Tell us about your new book

Imagine waking up remembering intimate details about a country in which you have never traveled and fluently speaking a language that you have never spoken. B.J. is living the ideal life. He has a great wife, a wonderful job. And yet he is experiencing life-like vivid dreams of Munich, a city he has never visited. Stan Halsey is a professor in Saudi Arabia, who sends for his wife to join him. She arrives, and, in the blink of an eye, she vanishes, leaving no trace of ever being alive in either the United States or in Saudi Arabia. Covert Dreams is a fast-paced international suspense thriller that moves from Munich to the burning sands of Saudi Arabia. What is real, and who is responsible for the terrifying nightmare?

What genre is it?

Thriller/Suspense/Mystery

What kind of readers will it appeal to?

Do you like suspenseful mysteries set in exotic locales? If so, then take a look at Covert Dreams, an international thriller set in Munich and in Saudi Arabia. The book is certainly not intended for the feint of heart. If you don’t like thrills, surprises, suspense, twists and turns galore, then Covert Dreams should be avoided at all costs.

How long did it take to write?

I have been working on Covert Dreams for several years. I was once a university professor in Saudi Arabia, and I was once a college student in Germany. I love a good mystery, and I wanted to set one in two places that I know very well.

What was the most challenging part of your creative process?

The most difficult thing for me was to finally end the mystery. As a writer, I was like a reader. I never knew exactly how the book would end. I like a good surprise, and I was pleased with how things turned out, though I was also sad to see my book come to an end. I was a like a father who suddenly had to bid farewell to a loving child who now was venturing into the big wide world all on his own. I am pleased, however, that Covert Dreams has found a good home at Amazon.

Tell us a bit about yourself

I have resided in and have visited many places in the world, all of which have contributed in some way to my own published writing. I have literally traveled throughout the world, on numerous occasions. I have lived in Finland, Germany, Thailand, Saudi Arabia (where Covert Dreams is set), and the U.S. Virgin Islands (where Deadly Eyes is set). I gained the wanderlust to see the world, to experience other cultures, at an early age, and this desire has never left me. If anything, it has only gained in intensity as I have aged. I try to travel internationally at least once a year. In the interim, I spend lots of time traveling around both my home state of California and other nearby states. I spent my early years in the small town of Lone Pine, California, the home of almost every western movie, in addition to a wide variety of other genres, made in the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s. In fact, Hollywood still films parts of big-time movies there today. My dad, the town’s lifeguard at the time, personally knew John Wayne, Lloyd Bridges, and Lee Marvin, all of whom came to the town’s pool, the Memorial Plunge, at times to cool off after a hectic day of working in the sun. I was even an extra in a movie filmed there in 1957, Monolith Monsters, a B-cult favorite even today. I was ten years old at the time. Even though I resided in a small town hours from the big city, I was exposed to the excitement of action and heroes at a formative age, and, thus, my interest in writing novels of suspense such as Covert Dreams and Deadly Eyes was born.

Where can readers keep up with your work?

Facebook and Pinterest

Where can people buy Covert Dreams?

On Amazon

What’s next?

I am a retired English professor with all the time I need now to devote to one of my lifelong passions: writing. I hope to write until I die.