I am pleased to announce that The Chameleon has won the Readers' Favorite Gold Award—Thriller/Terrorist.
The Chameleon wins Readers’ Favorite Gold Award
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The Chameleon—Coming Soon
My highly anticipated fourth novel in the Jake Palmer series, The Chameleon, should be published and available in paperback and e-book formats via on-line retailers, e.g., Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple Books, by the end of July or early August. I...
Bay Beach Books: My Publishing Imprint
Many readers, especially those reading e-books, skip the publishing company’s name and other front matter and simply start reading. This is especially true when using e-book readers, such as a Kindle or Nook, where the beginning of the prologue or first chapter is the...
New Edition of Libido’s Twist
Late last year, I learned that Dog Ear Publishing—the publisher of my award-winning book, Libido's Twist—had gone out of business in early in 2020. I discovered it by accident when I logged on to my Dog Ear account. Because the publisher was no longer in...
Jake Palmer returns in The Envelope
Jake Palmer, an investigative consultant and former Navy SEAL, has returned in The Envelope, the third installment of the Jake Palmer novel series. Also back is Jake's love interest, Fiona Collins, a pharmaceutical company auditor with an investigative mindset and an...
Kirkus Review: The Drone Enigma
Kirkus has been an authoritative voice in book discovery for 80 years. I'm pleased to post Kirkus Review's review of The Drone Enigma. Former lawyer and Navy SEAL Jake Palmer returns in McManus’ second thriller (Libido’s Twist, 2011), working a simple case that...
Outstanding Review of The Drone Enigma by Luxury Reading
Luxury Reading is a well-established and respected book review website. Individual reviewers provide objective reviews of all genres of books. Review by Lauren Cannavino of Luxury Reading Books that are touted as military thrillers, like The Drone Enigma, are often...