About the Author:
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Kent Swarts
Crime Thrillers,
Private Detective Mysteries,
Spy Thrillers
Kent Swarts was an aerospace engineer for 46 years, and is now an astronomer. He has edited the Central Texas Astronomical Society’s newsletter for 15 years. He’s published in six sci-fi and dystopian anthologies. Now retired, he finds retirement more demanding than any job he’s had. He lives in Waco, Texas with his wife and dog, and when not writing, he reads or goes golfing. Engineering has influenced his writing, particularly pertaining to characters and to penning sci-fi.
Featured Books by
Kent Swarts
A FAMILY FEUD TEXAS STYLE
Crime Thriller /
Private Detective Mystery
Denny McConnell PI –
Book 1
Valuable land, oil, and murder make strange bedfellows.
WINNER:
Pinnacle Book Achievement Award,
Summer 2021 – Best Crime Fiction
Denny McConnell, Private Investigator, is hired to research the deeds, land swaps, and old lawsuits regarding Texas ranchland and oil, the rights to which are now disputed by Wendy Axtell Shearer. Obstacles develop, in part, because of Wendy’s charming but flawed character.
Denny puts to good use his engineering skills, and becomes entangled in the bitter family feud that includes murder, mayhem, and lies. Now, he has to stay alive long enough to untangle this deadly mess.
THE PISA AFFAIR
Espionage / Spy Thriller /
Suspense Thriller
Vague clues from the theft of fissionable material lead an international contingent of spies to ferret out one person, known to them only as MB.
WINNER:
Pinnacle Book Achievement Award,
Fall 2022 – Best Spy Thriller
Reed Walker, a CIA agent in Pisa, Italy, receives photos of two autos passing a train, and is told that terrorists attacked the train, carrying fissionable material, and killed all the guards. The images reveal nothing, but he learns there may be a mole in the CIA.
In the course of his investigation, he uncovers five possible moles. Then the killing starts.
Reed now races against time as international agents continue to fall. He sets up a snare and closes in, but has he really found MB? What will the collateral damage be? Will Reed Walker ever be accepted again by his fellow spies? Will his newfound love survive?
