dEATH in dAVOS by J.G. Sandom
ISBN-10: 0997673915
Publisher: Cornucopia Press (July 4, 2016)
Edition: 1st
Language: ‎English
Print length: ‎274 pages

Dexter meets Gossip Girl
meets Kill Bill

Seventeen-year-old wunderkind Robin Beauvais is a teen dream. She’s earned a scholarship at one of the most prestigious prep schools in the nation. She’s a world-class biathlete. She’s a brilliant hacker and YouTube personality interviewing the rich and famous about tech. In fact, Robin’s just won a trip to Davos, Switzerland, to give a presentation at the World Economic Forum.

While in Davos, billionaires start dropping like golden flies. Robin gets caught up in the investigation after being in the wrong place at the wrong time on more than one occasion. In the midst of global economic giants, celebrities and hangers-on, Robin has to use all of her skills and faculties to make sure she doesn’t end up becoming a permanent guest of the Swiss government . . . in jail.

As the Swiss Inspector working the case narrows down suspects, Robin is also narrowing down her list: a list of powerful men with terrible secrets and hideous lies . . . lies that Robin plans to get to the bottom of once and for all. And as Robin makes her list and checks it twice, the bodies continue to pile up.

If Robin were capable of empathy, she might feel sorry for the dead. If Robin were capable of feeling sorrow, she might fear the consequences. And if Robin were capable of fearing the consequences, she might not be a teen serial killer.

Davos is an opportunity to die for . . . and Robin’s out to make sure at least a few people do.

A combination of Dexter and Gossip Girl and Kill Bill, dEATH in dAVOS brings us a teen female antihero for our times. As Robin herself says, “When it comes to class warfare, as far as I’m concerned, there’s far too much class and not enough warfare.”

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404 by J.G. Sandom
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 098569548X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cornucopia Press (October 7, 2014)
Edition: 1st
Language: ‎English
Print Length: ‎332 pages

Homeland meets The Matrix

AI or Not to Be

An exciting, fast-paced, well-spun yarn of a patriot betrayed by his wife, his friends, his senses and, ultimately, even himself, 4o4 explores our nation’s vulnerability to cyber-attack and how the United States is coping with the 21st century struggle to balance the right to privacy with our cyber vulnerability.

Here is what the experts are saying:

“Team up with FBI code-breaker John Decker as he tries to stop a mysterious hacker, recently discovered penetrating government defense systems. Now, the cyber villain has set his sights on Decker and his family. As a former Special Agent, I found this novel not only plausible, but riveting and truly alarming. If you care about our nation’s cyber-security, you MUST read this book.”

Ron Jaco, Special Agent (Ret.)
FBI

“After reading 404, you’ll never look at your tablet or notebook computer quite the same ever again.”

Todd Watson
Social Media Communications, Influence, and
Outreach Director for IBM’s $20 Billion software business

“Strap yourself in . . . you’re in for a Mach 2 ride with John Decker. As someone who has worked national security issues for decades, this story is all too scary and all too real. You’ll love it!”

Colonel Jim “Chip” Marchio (Ret.)
US Air Force

Planes crash into one another midair. Nuclear power plants go berserk. Railroad crossing gates rise, letting cars pass just as trains whistle by. Thousands are injured or killed. The only connection between these seemingly unrelated events is that the systems controlling them are all Internet-based.

FBI cryptanalyst forensic examiner John Decker, working at the National Counter Terrorism Center in Northern Virginia, uncovers a deadly plot to sabotage a key U.S. defense contractor.  When the plot leads to an old Islamist adversary, long thought dead, Special Agent Decker has no idea he is about to be thrust into a diabolical conspiracy that winds to the heart of our national defense.

In the course of a week, America is paralyzed by a series of devastating cyber-attacks that cripple the nation’s security, financial markets and transportation systems.  Assisted by beautiful and brilliant computer expert Xin Liu (Lulu), Decker must unravel the mystery behind whoever—or whatever—is taking over the Net.

Who’s responsible for these deadly cyber-attacks? Is it Jihadists of the Crimson Scimitar cell led by Decker’s old nemesis, El Aqrab? Is it North Koreans working out of Dandong, China? Or, is it somebody else altogether instead?

In this chilling new techno-thriller, international #1 best-selling novelist J.G. Sandom grabs the reader by the nape of the neck and never lets go. An exciting, fast-paced, well-spun yarn of a patriot betrayed by his wife, his friends, his senses and, ultimately, even himself.

Ripped from the headlines, 4o4 explores our nation’s vulnerability to cyber-attack, how the US is coping with the twenty-first century struggle to balance the right to privacy with our cyber vulnerability, and the rise of Artificial Intelligence.

AI chatbots were just the beginning.

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Gospel Truths by J.G. Sandom
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005FNYQ52
Publisher ‏ : ‎ CORNUCOPIA PRESS (November 8, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 434 pages

Sherlock Holmes meets Da Vinci Code

They have been drawn into a plot more insidious than anything they could have imagined—a battle to control one of religion’s greatest secrets.

For English detective Nigel Lyman, it begins with the suspicious suicide of a corrupt Italian banker in London. For French-born Mariane Soury-Fontaine, it starts with the mysterious disappearance of her lover, a construction worker specializing in ancient renovations. For Italian mobster Marco Scarcella, it’s about strengthening his pseudo-Masonic lodge, the P2, used to blackmail and threaten Roman magistrates and politicians. And for American architect/mathematician Joseph Koster (protagonist in the sequel, The God Machine), the search leads through France’s soaring Notre Dame cathedrals in Chartres and Amiens to the baffling labyrinths that Medieval masons once inscribed in their floors.

Booklist called Gospel Truths, “a splendid, tautly woven thriller … (and) an intelligent mystery of tremendous spiritual and literary depth.” 

Library Journal said,” By turns contemplative, descriptive, and emotive, this mixture of mystery and intrigue reveals intense preparation and fine writing.”

And Mostly Murder characterized it, “A fascinating mystery … captivating and engrossing.”

[NOTE: The character of the Archbishop is modeled on J.G. Sandom’s actual cousin, Paul Marcinkus, Archbishop, former head of the Vatican Bank (IOR), and once Mayor of the Vatican City.]

These strangers are about to crack a code that dozens have died for, a puzzle whose power reaches back to the birth of the Christian faith, through the echoing halls of the Vatican, and into the dark, corrupt realms of Italian organized crime.

For each of these characters, finding this ancient text is no longer the ultimate challenge. Now, the ultimate challenge is simply staying alive.

Published a decade before Da Vinci Code,
read the theo-thriller that started it all

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The Wall Street Murder Club by J.G. Sandom
ISBN-10: 0985695412
Publisher: Cornucopia Press (September 14, 2013)
Edition: 2nd
Language: English
Print Length: 317 pages

Gone Girl meets American Psycho

Five successful New Yorkers out for a bachelor party leave their trendy restaurant in SoHo and go slumming at a seedy local strip club called the Party Girl Lounge. The last bachelor in “The Hunting Club”—as they call themselves after a college excursion—is getting married and there will be debauchery. John Payne would rather stay home with his pregnant wife but Glenn Morrow won’t hear of it. It’s hard to say no to a guy who’s a Prince of Wall Street, who introduced you to your wife, and who helped get you your job as a helicopter traffic radio announcer. Glenn Morrow does not take no for an answer.

One after the other, in a bacchanalian night of drugs and liquor, the five privileged young white men have their way with a willing young Puerto Rican stripper whom they follow home when the Lounge closes. But after John Payne comes to with the girl dead in his arms, Glen Morrow insists that instead of facing the music, they mop up their mess, dump the body into New York harbor, and count on the unlikelihood of anybody caring about some cheap missing hooker. They count wrong.

Scott Turow called The Wall Street Murder Club, “A gripping story, well-told . . . not only a tale of murder and betrayal, but an intelligent exploration of issues of male identity.”

Kirkus Reviews termed the book, “A Big Apple Deliverance, endowing New York culture with all the corrosively dehumanizing power of Dickey’s wild nature … Slickly entertaining right down to the last, inevitable twist.  (Film rights to Warner Brothers — and there’s no mystery why.)”

And Booklist said, “(Sandom) writes with stunning elegance and nearly poetic beauty … A sure hit with any suspense reader.”

Blackmail and murder, loyalty, honor and betrayal — all come into play. Slowly but surely, the ties that once held these lifelong friends together begin to unravel, the bonds of friendship are broken, and the members of “The Hunting Club” start to hunt . . . one another.

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This book was originally released by Doubleday/Bantam/Dell under the title, “The Hunting Club,” and was published in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Holland, Germany, England, Japan, and Denmark (including an audio book). Here are the original covers:

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The God Machine by J.G. Sandom
ASIN: ‎B004KABFQ4
Publisher: ‎CORNUCOPIA PRESS (January 22, 2011)
Language: ‎English
Print length: ‎ 482 pages

Da Vinci Code meets
Mission Impossible

Joseph Koster is not a swashbuckler or ordinary hero. He’s no Indiana Jones, Zorro or Robert Langdon. He was a mathematical prodigy who burned out way too young and who suffers from a mild form of Asperger’s. Now, middle-aged and divorced, he’s a competent architect with a great eye for puzzles and an insatiable curiosity.

It’s this curiosity that his best friend Nick Robinson exploits to entice Koster into the adventure of his life. Nick has come into possession of the coded journal of Ben Franklin said to reveal the location of an ancient Gospel which, if found, could undermine the very foundation of Christianity.

Once before (in Gospel Truths), Joseph Koster unearthed one of the Church’s most deeply buried secrets . . . and it almost cost him his life. But some treasures are too hard to resist. And as Koster puts the pieces of Franklin’s puzzle together, he discovers something even more startling . . . and infinitely more deadly. The Gospel is more than just text; it’s an electrical diagram, a blueprint to a mechanical device that—when combined with other pieces created by Leonardo Da Vinci, Alan Turing and Nikola Tesla—could open a doorway to Heaven.

Caroline Thompson (author of Edward Scissorhands) said, “Move over, Dan Brown . . . All hail J.G. Sandom . . . (The God Machine) is a thrilling and breathless, rapturously-written and mind-blowing read. It’ll keep you up all night, turning pages as fast as your little fingers can manage.”

BookPage said, “Sandom has a knack for combining legendary gospels, ancient secrets, star-crossed lovers and Masonic puzzles to create a simmering stew of conspiracy, intrigue and danger that keeps the plot pot boiling until the very end.”

And the Historical Novels Review said, “History galore, violence, and intrigue fill the pages of this tightly plotted, twisting and turning adventure story . . . Those who love numbers, physics, and a truly unpredictable, suspenseful mystery will relish the facts and ponderings replete in this well-written, mysterious spin-off of The Da Vinci Code. The God Machine is a very impressive historical thriller!”

As the story pinwheels between the present and the past, assisted by beautiful high-tech mogul Savita Sajan, Koster must race against time to decode Franklin’s journal before it falls into the hands of those who would do anything, kill anyone to suppress it. But in a world of secret societies, ancient conspiracies and Masonic puzzles, locating the prize is one thing—staying alive another.

For as Koster and Sajan are about the learn, the same key that unlocks the doorway to Heaven . . . could open the portals of Hell.

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Kiss Me, I’m Dead by J.G. Sandom
ISBN-10: ‎1453857028
Publisher: ‎Cornucopia Press (March 18, 2024)
Edition: 6th
Language: ‎English
Print length: ‎172 pages

(formerly The Unresolved, Dutton/Penguin, released under pen name T.K. Welsh)

Twilight meets Titanic

BEFORE THERE WAS 9/11 . . . THERE WAS 6/15

On June 15, 1904, over a thousand New Yorkers, mostly German immigrants on a Church outing, died when the General Slocum steamship caught fire and sank in the East River. It was the greatest mass killing in New York City history . . . until 9/11.

Originally released in hardcover by Penguin/Dutton under the title The Unresolved and pen name T.K. Welsh, the novel is being re-released by Cornucopia Press in time for the 120th anniversary of the General Slocum tragedy.

When her Jewish boyfriend is accused of the crime by the German community, 15-year-old Mallory Meer risks everything to solve the mystery behind the senseless tragedy. Was Dustin guilty? Or was someone else responsible for the fire that killed over a thousand men, women and children—including Mallory’s own baby sister?

Only Mallory can understand what this tragedy truly means. Because she’s not only one of the victims . . . she’s one of the dead.

An extraordinary story of revenge, misogyny, anti-Semitism, the quest for justice, and of a love so powerful that not even death could extinguish it.

Ranked one of the Top Ten Children’s Books of the year (2006) by the Washington Post, KISS ME, I’M DEAD was named a Notable Book for Teens by the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, a Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Teen’s Top Ten, and nominated for a Cybils literary award, a Best Books for Young Adults (BBYA) by the American Library Association (ALA), and listed on Horn Book’s Recommended American Historical Fiction list.
Ranked one of the Top Ten Children’s Books of the year (2006) by the Washington Post, KISS ME, I’M DEAD was named a Notable Book for Teens by the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, a Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Teen’s Top Ten, and nominated for a Cybils literary award, a Best Books for Young Adults (BBYA) by the American Library Association (ALA), and listed on Horn Book’s Recommended American Historical Fiction list.

The Washington Post said, “(J.G. Sandom) writes with a precision and delicacy unusual for YA fiction,” and called the book, “A subtle gem.” In its starred review, School Library Journal said, “ KISS ME, I’M DEAD tells a remarkable story in a remarkable way.” Horn Book Magazine called the work, “A decidedly unconventional ghost story . . . (and) a tightly wound novel.” Kirkus Reviews termed it, “A remarkable account.” Midwest Book Review called it, “a wonderfully different kind of ghost story.” And Romantic Times said, “ KISS ME, I’M DEAD is a book you shouldn’t pass up.”

Mallory Meer is like any other teenage girl. She likes to have fun. She thinks her sister is ridiculous. Her parents drive her crazy. She’s got a terrible crush on Dustin and follows him everywhere.

Mallory even has a summer job—figuring out the truth about the fire on the General Slocum steamship, the disaster that killed her sister. Mallory is determined to get to the bottom of it, to find out who’s guilty, and to finally bring them to justice.

Sometimes Mallory gets angry, very angry, and strange things happen when Mallory gets angry.

Yes, Mallory is like any other teenage girl . . . except Mallory is dead.

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Confessions of a Teenage Body Snatcher by J.G. Sandom
ISBN-10: ‎145385875X
Publisher: ‎CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 20, 2010)
Language:‎ English
Print Length:‎ 232 pages

(Formerly Resurrection Men, Dutton/Penguin,
published under pen name T.K. Welsh)

Oliver Twist meets Taken

London in the 1830s is a Dickensian freak show. Medical scholars are desperate for dead bodies to use in the study of human anatomy. Body snatchers, known as Resurrection Men, steal corpses from fresh graves, or even pose as relatives to the dying poor in order to claim their bodies and sell them to researchers.

After his parents are killed right in front of him, 12-year-old Victor, from Modena, Italy, is sold as a cabin boy. His leg is shattered in a terrible fall on a ship and he is tossed overboard. Amazingly, Victor makes it to the coast of Britain where he is rescued by an elderly man who helps him learn English and nurses him back to health . . . only to sell him to Resurrection Men Tipple and Biggs.

The men bring Victor to London, where he joins a guild of beggars and befriends fellow outcasts Nico and Rebecca. Together, the children help each other beg, borrow and steal in order to survive.

Victor’s fortune changes when a kind physician, Dr. Thomas Quigley, takes an interest in him. He moves in with Dr. Quigley and becomes his apprentice. But Victor is unable to forget Rebecca and Nico.

They killed his best friend.
They kidnapped the girl that he loves.
Now there’s only one thing worse than their finding him . . .
and that’s hiM finding them first.

To find and rescue her, Victor must uncover the identity of the ghoulish murderer at the heart of London’s furtive trade in human trafficking.

As Victor attends an autopsy with Dr. Quigley, he is shocked to see his friend Nico on the table under the knife. Victor’s search to find out what happened to Nico eventually leads him to the greatest danger he’s ever faced. Someone is kidnapping and infecting street children with cholera in illegal medical experiments . . . and now Rebecca is missing.

Publishers Weekly called Confessions of a Teenage Body Snatcher, “A haunting tour of London’s underclass during the 1830s . . . Teens will likely be both captivated by Victor’s harrowing story as well as his ability to prevail in the face of harsh injustices.”

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The Wave by J.G. Sandom
ISBN-10: ‎1452839239
Publisher: ‎CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (June 9, 2010)
Language: ‎English
Print Length: ‎318 pages

Homeland meets Deep Impact

In Israel, the notorious killer El Aqrab has been arrested. The Islamic Jihadist is famous for wrapping his victims up with incendiary devices designed to produce flames in the shape of Koranic verses. Some call it aesthetic destruction, the work of an artist. His long-awaited arrest is cause for celebration.

In Kazakhstan, 8 kilos of Highly Enriched Uranium is stolen and an ultimatum is issued to the West: Release El Aqrab or a nuclear bomb will be detonated. Plans are put into action but, at the last moment, El Aqrab escapes . . . and the authorities never get the bomb.

In New York, Homeland Security is convinced the bomb is headed their way. After decoding a secret message hidden in an Arabesque design within the e-wallpaper of a Jihadist suspect’s PC, only FBI Cryptanalyst Forensic Examiner (code breaker) John Decker thinks differently.

Aided by brilliant and beautiful oceanographer Emily Swenson, Decker believes the bomb’s true destination is La Palma, in the remote Canary Island chain.

Now, Decker and Swenson have less than six hours to prove their theory, defuse the bomb, and prevent a 17-story mega-tsunami from annihilating the Eastern Seaboard.

Kirkus said, “Sandom’s strength lies in the verve of his story, with writing that has both muscle . . . (and) brains . . . Races from improbable to crazywild, all in good fun, with Sandom always one step ahead . . . A story with enough manic energy to be worthy of a nuclear explosion.”

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