awful intent

The Whitney Awards are open for the public to nominate books they think are great and which are written by LDS authors. Those books that get at least 5 nominations are read and rated by a panel of judges. The judges then send on the finalists in each category to the Academy for voting.

Servant won an award in 2009. Awful Intent is doing well, and if the reviews piling up are any indication, it could win another.

If you liked the story, please take a few moments to nominate Frank, Sheriff Hood, and the Knitters of Death club.

1. Go to: http://whitneyawards.com/
2. Click “Nominate” in the menu at the top
3. Fill in the form

Let’s hope Frank can use some guns legally this time.

Today Awful Intent went on sale and is currently ranked #33 in the whole Kindle store. You can enlarge the screenshot below. Nice to be on a list with Harry Potter and James Patterson 🙂 To see it in it’s full glory, click on the screen shot, then click it again to zoom.

Edit 8/21/16: And it looks like its #5 in the Nook store.

Folks, Awful Intent is now available in paperback. It’s also available now on all of the regular ebook sites plus a bunch of others.

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Today is a great day for humankind! No, it’s not the cure to cancer, the end of politics, or aliens from space being discovered in Albuquerque. No.

It’s the release of Awful Intent. The next book in the Bad Penny series, with more white-knuckle action, crime, humor, and a little something to think about.

Frank’s back. This time he’s traveling through Southeastern Utah, enjoying the miles and miles of red-rock desert and wilderness when a man is murdered where nobody is supposed to see.

Except Frank does see.

He could turn his back, but as you know, turning isn’t in Frank’s nature. . .

The ebook is up on Amazon now.

It should appear on Nook, iTunes, Baen, etc. in the next few days. The paperback should appear on Amazon as well in about a week.

Here’s what the beta readers are saying.

“WOW! Brown has outdone himself on this one. His books are always interesting and entertaining, but this one added a current twist to a captivating plot.”
~SHERIFF GARY OGILVIE, RET.

“An engaging story about law and order in the west, complete with gun battles, aerial stunts and a hero just out for a hike.”
~POLICE SERGEANT LOUISE SPETH

“Grabs you by the throat until the thrilling ending. All too true of what can happen in rural law enforcement.”
~DEPUTY SHERIFF JARED JOHNSON

I had a blast writing this. I think you’re going to enjoy it.

Sincerely,

John

EDIT: Nook and Kobo links are now live.

EDIT: Apple link is now live.

EDIT: Smashwords link is now live.

I finished the updates for the copy edit today. Now it’s time to finish the cover, format the ebook and paperback, and then publish. I thought folks might be interested to see the blurbs I received for the book.

“An engaging story about law and order in the west, complete with gun battles, aerial stunts and a hero just out for a hike.” ~ Police Sergeant Louise Speth

 

“Grabs you by the throat until the thrilling ending. All too true of what can happen in rural law-enforcement.” ~ Deputy Sheriff Jared Johnson

 

“WOW! Brown has outdone himself on this one. His books are always interesting and entertaining, but this one added a current twist to a captivating plot.” ~ Sheriff Gary Ogilvie, Ret.