The New York Journal of Books just posted a great review of my second novel, Child Finder: Resurrection! Please stop by and read the review, but here’s an excerpt in the meantime:
“What really differentiates this work from others of its ilk is Angley’s extensive forensic background. He uses it to enhance the credibility of the investigation going forward. Correct terminology regarding weapons, references to government practices, and handling of top-secret documents, even the interaction between agencies—it’s all spot on. The authenticity immediately brings the reader into the middle of a high level, shadowy government operation that reeks of the real deal. It is not difficult to imagine that this story may not be fiction after all, that possibly such a unit actually does exist somewhere in our government.”
I just received another wonderful review of my second novel, Child Finder: Resurrection! Joyce Gilmour, Copy Editor at Editing TLC, provided the following kind words…thanks Joyce!
“Child Finder Resurrection is Colonel Michael Angley’s (USAF retired) sequel to his book Child Finder. We meet the main character, Air Force Special Agent Patrick O’Donnell a year and a half after he left the Top Secret child rescue program when events went horribly awry and his family was endangered. Mike Angley brings much experience in criminal investigation and counterintelligence to his writing, which makes the storyline so real, but also so fascinating.
Patrick O’Donnell is a psychic and in Child Finder Resurrection, he is called back into the Top Secret community to help the government track down a very sick and twisted child killer. Patrick’s son, Sean, who also has psychic abilities that come into play in a big way, proves to be a source of help to his father. It is interesting how the author lets the reader see things that the characters don’t see, which makes the reader want to shout “Watch out/Beware!” a number of times during this thriller. The real twist in this story, I believe, is the fact that this murderer is a psychotic genius. The mind games that go on are ones that you don’t want to read if you are alone late at night! This book can and will send chills down your spine.
Colonel Angley is proving himself to be a fantastic writer of mystery thrillers. He promises that the last book in the series, Child Finder: Revelation will be “nonstop action and peril.” Readers will want to read all of the books in this series if they find enjoyment in great thrillers.”
I’m pleased to announce that the Military Writers Society of America has named me the Author of the Month for January 2010! I will take part in an interview about the honor on Bob Calvert’s Talking With Heroes radio program on January 24th at 5:00 pm Pacific, so if you get some time, please listen in!
The announcement of my selection as Author of the Month came in the January 2010 MWSA Newsletter (page 2), and it was in recognition of my most recently released novel, Child Finder: Resurrection. Please read the review of my book on page 8 of the newsletter.
The New York Journal of Books gave my debut novel, Child Finder, an amazing review! I invite you all to check it out, and here’s a little excerpt to tease you to the full review:
“Topical, intriguing, and suspenseful—all apt descriptions for Michael Angley’s Child Finder. His debut novel in the mystery trilogy about the perennial horror of child abductions could almost be included in the science fiction genre as well, since he deftly draws both the reader and protagonist into the world of the paranormal.”
My personal thanks goes out to reviewer John Wills for his kind words and wonderful comments.
Today I received a superb review of my newest novel, Child Finder: Resurrection. It was such an early and unexpected Christmas gift, that I had to share it…right away! I am grateful to multi-book author Joyce Faulkner, who is also President of the Military Writers Society of America, for these wonderful words:
“Child Finder: Resurrection, award-winning author Mike Angley’s second novel, is rich with sensory images and Catholic philosophy. Mixing those two very literary techniques with a bang-bang shoot-em-up tale might seem risky to some—and it is. However, Angley has created a super-hero who transcends comic-bookery while maintaining the genre’s idealistic view of good overcoming evil. He created this approach in his first book, Child Finder, but the reader will find a maturation of style and new complexity in plotting in Resurrection. In this story, not only does Major Pat O’Donnell, the psychic protagonist, talk to God and the Saints and Angels, but God and the Saints and Angels communicate back to him. It’s a nice touch.
There’s a hint of Hitchcockian suspense – the reader knows more than the characters. The bad guy is really bad. What Pat can sense and what he can’t is a mystery, leaving the audience to scream out warnings about what’s behind that closed bathroom door. The mood is ominous and the threat isn’t only to Pat himself, but to his family and friends. If it’s so easy for Pat and the killer to see into the minds of others, shouldn’t we all be erecting brick walls around our own thoughts? Racing around corners and falling through space on the other side of a rickety climb, the novel is a tooth-grinding rollercoaster ride.
Like Child Finder, Resurrection is a general audience thriller which will also appeal to religious audiences and young adults. Fun and thought-provoking, the book can be read as a spiritual allegory or as a fast-paced action piece. Keep your bible and your valium nearby!”
—Joyce Faulkner, President of Military Writers Society of America, author of Shadow of Suribachi, Losing Patience, and For Shrieking Out Loud, Co-author of Sunchon Tunnel Massacre Survivors
I attended the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Trade Show at the Carolina First Center in Greenville, South Carolina from September 25 – 27, 2009. It was a great event, very well organized, and I had the opportunity to meet and network with many professionals in the publishing industry.
I was there with my publisher, TotalRecall Publications, Inc, a Houston-based publishing house. I signed several advance review copies of my forthcoming second novel, Child Finder: Resurrection, as well as sample softcovers of my first novel, Child Finder.
I’m grateful to Carolyn Howard-Johnson for posting my Armchair Interviews 5-Star review of Child Finder on two of her blogs. Carolyn is the award-winning author of the HotToDoItFrugally series of books for writers. Her coverage of the Armchair Interviews review appears on these two blogs:
Or, a little slice of heaven with cheese whiz on top!
Linda Kozar is not only a FaceBook friend of mine, she’s also a Christian fiction author and owner of the “Linda Lou’s Book Trailer Park” blog where her alter ego, Tiny Earl, mulletizes book trailers (anything from one to five mullets, five being the best). My Child Finder book trailer garnered four mullets (the heaven with cheese on top description ).
Here’s a little excerpt of what Tiny Earl had to say:
“Boy was I ever eggsighted when I heard the name o this here trailer–Child Finder Trilogy. Why, I think I spent most o my growd up life a-lookin’ fer my younguns! Theys always out somewheres digging holes, er parachuting off the roof with their bed sheets or playing ketch with a dead possum (like today fer instanse).
But that was cuz at first I thought this trailer was ’bout that kind o stuff. Only after I seen it I seed that it wuddn ’bout that at all. It’s about this here fella what has sigh-kick hillbillities an he uses ‘em to find chirren what’s lost or upduckted. An then of course the govnent revenewers gets a hold o him wanting to use his brains and such to push their pencils and make him do I-spy-with-my-eye kinda stuff and top secret sperments.”
Please visit Linda Lou’s blog for the entire review which is guaranteed to keep you in stitches!
The prestigious Library Journal placed Child Finder, my debut novel, on its 2009 Summer Reads List, and recommended it to its Christian Fiction readers as well as mystery/thriller enthusiasts. Here’s the LJ link:
Also, once the list was released, several blogs picked the list up and spread the good word around. I’d like to thank all the following sites for re-listing it. If I missed any, please post a comment here with your link and accept my apologies in advance.
The New York Journal of Books just posted a great review of my second novel, Child Finder: Resurrection! Please stop by and read the review, but here’s an excerpt in the meantime:
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