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For a lie to add piquancy to a story, the story would be factual. Fantasy needs no lie to stimulate or excite. But if the factual story is contrived or fallacious then it’s the fantasy that is the truth.

Murder--Mystery--Suspense

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FREE UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST 8/8/2018

There is no morality to be found in evil.
But to recognise that which is truly evil
One must forget the rules of morality.

Dark, detailed and filled with emotional landmines

A STORY OF POWER
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An outstanding review of Once I Was A Soldier FREE until midnight PST 8/8/2018

5.0 out of 5 stars Once I was a Soldier by Daniel Kemp
7 August 2018

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Once I was a Soldier by Daniel Kemp is the second in a trilogy that opened with What Happened in Vienna Jack? Once I was a Soldier picks up the narrative some 20 years later. It’s not obvious, at first, because the characters seem new, but if you have read the first book, you will realise, slowly, slowly that you have met these characters before.
This is a thriller of the highest quality. I’ve made the comparison between John le Carre and Daniel Kemp before. Both of these writers have agile, creative minds and both are experts in their chosen fields of espionage and the politics of the era.

The theme of Once I was a Soldier is power. People crave power, even if they already have it, they are greedy and want more. Those in power are afraid of losing it and guard it jealously.

The novel opens with an abuse of power. Melissa Iverson has inherited a vast fortune. Her lawyer reads her the contents of her Father’s Will. Her Father has made provisions for his two elderly, much-loved servants, leaving them a house in which to live out their days. But the clause isn’t watertight and Melissa demands that the elderly couple are thrown out of their home immediately. This abuse of power drives the narrative.

This is some of the finest erotica I’ve read. The writer lulls the reader into believing that sex and wealth are so high on the agenda that we are reading a narrative that lures us into the sexually determined world of Jackie Collins, or Shirley Conran.

And neither is this Agatha Christie, there’s no room for Miss Marple here. There is a change of mood and pace that is shocking. We stumble into a gritty, dark world…the characters with whom we thought were safe and dependable are not what they have seemed. Who are their masters? Who truly, ultimately has power? We don’t know and for the most part we never find out, we can only guess. but the final pages bring us back to the narrative…it is shocking, leaving us in no doubt that evil really does exist.

If you like your reading to be challenging, if you like the mystery of where Daniel Kemp is taking you..be warned, Once I was a Soldier is disturbing, but you will enjoy the journey.

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In times forgotten, in memories now old
Where stories of love still remained untold,
There was a soul that had wandered far and alone
Trying to find a way for his sins to atone.

Lies were his friend, they hid his name.
They hid his past, they hid his shame.
Bodies had died and faces burned away,
But murders are death and alive for more than a day.

The pen writes the stories, the pages hide the cause.
The gun does the shooting and the pride hears the applause.
The bodies are all hidden but the stench lingers long
Where does a man with a past find a home to belong?

© 2018, Danny Kemp All rights reserved.

A Unique Murder-Mystery

For a lie to add piquancy to a story, the story would be factual. Fantasy needs no lie to stimulate or excite. But if the factual story is contrived or fallacious then it’s the fantasy that is the truth.

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FREE until midnight PST October 26

Let the pen write the story but use the heart to tell the tale.

A Top 100 Indie Book You Should Read Before You Die
A bestseller In Russian Literature

#Murder #Mystery #Suspense
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FREE UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST November 5
BUT BE WARNED;

This is not a Cozy Mystery. It is a gritty, down and dirty tale that will SHOCK and keep you guessing all the way through to the end.

A STORY OF POWER
From the writer of WHAT HAPPENED IN VIENNA, JACK?
A number 1 bestselling novel on Amazon

#Murder #Mystery #Suspense
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I am to give away a signed copy of my latest novel The Widow's Son here on Goodreads beginning 23rd December. Free to enter for everyone.

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A Helicopter Ride

I hitched a ride on a helicopter to the moon and back
I looked at the earth and the earth was flat.
I asked a passing Martian if she knew the way,
She said, “sure man, sure. If I can play.”

We went to Saturn and we stole a ring.
We met Bob Dylan and we began to sing.
‘Take me high as a kite, hide the smoke underneath.
Ride the lacquered carriage wearing the bridal wreath.’

The vicar said the words and the truth was told,
An artist has a duty to stay warm, not cold.
A fire reached the moon and we fell to the ground.
Belief caved in with an almighty sound.

Breathing was a problem as the air smelled bad
There were tears in the sky because God was sad.
An albatross flew past, I couldn’t see where it went.
I pulled the elastic band and began the descent.

Paradise was open and a hand popped out,
A finger pointed the way but a sign said—Drought!
Happiness has no punishment, laughter has no gain.
Lies finished the partnership, but honesty ended the pain.

© 2020, Daniel Kemp All rights reserved.