Thursday 20 August 2015

The Gaf Killer - Son of Zodiac NEW book release by Jerry Otis


The Gaf Killer - Son of Zodiac NEW book release by Jerry Otis






Book Blurb


A serial killer, calling himself The Gaf, starts an interstate killing spree that quickly propels him to the top of the FBI’s most wanted list. Special Agent David Drake and his hand-picked team of agents drop everything and form a taskforce with one purpose—to track down this psychopath and bring him to justice. Crisscrossing the country from one crime scene to the next, Drake and his team can only hope the killer gets careless and makes a mistake. But this killer is no novice. His father, serial killer The Zodiac from the late 1960s and early ’70s, has taught him well and the taskforce has its hands full. How many more innocent victims must die before Drake and his team can track down this monster and stop the carnage?



CHAPTER 1

The Call
I was sitting in my office in Phoenix when the phone rang. “Special Agent Drake here,” I said.

“Agent Drake, this is Ms. Janson, from the director’s office in Washington, DC. Hold please, I’m transferring you to Director Becker.”

Director Becker and I went way back, once working as partners out of the Washington, DC office, tracking down and arresting several interstate and international murder suspects on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Director Becker was old-school FBI with several more years of experience than me, and for the last five years had been director of the FBI. He was gray-haired, slightly overweight, and never wore designer clothing. Becker bought his suits right off the rack at the local Walmart.

“Hello, David,” he said when he got on the line. “I’ve got an assignment I want you to head up. I’ll need you here at headquarters tomorrow morning, then I’ll fill you in on the details. I can tell you this, it’s a taskforce I want you to head up to track down and arrest a serial killer who’s now on our Most Wanted list. This case is the number one priority of the FBI, so drop what you’re working on at the Phoenix office, and catch the first flight out.”

“No problem, Director Becker, I’ll see you in the morning.” I hung up the phone, and right away let my supervisor at the Phoenix office know that I’d been requested by Director Becker to meet with him and told him what I could, going on to add, “That’s pretty much all I know right now.”

With that, I headed back to my duplex on the outskirts of Phoenix, and gathered up a few things I’d need for the trip, fully knowing I might be gone for who knew how long. I knew I stood a good chance of never coming back here.

I caught a non-stop flight on FTTA-Air to DC at three p.m., landing at ten p.m. DC time. By the time I picked up a rental car and made it to my room at the Hilton, it was midnight. I set my iPhone alarm for five a.m. It was going to be a short night.
***
I arrived at headquarters around seven-forty-five a.m. then went straight up to the director’s office on the fifth floor, checking in at Ms. Janson’s desk. Then she let the director know I was here. “Go right in, Special Agent Drake, the director is ready for you.” As she opened the door to the director’s office, I thanked Ms. Janson, walked toward Director Becker, shook his hand, and took a seat at one of the three, rather cushy-looking, cordovan brown leather chairs that were situated in a semi-circle in front of his huge desk. This office seemed as large as my thousand square foot duplex in Phoenix and was done in cherry wood paneling.

Both the director and I got right into it with Becker explaining to me that he wanted this sum-bitch tracked down and arrested ASAP.

“If need be, shoot and kill this lowlife scumbag no matter whether the killer’s a man or woman,” the director went on to explain. “Those are the perimeters. Are we clear, David? I want this motherfucker caught. It doesn’t matter to me how you do it, but make sure you don’t fuck up and kill some innocent person. If that happens, we here at headquarters, and that means me, we’re gonna declare you’re a rogue FBI agent out on some kind of vindictive payback.” He paused and studied me, letting his words sink in. “Any questions, David? Are we clear? You’re free to get up and leave this office with no hard feelings if you decide you don’t wanna head up this case.”

I had to admit, I thought about walking right out of the director’s office and kissing this assignment off, but I knew I wasn’t going to leave. After all, my job as an FBI special agent was to track down murdering lowlifes.

“No problem, Director. I’m on the case, but I do have one question and one request. First question is, do you have any leads on this case?”

“We don’t have much to go on, except for one female by the name of Sandy Bandfield living in Norfolk, Virginia, who escaped after being confronted by a burglar in the middle of the night, while sleeping, three nights ago. We think that burglar is the serial killer, mainly by comparing MOs of other unsolved murders with the MO of this attempt.

“What makes this attempt different is what was said to Ms. Bandfield just before she jumped up and bolted out of her condo. From what I understand from reading the police report, the burglar nudged her while she was sound asleep, at approximately three a.m. in the morning, telling her ‘I’m Gaf. Are you ready to die?’ I want you to meet with her and do an in depth interview. Get all the particulars and make sure nothing was missed, no matter how insignificant it may seem. That’s a start. And, by the way, what was your request?”

“My request is that I handpick my team of FBI agents for this taskforce. I figured this isn’t gonna be a run of the mill track down, so I have several FBI agents in mind who are all highly experienced in their fields, whom I’ve worked with in the past and would feel comfortable working with again. I have a list I’ve put together, narrowing it down to these three FBI agents.”

“Okay, who are they?”

I opened my briefcase and pulled out a list I had typed up on my laptop during the flight out, noting the fields these agents specialized in, and handed the list to the Director.

The director eyeballed the list. “It’s a rather impressive list. I know we’ve both worked with these three agents in the past, and I have to say they definitely are the ‘Cream of The Crop,’ as far as FBI agents go. They’re like bulldogs. They don’t let up. And, I might add, Carla Simmons is easy on the eyes. By the way, David, that last remark I just made stays in this office. That’s all I need--a sexual harassment lawsuit brought on by a female agent.” The director then chuckled as he continued studying the list. “FBI Special Agent Carla Simmons. Fifteen years of experience specializing in criminal profiling and also as an FBI sketch artist. FBI Special Agent Joe Vack. Has nearly twenty years of experience with the Bureau. Vack Believes in old-school gumshoe investigations--making calls, following up on every lead, and taking lots of notes in his small spiral notepad, while leaning on informants for info. Special Agent Vack’s an exact clone of TV’s Detective Columbo. FBI Special Agent Juan Martinez. Ten years of experience doing dual duties as an expert at analyzing crime scenes, and as a crime scene photographer with the Bureau.

“Okay, David, I like the list. Now go down the hall to a spare office and start calling these agents. I want them all here in my office by eight a.m. tomorrow morning, then we’ll start working on a plan. I want your taskforce to hit the streets running. I want this serial killer bad. Do you have any other questions, thoughts, or requests?”

“Tomorrow morning, we’ll need a spare office and any additional background you may have.”

“No problem, you’ll have total access to all FBI resources. Anything you need that’ll help in catching this sum-bitch, you got it. If you have any problems along the line in getting help from any of my divisions here--well, you know what to do. You have my cell number.”

With that, we both shook hands, with me knowing as I walked out of Director Becker’s office, that this would be a tough case to crack. But I was confident that I and my team of experienced FBI special agents would catch the serial killer the bureau had labeled the Gaf Killer.

I called all three agents and gave them the rundown on what little I knew. They all agreed to come on board and meet at headquarters tomorrow morning. I especially enjoyed talking to Special Agent Carla Simmons again. Unbeknownst to Director Becker, Carla and I did have a fling while working on a case in New Orleans a few years ago. It had just happened. It was a mutual attraction between the two of us at the time, with no commitments. It was just sex. Fuck Buddies would be a better name for it, I guessed.

Director Becker was right about one thing, she was easy on the eyes, but I’d put it in modern terms--Carla was a looker with a great personality, brains, and a smokin’ bod to match.

I knew I’d have to keep my cool as much as possible. After all, our main focus was to track down the Gaf Killer.



Author Bio


Jerry Otis is a SAG Actor who turned to writing about a half dozen years ago. The entire publishing process has taught him one thing, “Never give up.” Even after getting over 40 rejection letters from other literary agencies or editors, he continued to forge ahead. He’s found out that if you have a good story, a literary agency, or editor out there somewhere will recognize your manuscript for what it is and decide to sign you.

Otis lives in northern California in the rural town of Pollock Pines. Although he’s now going to be a newly published author with Black Opal Books, it’s something that in his earlier years he would have never dreamed of becoming, considering the crappy grades he received in English classes, from elementary all the way up through high school. It wasn’t until he got into college that he found out he liked to write, and it was at that point in time he realized it’s not just the grammar that’s important, it’s the story telling. Remember this, “Without a good story, you have nothing but a bunch of rambling, mumbo jumbo, so no matter what kind of degree you have in Literature/English etc., that degree will get you nowhere unless you’re a good story teller. Grammar can be corrected, but story telling can’t be faked.” His novel The Gaf Killer ~ Son of Zodiac will be released by Black Opal Books in 2015.






Reviews




“THE GAF KILLER-SON OF ZODIAC is certainly is a page turner from the start that has a bombshell of an ending. The story keeps you on pins and needles throughout, while guessing how it will end. The Son of Zodiac figures nothing is too bad for his victims, especially the ones that have disrespected him. I highly recommend this crime novel, it’s one that you can't put down, and as I mentioned, it’s a true page turner.”
~ Melody Terwilliger



GAF KILLER gets your attention from the get go.
I Love the fast pace, edge of your seat, drama and intrigue,
as you wait to see what happens next.
It’s a mix of sex appeal, drama, and humor...
Otis’s crime thriller will be hard to put down, it’s a true page turner.

Susan Bunch


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Wednesday 19 August 2015

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Monday 17 August 2015

Mog Stanley - Album review for ROLAND

Mog Stanley - Album review for ROLAND

Released 2nd August 2015 


Mog Stanley is an Indie musician from Preston in Lancashire. Who is described, on his Bandcamp profile as "Song singing guitar playing foot tapping blues folk indie musician residing in the northern quarter of beautiful England. Armed with only a vintage guitar and home-made percussion box to keep him company, Mog Stanley’s old-school, DIY set-up has made him stand out like the proverbial sore thumb with catchy blues fuelled, melody driven songs." I couldn't have said it better myself.

Mog Stanley is a multi-instrumentalist from Preston, Lancashire. A one man band, noise making musician with an ear for melody. - - - - ---- ------ A guitar playing, foot tapping blues rock musician. His melodic and haunting vocals are beautiful and touching. Creating Blues style riffs, accompanied by his modern day and thought provoking lyrics this is serious "Gut-thumping Northern Blues."

Mog delivers a blend of electric, rhythm and blues rock, essentially a one man band extraordinaire.

I was recently asked to review his latest album ROLAND, which was an absolute pleasure for me.







There are 13 tracks on the album

1)   -26 +25
2)   Future House
3)   Spinning Plates
4)   Lalala lala la la ( Bone Collector)
5)   U-Turn
6)   Red Yella Blues
7)   Bombscare
8)   Enigma
9)   Paperthin
10) Like You Do
11) Tricky Mouth Blues
12) Running in the Dark
13) Closer to Jesus



Roland is the result of 18 months of work, which Mog is now happy to present to the World. Mog says that most of the work was recorded in one bedroom, and finished off in another - AMAZING!

Mog is an Indie artist with fantastic skills, composing, mixing and playing guitar along with clever use of his home- made percussion box, with the accompanying skills of Lee Anthony Calpee.

The first track -26 +25, is really only a little snippet of his guitar skills to whet your appetite leading in to Future House, which I feel has a distinctive Dystopian feel to it.

Spinning Plates, which I loved and is one of my favourite tracks on this album has a rock & roll edginess to a bluesy renditioning. Definitely making me want to get up and dance. This is also where I feel the title of the album came from - Roland.

Lalala lala la la ( Bone Collector) is up next, with a haunting, ghostly melody running throughout.

U-Turn is another foot tapping, Blues / Indie/ pop rock number.

Red Yella Blues - this track particularly makes you wonder how Mog manages to make sounds like this , as it emulates what you would expect to hear from to a four piece band! Yet is basically a one-man show. A mix of rhythm, blues, finger picking, indie pop and rock with beautiful haunting harmonies running smoothly through. This one left me wanting more- another 
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Enigma has a different feel again. Beautiful guitar playing, slower, very chilled with pretty lyrics. This one made me think of Golden Brown by the Stranglers.

Paperthin , an upbeat, faster rendition with numerous tempo changes. This one feels like it takes you on a journey.

Like You Do - Lovely harmonising vocals on this one, amazingly smooth - vocals  like melted chocolate.

Tricky Mouth Blues - oh yes a rockabilly, rock & roll track for sure.

Running in the Dark takes it up a notch, a faster track for you to get your dancing shoes on to, with very spooky sounds and lyrics. Final track Closer to Jesus is a rock & roll track.

Loved this album and especially Spinning Plates, Red Yella Blues and Enigma.





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Saturday 15 August 2015

KNOTS Release Blitz - out now

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Shibari -- a Japanese word that literally means "to tie" or "to bind".
Dusty Rose is well versed in the beauty of shibari. Trained in Japan as a nawashi, a rope artist, there is nothing more she enjoys than the feel of the silk rope running through her fingers as she binds her willing partners in the intricate patterns of her art. Cece Robbe--her real name, the person she hides behind--loses herself there, away from her socialite parents and her overbearing brother.
Dr. Killian McInnis has had a rough year, after saving his friend Nathaniel's life. Tragedy heaped on unhappiness have followed him and he doggedly tried to avoid them by going back to the life he thought he could live without: being a Dom. It seems to be the only way to escape the social darling his family expects him to marry; it's the only time he gets to himself to think of way to escape.
Cece is backed into a corner by her family, and forced into an engagement she doesn’t want with someone she doesn’t know. Killian can’t seem to escape from Diane and her designs on their perfect life. They cling to each other desperately trying to find a way out…
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