Robert Ryland
Robert Ryland is the pen name of Robert Jacoby. He is a native of Indiana, has lived in France and Southern California, and now makes his home with his wife in western North Carolina.
Robert has written short stories, screenplays and plays, and now concentrates on novels. He has written three books, and hopes to complete a fourth in Spring of 2012. A member of several writing groups, he works with new and published writers in different parts of North Carolina. When not at the keyboard, he likes to read, explore the trails near his home, have good conversation, a strong cup of coffee, and the occasional glass of wine.
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Robert has written short stories, screenplays and plays, and now concentrates on novels. He has written three books, and hopes to complete a fourth in Spring of 2012. A member of several writing groups, he works with new and published writers in different parts of North Carolina. When not at the keyboard, he likes to read, explore the trails near his home, have good conversation, a strong cup of coffee, and the occasional glass of wine.
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The Little Rock Messenger
Suspense, Thriller
In the summer of 1956, a twelve year-old African-American boy named Lincoln South makes a Greyhound bus trip from Little Rock to Atlanta to visit his grandmother. During the journey, he befriends two fellow passengers: a big-talking black teenager named Jeff Twilley and an old Austrian émigré named Franz Jabing. Lincoln is not sure he likes or trusts Twilley, but Jabing is friendly and easygoing, and they soon become friends. However, Jabing has a secret. He is on a mission to return stolen items to a young woman whose family perished in the Holocaust. He is also being chased by a hired killer out to stop him at all costs. Lincoln eventually learns of this, and finds himself caught up in a dangerous game of hide and seek. With the unlikely help of the teenager Twilley, and his own unusual courage, the boy becomes the old Austrian's messenger and the only chance the young woman has to recover what is rightfully hers.
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In the summer of 1956, a twelve year-old African-American boy named Lincoln South makes a Greyhound bus trip from Little Rock to Atlanta to visit his grandmother. During the journey, he befriends two fellow passengers: a big-talking black teenager named Jeff Twilley and an old Austrian émigré named Franz Jabing. Lincoln is not sure he likes or trusts Twilley, but Jabing is friendly and easygoing, and they soon become friends. However, Jabing has a secret. He is on a mission to return stolen items to a young woman whose family perished in the Holocaust. He is also being chased by a hired killer out to stop him at all costs. Lincoln eventually learns of this, and finds himself caught up in a dangerous game of hide and seek. With the unlikely help of the teenager Twilley, and his own unusual courage, the boy becomes the old Austrian's messenger and the only chance the young woman has to recover what is rightfully hers.
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Electric Highway
Suspense, Thriller
Patricia Manning suspects that her brother's death by drowning is part of a conspiracy by his energy company employer to keep a fraud from being exposed. Investigating the case, an L.A. cop begins to confirm Manning's suspicions, and they join forces to gather evidence against the conspirators. Soon they discover an involved plot to cheat electric utility customers out of billions of dollars. When other people start turning up dead, it casts suspicion on key company players, who begin acting recklessly in an attempt to hide their crime. Manning herself becomes a target, and the cop grows desperate to keep her safe. All of this is further complicated by Manning and the cop realizing they are attracted to each other.
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Patricia Manning suspects that her brother's death by drowning is part of a conspiracy by his energy company employer to keep a fraud from being exposed. Investigating the case, an L.A. cop begins to confirm Manning's suspicions, and they join forces to gather evidence against the conspirators. Soon they discover an involved plot to cheat electric utility customers out of billions of dollars. When other people start turning up dead, it casts suspicion on key company players, who begin acting recklessly in an attempt to hide their crime. Manning herself becomes a target, and the cop grows desperate to keep her safe. All of this is further complicated by Manning and the cop realizing they are attracted to each other.
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