives...