Goddess Fish: “Blood and Gold” by Hawk MacKinney Super Book Blast

By Ruth on January 22, 2014 in book, giveaway, promo
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Blood and Gold, the third book in The Craige Ingram Mystery Series, once again tests the instincts and skills of retired Navy SEAL/part-time private investigator Craige Ingram. Lust, greed, body parts and unrestrained wild sex parties are what await Craige Ingram when he leaves the comforts of his South Carolina home to visit his former SEAL buddy, Detective Spinner Krespinak. Set in the Colorado underbelly of a sordid sable and faux glitz ski mecca, Detective Spinner Krespinak suspects drugs have made their way to the snowy playground that is Aspen. An Olympic ski hopeful is brutally murdered, Spinner vanishes, and Craige Ingram is shot as events spin out of control with a Catch-22 no one anticipates.

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Excerpt:

The drive up the narrow mountain rutted road was a risky, hands-on-the-wheel icy slid-and-skid.  With a grim set to his jaws, Spinner didn’t say a word the whole way.  They parked among the jumble of squad cars.  Craige avoided the taped-off areas while Spinner huddled with Loopy.  Silently they paced-off and studied the layout of each room of the mansioneach room except the one where death waited to greet Spinner.  No one except Craige and Loopy knew how Spinner wasn’t as detached as he appeared.  Spinner traced and retraced his steps.  Seeing beyond Spinner’s detached veneer of the professional, Craige could read the surly stir of emotions Spinner was struggling to control.

Finallythere was nothing left except to face the grizzly business of felony homicide and the dead.  Spinner went back to where Loopy was busy.  As though wanting to avoid seeing what waited in that room, he said, “Any ideas about the time of death?”

Loopy said, “Only a rough approximation at this point.  I’d approximate somewhere between eight in the morning and two or three in the afternoon.  We haven’t moved the bodies yet, but from what indications of livor mortis I could see, I’m leaning toward it being earlier.  Central heat was offfireplace ashes are still warm.  Once we determine algor mortis changes in the body temps, I’ll be able to narrow that some.  We’ve already picked up thirty to forty different sets of prints.  Could easily be twice that before we finish.  Most so smudged they’re no good.  The rancher who lives at the valley turnoff said cars were going back and forth all night.  How it wasn’t the first time they had all-night mountaintop blowouts up there.  We bagged used condoms from all over this place—bedrooms, baths, all over the house.  We’ll compare DNA with that of the victims.  See if we get any matches that narrow down any persons of interest.  Looks to be marijuana and freebase by the fireplace and in the breakfast room.  And what is likely Mexican black heroin on the carpet in the den.  Lord only knows what else we’ll turn up.  I’ll be surprised if we don’t find Silk or S-K.  There’s at least a case of empty aerosol cans, probably for heavy-duty huffing.  We’ll see what the lab tells ushopefully that’ll fill in more details.”

Spinner said, “Before Frannie left for Denver last night, Ski came by and borrowed my wheels to get here.  Brought them back about noon.  Christy and the two men had to be alive at the time Ski left.  Depending on road conditions, it takes about an hour to get from here back into town.  The low last night was below zero, but there was no heavy weather—no wind.”  His eyes flashed hurt and anger, a silent reckoning stirring somewhere deep and hidden.  “Ski would party ’till the last minute.”  Spinner hesitated.  “Least, I’d like to think it was that.  I wouldn’t like thinking he’d use me as an alibi.”  The thought of the possibility was a heart-pain that sliced deep into his soul.  “Give me a few minutes before you zip them up.”

Loopy nodded. “No hurry.  Take what time you need.”

A very still Spinner turned a masque-face back to the bedemotions churning his features.  A lump knotted his throat.  Looking down at Christy’s lifeless body, the bullet hole a vulgar insult to a death mask of frozen beautyit seemed somehow otherworldly.  “never could trust your flighty-canary way of life.”  The niche occupied by carefree fun-loving Christy seemed stark and empty.

 

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Hawk MacKinneyAUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

With postgraduate degrees and faculty appointments in several medical universities, Hawk MacKinney has taught graduate courses in both the United States and Jerusalem. In addition to professional articles and texts on chordate neuroembryology, Hawk has authored several works of fiction.

 

Hawk began writing mysteries for his school newspaper. His works of fiction, historical love stories, science fiction and mystery-thrillers are not genre-centered, but plot-character driven, and reflect his southwest upbringing in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. Moccasin Trace, a historical novel nominated for the prestigious Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction and the Writers Notes Book Award, details the family bloodlines of his serial protagonist in the Craige Ingram Mystery Series… murder and mayhem with a touch of romance. Vault of Secrets, the first book in the Ingram series, was followed by Nymrod Resurrection, Blood and Gold, and The Lady of Corpsewood Manor. All have received national attention.  Hawk’s latest release in the Ingram series is due out this fall with another mystery-thriller work out in 2014. The Bleikovat Event, the first volume in The Cairns of Sainctuarie science fiction series, was released in 2012.

 

“Without question, Hawk is one of the most gifted and imaginative writers I have had the pleasure to represent. His reading fans have something special to look forward to in the Craige Ingram Mystery Series. Intrigue, murder, deception and conspiracy–these are the things that take Hawk’s main character, Navy ex-SEAL/part-time private investigator Craige Ingram, from his South Carolina ancestral home of Moccasin Hollow to the dirty backrooms of the nation’s capital and across Europe and the Middle East.”

 

Links:

 

www.hawkmackinney.net

 

Hawk will be awarding a $25 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn commenter during the tour.

You are encouraged to follow the tour and comment; the more you comment, the better your chances of winning. The tour stops can be found here:

 

http://goddessfishpromotions.blogspot.com/2013/12/mini-book-blast-blood-and-gold-by-hawk.html

http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Gold-Hawk-Mackinney/dp/1933300051/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384707314&sr=8-1&keywords=blood+and+gold+mackinney

 

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blood-n-gold-hawk-mackinney/1107229202?ean=9781933300054

 

 

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“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” — Franz Kafka Ruth is an inspirational entertainment journalist who instinctively sees the best in all and seeks to share universal beauty, love and positivity. She is an artist who leads with her heart and gives readers a glimpse of the best of this world through the masterful use of the written word. Ruth was born in Tacoma, Washington but now calls Yelm, Washington her home. She lives on five acres with her parents, a dog, two miniature goats, cats and a teenage daughter who is a dynamic visual artist herself. Ruth interviews fellow artists both inside and outside of the film/television industry. At the core of all she does is the strength of her faith.

10 Comments

  1. ingramme January 25, 2014 Reply

    Elise-Maria BARTON

    Thank U again for visiting & leaving your comment –

    Hawk MacKinney

  2. ingramme January 25, 2014 Reply

    bn100 –

    The teasers can be the fun part of hooking the reader(s) –

    Hawk MacKinney

  3. ingramme January 25, 2014 Reply

    Steve WEBER –

    Thank U for your comment – several other titles in the mystery series are & will soon be released –

    Hawk MacKinney
    http://www.hawkmackinney.net

  4. ingramme January 25, 2014 Reply

    CATHY –

    There’s a series of hilarious snafus behind the fishing hat – I like it too. Thank U for dropping by & leaving a comment in this title of the Ingram mystery series –

    Hawk MacKinney

  5. ingramme January 25, 2014 Reply

    Thank you for hosting Blood & Gold from my Ingram mystery series –

    Hawk MacKinney
    http://www.hawkmackinney.net

  6. steve weber January 23, 2014 Reply

    Congrats on the book release!

  7. Cathy January 23, 2014 Reply

    I like your fishing hat, Hawk.
    capefearlibn at gmail dot com

  8. bn100 January 23, 2014 Reply

    Nice teaser

    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

  9. Elise-Maria Barton January 23, 2014 Reply

    This series sounds like an exciting read! Thx for sharing 🙂

  10. Goddess Fish Promotions January 23, 2014 Reply

    Thanks for hosting!

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