The Man in the Black Fedora by Tom Johson

Please welcome Tom Johson author of The Man in the Black Fedora

Tom Johnson will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.

The Man in the Black Fedora

by Tom Johson 

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GENRE: Crime Thriller, Pulp, Mystery/Suspense

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BLURB:

In a city of mob rule and crime, death is cheap, and police have their hands tied. In this dark metropolis, a new paladin arises to fight against injustice. A man of education, dedicated to fighting evil with fire against fire, the man in the black fedora.

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EXCERPT:

2:00 a.m., Sunday 

A team of black-clad figures easily scaled to the roof of Depri’s Petite Print Shop, then using acid on the roof, opened a hole big enough for them to lower a rope inside, and then one by one they entered. The penetrators knew exactly what to look for. Within a few minutes, they scurried up the rope, vanishing swiftly. 

At the same time, a little ways across town, another black-clad team scaled the wall of the National Museum of Antiquities. They also used acid to enter the building from the roof. Like clockwork, they descended and found what they were looking for, and quickly departed again. 

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When Kay Shannon awoke early Monday morning, she had a lot to think about. Nothing had happened Sunday, and she was beginning to feel safe. She hoped the mysterious man from Saturday night was right, and she would be safe from the clutches of Merrenelli, but she also knew that life sometimes could dump bad stuff on a person. In a way, she was anxious for her second contact with the weird guy from the bridge, and in another way, kind of dreaded it. Who knew what weird people might do? 

The soft knock at the door surprised her and she jumped a foot in the air, literally, and she had to stop her heart from pounding before she could approach the door.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Tom was a voracious reader from an early age, beginning with comic books at age seven and reading novels by age 10 or 11. He has never stopped reading for pleasure, though his interest in genres have often switched from SF to western, to hardboiled detectives, the classics, and back to science fiction again over the years. In his own writing, readers will often find something about his love of zoology, whether insects, reptiles, or saber-tooth cats. Tom had a stroke in March 2002. Now retired, he and his wife devote their time to keeping Tom’s books in print, as well as helping promote other writers.

They settled in Tom’s hometown of Seymour, Texas, home of the Whiteside Museum of Natural History, and the red-bed digs near the town where Permian fossils have been discovered for over a hundred years. A 250-million-year-old amphibian, the Seymouria was discovered in the red-beds and is named after Seymour. One of the main predators of the Permian was a large finback reptile called a Dimetrodon, and a statue is displayed outside the museum. Several of Tom’s books are on hand in the museum. With over 80 books in print that he has contributed to, Tom has slowed down now. He is still writing children’s stories while promoting his books still on the market. Plus, he still has hopes of one day seeing his short novel, Pangaea: Eden’s Planet, made into a film.

Note: The Man in the Black Fedora was released September 26, 2019. Tom passed away on November 5, 2019. The book will remain in print posthumously for the length of the contract.

Links:

https://bloodredshadow.com/tom-johnson/

http://pulplair.blogspot.com/

Facebook pages:

Tom: https://www.facebook.com/tomginger.johnson

Ginger (his widow): https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010939323356

Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/64939.Tom_Johnson

Buy Links: 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Black-Fedora-Tom-Johnson/dp/1937769593/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=the+man+in+the+black+fedora&qid=1594511372&sr=8-2

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-man-in-the-black-fedora-tom-johnson/1133839667?ean=9781937769598

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/960209

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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE

Tom Johnson will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/28e4345f3460