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C.K. Phillips

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Born

in Chattanooga, The United States

Website

https://authorckphillips.com

Twitter

Dr_Ken_Phillips

Genre

Thriller, Suspense, Mystery

Influences

David Baldacci, John Grisham, Clive Cussler

Member Since

March 2015

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Note: All my books now are available as audiobooks on Amazon or Audible. C. K. Phillips is a retired educator who is an avid reader, author, and editor. After a career of teaching and grading composition, he finally determined to make time to fulfill his creative impulses, beginning his first series featuring Phil and Cyndi Kent, along with retired special forces operative Bill Lander. Comes the Awakening was his first novel, followed by the second book in the Kent/Lander series: Echoes of Skeletons Past The third book in the series is The Survival Initiative, followed by P.O.W.E.R., and the last book, The Superstitions. Phillips has now released the first book in his next series featuring Bronco Slade and Abby Malone, private investigators ...more

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Average rating: 4.4 · 131 ratings · 26 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Comes The Awakening 4.16 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A CLUE LEFT HANGING 4.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echoes of Skeletons Past (Kents/Lander #2) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Survival Initiative (Kents/Lander #3) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Superstitions (Kents/Lander #5) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	P.O.W.E.R. (Kent/Lander #4) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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C.K. Phillips made a comment on Jonny Headrick’s review of A CLUE LEFT HANGING (A Slade & Malone Mystery) " Thanks for the great review. You may like my other series: 5 books featuring Phil Kent & Bill Lander, but each is a stand-alone story. Same type book ...more "
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C.K. Phillips made a comment on Nancy Colvin’s review of A CLUE LEFT HANGING (A Slade & Malone Mystery) " Thanks, Nancy, for the great review. Glad you enjoyed it. "
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C.K. Phillips liked Nancy Colvin's review of A CLUE LEFT HANGING (A Slade & Malone Mystery): "Full of mystery This had me questioning "who done it" from the first chapter. Read it all in a day. Couldn't put it down. Highly recommend it to any mystery lovers."
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C.K. Phillips made a comment on Elaine McEwen’s review of A CLUE LEFT HANGING (A Slade & Malone Mystery) " Thanks for the great review, Elaine. Glad you enjoyed it. "
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C.K. Phillips liked Elaine McEwen's review of A CLUE LEFT HANGING (A Slade & Malone Mystery): "Non-stop action from the start with well rounded characters. Set in the mountains of East Tennessee. This one kept me guessing almost to the very end. Left me wondering about a few things that I have a feeling might come up in future books in this se" Read more of this review »
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C.K. Phillips made a comment on John Guel’s review of A CLUE LEFT HANGING (A Slade & Malone Mystery) " Thanks, John. I appreciate the great review. Glad you enjoyed it. "
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C.K. Phillips liked John Guel's review of A CLUE LEFT HANGING (A Slade & Malone Mystery): "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I picked up A Clue Left Hanging thinking it would be a nice weekend mystery, and ended up finishing it in one sitting. The setting in the East Tennessee mountains was so vivid, it felt like I was hiking right alongside Sade and Malone. The m" Read more of this review »
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C.K. Phillips made a comment on James Cole’s review of A CLUE LEFT HANGING (A Slade & Malone Mystery) " Thanks, James. Glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate the great review! "
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