Kevin G. Chapman is an attorney specializing in labor and employment law and an independent author. His current project is the Mike Stoneman Thriller series. Righteous Assassin (Mike Stoneman Thriller #1), was named one of the top 20 Mystery/Thrillers of 2019 by the Kindle Book Review and a finalist for the Chanticleer Book Review CLUE award. Deadly Enterprise (Mike Stoneman Thriller #2) was also named a top-20 Mystery/Thriller of 2020 by the Kindle Book Review and is on the Short-List for the 2020 CLUE Award. Book #3, Lethal Voyage, was published in November of 2020 and is already Shortlisted for the Chanticleer CLUE award. Book #4 in the series, Fatal Infraction, will be published in the summer of 2021. Kevin has also written a serious political drama, A Legacy of One, originally published in 2016, which was short-listed for the Chanticleer Somerset Award for literary fiction. A Legacy of One will be re-published in a newly re-edited and revised edition in 2021. Kevin is a resident of Central New Jersey and is a graduate of Columbia College and Boston University School of Law. Readers can contact Kevin via his website at www.KevinGChapman.com.
Today, November 23rd (OK, it’s technically tomorrow, but it’s nearly 11 p.m.), with the Kindle launch of Perilous Gambit, the Mike Stoneman Thriller series is officially a series. I know, you can be a series at 3 books, and 4 books is nice, but getting to 5 books makes it a legitimate series. Plus, there’s … More A Milestone
Sometimes you wake up on a Monday and curse the start of the work week. Other days, like today, things happen that make you smile. First, I got the link to a guest article I wrote for a fellow author’s blog. Mark S. Bacon is a very successful indie author who consented to helping me … More Some Days Are Better Than Others
We’re getting close to Launch Day (November 24th) for the Kindle edition of Perilous Gambit. The paperback, hardcover, and audiobook versions are now available. Please join me on Tuesday, November 23rd for the Launch Party on Facebook Live! To attend the launch party, you need to join the Mike Stoneman Thriller Group on Facebook (it’s … More Perilous Gambit Launch Party – Coming November 23rd
This book is really more about the main narrator, Tom, searching for Nina – his sister. The story opens with Tom and his family preparing to dispose of Nina’s ashes, after her sudden death from a heart attack in her mid-50s. The story is then told in a series of flashbacks, some from Tom’s … More Searching for Sarah, by Phillip Vega [Review]
On November 1, 2021, the Kindle Book Review announced the winners of the 2021 KBR Awards in eight categories. In the mystery/thriller category, the winner is Lethal Voyage (A Mike Stoneman Thriller). I’m so honored to win this year’s “best of indie” award from the Kindle Book Review. You can read Lethal Voyage for just … More Lethal Voyage Named Best Mystery/Thriller of 2021 by the Kindle Book Review!
Mix a secret high-society orgy party, a serial fire-bombing murderer, and two detectives having a romantic relationship crisis, and you have the ingredients for an entertaining crime thriller from Dan Alatorre. Mr. Alatorre is a favorite of mine and I read the first book in this series, but not the second. There was obviously some … More Third Degree (Double Blind book #3) by Dan Alatorre [Review]
October 17, 2021. The audiobook version of Perilous Gambit (Mike Stoneman #5) is in the can! Narrating the audiobooks is always both fun and frustrating. The post-narration editing and production of the audio files is painstaking and time-consuming. But, now it’s over! You can listen to a preview of Perilous Gambit below. In Chapter 5, … More Audiobook of Perilous Gambit – Preview
Five Clones will have a following. If you are a fan of character-based sci fi and dystopian depictions of the future of the United States, you may love this. If you enjoy a complex plot with multiple stories that keeps you guessing about how they will connect, and if you enjoy getting a deep backstory … More Five Clones, by Ed Bonilla [Review]
I was privileged to be a guest on the Read & Write Podcast on October 13, 2021. You can listen to the 60-minute interview, where I discuss the characters in the Mike Stoneman Thriller series, as well as the writing process and narrating my own audiobooks at these listening links: Apple: Spotify: Amazon: Google: Audible:
On October 1, 2021, the Kindle Book Review revealed the Finalists in the seven divisions of the Kindle Book Award contest. Lethal Voyage was named one of the 5 Finalists in the Mystery/Thriller division! The winner of the 2021 KBR Award will be announced November 1. You can see all the Finalists HERE.
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