Joe Washington

Joe Washington

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After serving in the military, Idistinguished myself in the private sector, working with detective andcontract security firms throughout the United States.  My company, MidMerc L.L.C. offers uniqueperspectives on many fields: Real Estate; Holistic Healthcare, and of course –publishing. I have long helda passion for literature and the arts, writing media scripts and freelancingfor corporate firms as well as performing in advertising campaigns, televisionand print.

Dark Pursuit (Emily Stone Series Book 5)

Dark Pursuit (Emily Stone Series Book 5)

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<p>AWARD WINNER for ACTION - 2015 International Book Awards Readers' Favorite<br />SECOND PLACE AWARD WINNER - 2015 East Texas Writers Guild First Chapter Book Awards<br /><br />Vigilante detective Emily Stone has covertly hunted down killers and closed more serial cases than most seasoned homicide cops combined. Her exceptional profiling skills and forensic techniques, along with deductive crime scene investigations, have made her a compelling force that cannot be beat.<br />She has reached her ultimate breaking point and now must face her toughest opponent yet – her biggest fears.<br /><br />With preciseness, the Tick-Tock Killer has taken his next child victim and promised to dump the body precisely four days later, mocking police and the community. Stone struggles to balance her inner demons and ghosts from the past, against the wits of a brutal and cunning serial killer in an all-out battle of psychological warfare.<br /><br />Can Stone save the next child in time? Dark Pursuit is an action-packed cat and mouse game that will take you to dark places rarely explored.<br /><br /><br />From the Award-winning Emily Stone Thriller Series:<br /><br />“… a highly recommended pick!” The Midwest Book Review<br /><br />“Intriguing alpha female character… impressive action scenes.” Kirkus Reviews<br /><br />“The writing is impeccable and the story is fresh and tight.” Best Selling Author Gary Ponzo<br /> </p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxstatus-content"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;">“</span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">I'm midway through the book and quite digging it.<span class="ecxstatus-content"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;">!”</span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><span class="ecxstatus-content"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"><span>-<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">       </span></span></span></span><span class="ecxstatus-content"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;">John Payne, “Los Angeles Weekly”</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxstatus-content"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;">“It was a bother to have to put the book down and get back to work. And Washington's totally believable characters are action-in-motion, nothing static about them or their black ops run by our invisible government arm that topples regimes, takes out enemies around the world and in general keeps things safe for multinational corporations.”</span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"><span>-<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">       </span></span></span>Steve Giordano - Editor, “<span class="ecx786560516-25042010"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">High on Adventure”</span></span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;">“MAGNETIC!!!!!! <span> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;">Three Lives, by first time novelist Joe Washington, is a magnetic read - I couldn't put it down.”</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"><span>-<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">       </span></span></span></span>John R. Vacca - <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">&quot;Tech Write Independent Reviewer&quot;</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:Calibri, 'sans-serif';"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="textrun"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;">“One can hardly wait for the sequel to this book.”</span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"><span>-<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">       </span></span></span>Stacie Hearne – “Authorsreading.com”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:#2a2a2a;">“Readers should avoid Three Lives if they're distressed by intense<br /> action or by fevered plotting. <span> </span>Otherwise, however, they should charge<br /> ahead. <span> </span>This is a novel deeply engaged in some of the international<br /> intrigue that we all want to think &quot;can't happen here.&quot; … the<br /> story, deep with unexpected twists, ends up so believable that we're<br /> called on to admit it -- we've been warned.”</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"><span>-<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">       </span></span></span>Ed Nelson – Independent professional reviewer</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:#2a2a2a;">“Joe Washington has written a tough gritty novel that forces his readers to crawl through the bloody underbelly of an urban sewer. A quote from his hero, Nicholas Gambit, explains: “growing up in a Kansas City ghetto, societal expectations for me were minimal. I was expected to kill and eventually be killed, a mere product of my environment.” <span> </span>That, like his creator, Gambit has survived to age 64 and lived to tell his compelling story gives readers a powerful rationale for joining him on his crawl through the sewer. How many even make it out, much less can tell the tale in a cogent, entertaining, and thoughtful manner?</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"><span>-<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">       </span></span></span>Kay Carstens – Freelance professional reviewer<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;">, formerly with Penton Publishing</span></p>