Hot Ash: An Angela Hardwicke Sci-Fi Mystery (The Angela Hardwicke Mysteries)($14.99Value)

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“Russ Colchamiro has staked out a territory of sci-fi mystery uniquely his own. With Angela Hardwicke, he mines a vein of pulp fiction gold.” –Nicholas Meyer, writer/director of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Part Blade Runner, part Doctor Who, part Sarah Connor, intergalactic private Angela Hardwicke is Eternity’s most daring spy for hire… Following the mysterious and ill-timed death of her elderly husband, Camille Engquist was set to inherit the family’s real estate development company. But her stepkids stole it from her first. Or so she claims. As Hardwicke and her protégé Eric Whistler dive into the world of affordable housing, synthetic concrete, and corporate succession planning, their investigation put them face-to-face with the haves and have-nots, a new form of cocaine, a boundary-pushing neurobiologist, a majestic domed city and a violent conspiracy that stretches farther and deeper than they ever could have imaged. But the most insidious betrayals are sometimes closer to home. In Hot Ash , Russ Colchamiro’s most action-packed Sci-Fi mystery yet, Angela Hardwicke must grapple with the worst pain of all—that the people we love are the ones we should fear most. And don't miss the first two books in the series, Crackle and Fire and Fractured Lives ! "Russ Colchamiro has staked out a territory of sci-fi mystery uniquely his own. With Angela Hardwicke, he mines a vein of pulp fiction gold." -Nicholas Meyer, writer/director of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan "I wanted to be Angela Hardwicke." -Linda D. Addison, Stoker-award winning author of How to Regognize When a Demon Is Your Friend "Angela Hardwicke is a wisecracking, tough, and tenacious PI worthy of unraveling a complicated investigation set in a fascinating universe without ever losing sight of the traits that make her—and by extension, us—human." --Colorado Book Award-Winning Author M.E. Browning "Russ Colchamiro has created his own unique genre, and I love it! A near-future weird-science, cosmic techno-noir, featuring my new favourite sleuth - hardboiled (yet soft-centred) Angela Hardwicke - Colchamiro's latest mystery, Blunt Force Rising, pits organics against androids, and friends against one another, in a breakneck thriller that is pure escapism. Deadly sharp social commentary delivered through hi-tech lenses. Great fun!"—Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker Award®-winner, and co-author of the Path of Ra series "Colchamiro's Fractured Lives is a fun house mirror of a compelling read." --Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of Sleepless City Russ Colchamiro is author of the Sci-Fi mysteries Crackle and Fire, Fractured Lives, Hot Ash, and Blunt Force Rising, the ongoing series featuring hardboiled private eye Angela Hardwicke. Russ is also the author of the rollicking time travel/space adventure, Crossline, the SF/F backpacking comedy series Finders Keepers: The Definitive Edition, Genius de Milo, and Astropalooza, is the editor of the Sci-Fi mystery anthology Love, Murder & Mayhem, and co-author and -editor of the noir anthology Murder in Montague Falls. Russ has contributed to several other anthologies including PRISM, Tales of the Crimson Keep, Pangaea, Altered States of the Union, Camelot 13, TV Gods 2, They Keep Killing Glenn, Thrilling Adventure Yarns. Vol. 1-3, The Phenomenons, Footprints in the Stars, Devilish and Divine, Badass Moms, and Brave New Girls. A member of The Mystery Writers Association, The Private Eye Writers of America, and the author collective Crazy 8 Press, Russ also hosts and produces his Russ's Rockin' Rollercoaster podcast, where he interviews best-selling and up-and-coming Sci-Fi, fantasy, crime, mystery, and horror authors.   For more on and Russ's books and his podcast, visit his website, and follow him on Facebook, as well as Twitter, Leads, and Instagram --- AuthorDudeRuss. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two ninjas, and black lab, Jinx, and precocious kitten, Callie.