Bøker av Bob Spearman

The title of this book is a warning of the extraordinary tales to be read. If ghosts frighten you, prepare to be frightened. If murder is your favorite crime genre, prepare to solve the mysteries. If mayhem haunts your days, you might find a common thread of humanity herein. If thrillers fill your bookshelf, make space for another book to keep you up at night. If you enjoy a story that will tug at your heartstrings, you might like this book. Truly a collection of extraordinary tales to take you on a ride filled with thrills, a tear or two, and the reality of humanity. Go easy into the night with this book at your side. After writing five novels, author Bob Spearman has gathered an eclectic bundle of short stories with a range of genres and styles. The stories are meant to make you laugh, cry, and reflect on your own journey in life. Most of all, the stories are meant to entertain with short tales that will cling to your psyche.

Captain Harlin Dodd faces the demise of the family shrimping business. Just as the financial dilemmas seem insurmountable, their shrimp nets bring up a treasure chest filled with gold. With this prize, their troubles really begin. A vicious band of pirates return for their lost gold and Harlin must make life or death decisions to save his family. Storms, pirates, and ghostly illusions, all set in historical Charleston, make the shrimpers' struggle an exciting Lowcountry tale.

After her daughter's tragic death, Laurel Peterson jumped in front of a truck, but her attempt at suicide failed. She was left on the side of the road with broken legs and a broken soul. The truck driver stopped to help. Hank Blevins, a veteran of savage fighting in Afghanistan, looked into her eyes and oddly found someone he could understand. Laurel's husband, Jack Peterson, a well know business man from Charleston's high society, had refused to accept mental illness in his family, and would not allow her to seek medical attention for her depression. Prior to her suicide, the dilemma drove her to alcohol, divorce, and a life on the street.Her future appeared hopeless with nowhere to go and no one to care. Due to the untenable rift with her abusive husband, few options were available. But while Laurel recovered from her injuries, Hank is compelled to visit her in the hospital. They build a relationship of mutual support by sharing the tragic stories of their flawed lives. With the developing friendship, Hank offers Laurel a place to live until she finds a better alternative. Hank had served two years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, and now works for a moving company as a condition of his parole. The company's manager, Bubba Jaborski, and Hank's parole officer, conspire to force paroled convicts to deliver drugs or return to jail. The violent and threatening activities of his boss and co-workers put Hank in dire straits as he struggles to live a good life.When Hank finally reveals to Laurel that he had spent time in prison, she leaves and returns to a nightmarish existence with her husband in their South of Broad home. Driven by the belief that her existence diminished his reputation and position in society, Jack taunts and threatens her. The abuse and lack of proper medication push Laurel back to depression, alcohol, and finally a psychotic episode that almost kills her. She calls Hank and gets a lawyer to help with a divorce.Jack and his long time business partner have a failing commercial development. To avoid bankruptcy they join forces with Hank's boss, Bubba, to launder drug money as an investment to save their business. This perilous arrangement leads to big problems with an international crime syndicate and a dangerous confrontation for Hank.With all of these troubles, Hank struggles to be a good citizen, and to become Laurel's savior, but needs a champion of his own to survive the complex minefield at work. How will these two survive the odds? Will love find a way?Author, Bob Spearman's dramatic thriller, Hard Road, provides a story with plenty of action while putting a spotlight on mental illness and domestic abuse as common conditions eroding the fabric of our society. The setting is Charleston, South Carolina. Also read, Turf and Surf, a fun thriller about lifeguards and bumbling crooks on the Carolina beaches.

In this thriller, software genius, Tom Santos, wakes up in a hotel room next to a dead woman. He remembers nothing from the night before. In two hours, he is scheduled to give the product presentation of his life. His performance might determine the success of his startup company, financial freedom for his family, and the award of a government contract valued at 3 billion dollars. What to do next? Run from the room or call the police. The moral dilemma haunts him. Sinister international forces work to steal Tom's new quantum-based security software. He becomes the prime suspect until more people die. And just when the police think they have solved the mystery, captured the killer, and closed the case, a twist will come that takes you back to the start.

In the second book of the Tom Santos series, Tom, a software genius, frightens his family with a weird episode of sleepwalking. His wife demands that he take a sabbatical to calm his mind and fix his sleepwalking problem. While Tom is healing, his quantum encryption software is still under attack from the dark underbelly of the Internet. His nemesis, Vlad, weasels his way back into the game and seeks revenge against Tom and his family. While on a vacation to Cancun, Tom and his family are kidnapped. Vlad and the cartel demand the secrets to his software. Tom is threatened with torture, but he'll have to watch his wife and twin girls suffer first. With the action-filled ending, this thriller will keep you reading until late in the night. Will the Santos family survive their encounter fighting the dark side? Author Bob Spearman's fifth novel is the second book of the Tom Santos series. Once again, the ominous situations that surround Tom Santos present a techno-thriller packed with action. How will he and his family survive the nasty characters that are desperate for his technology and revenge?