John Brinling: 15 books

A decade-old vengeance coursed through John Studebaker’s veins. For more years than he could remember, he had been pursuing a ruthless, mysterious drug lord named the Silver Fox. The pursuit destroyed his career as a DEA agent and a Rivertown cop. It led to the death of his wife and daughter....

When Marge Harper decides to host a Special Olympian for the weekend, she knows only that he is somehow handicapped and is an avid skier. Despite her own infirmities--which are significant--she is sure she will be able to help her Olympian—until he turns the tables and changes how she sees the world. A...

How devastating is a sinkhole? How tragic is it when it occurs in the bedroom of a small house? How much worse is it when the sinkhole begins talking to the young woman it has thrown out of bed about a child’s murder? And how unwise is it for the young woman to climb down into that sinkhole?

This novel is a science fiction adventure with aliens and mutants and immigrants struggling for survival in East Africa, where deception, savagery and death are an inherent part of daily life, and where indigenous hatred and unimaginable horrors fuel anarchy and rebellion. The Mbili are the...

The horror was starting again. That is the opening sentence in this novel, a supernatural thriller about vengeance, love, courage--and getting one more chance! The story deals with mindlinks, thought transference, reincarnation and mindless obedience to a father's demonic will. The heroine is a middle...

“High Noon” meets “Murder at 1600” Problems begin for the President's family when a skull is found buried at a Manhattan construction site once owned by the family. The skull, when facially reconstructed, bears an uncanny resemblance to Hitler. DNA analysis shows a familial relationship to...

Can a post-hypnotic suggestion make Peggy Sue do things she doesn't want to do? When Rick and Peggy Sue go to the fair, they are more or less happily married. When they leave, Rick is facing significant jail time for rape. But who is really the bad guy? Rick or his friend, Patrick, who was dissed by Peggy Sue?

Mr. M gave the boy a difficult assignment. A public killing on the Fourth of July. In Vermont. Of a friend. Who he really cared for. This mission is of great political significance and the boy can’t fail to complete it, because he will be assassinated if he does. Faced with this impossible...

Time: 1975. Location: New York City. The murder of Roger’s musician friend, Gideon Whiting, turns Roger’s world up-side-down. His wife, Natalie, lies to him. His best friend, Ted, lies to him. His boss and U.S. Senate candidate, Charlie Holt, lies to him. And Lieutenant Tarrington, a homicide...

When Noah visited Atlantis, his encounter with Pinkie was a disaster. When he told Neptune, there was only anger and recrimination. When Pinkie tried to make amends, Aphrodite got involved. However, it was up to Sedna, goddess of the seas, to remedy the situation.

Amos, the enforcer, wanted out. At forty-seven – and after twenty-nine years of following orders - he knew his time was limited. He had served his masters well, but age and sloppiness had made him expendable. But how to exit gracefully – and alive! “Unlike the living, the dead tell no tales.”...

Noah awoke in a casket. The casket was on display in a funeral parlor. He awoke several times more in the same casket and each time had a conversation with the funeral services practitioner, a strange man named Jeremy Black. During these exchanges, he became aware that his memory was seriously impaired. Each...

A reluctant extraterrestrial holds sway over war and peace when drawn into the Machiavellian politics of a warmongering White House. An FBI agent, his daughter and girlfriend must survive the murder and mayhem that ensue, and convince the ET to help them prevent a war with North Korea.

A portrait of the harrowing despair and remarkable courage of a middle-class family tormented beyond endurance by a mindless act of violence. Chris Carter, at 24, a medical student, had it all. Good looks, intelligence, a winning personality, a loving family. His girlfriend, Louise, was his...