Dick Thornby is not Hollywood's idea of a spy.
He's a new kind of spy for a new kind of world.
My Latest Book
Flash Drive is the third Dick Thornby adventure, following on the heels of my spy thrillers Net Impact and Wet Work.
It's complicated when you're an international spy with a wife, a kid, and a mortgage, but everyone thinks you're really a wastewater treatment consultant. It's bad when your family finds out about your clandestine life, your wife wants to keep tabs on where you are, and your kid tries to emulate your espionage activities. But, it's downright dangerous for your career, your family, your colleagues, and your prospects of living until retirement when the powers-that-be at the Subsidiary discover you haven't been keeping the secrets you should have.
Forced to bring his family in tow on an off-the-books mission to investigate a mysterious flash in the middle of the Australian Outback, Dick Thornby has to contend with foreign agents, a sinister Japanese cult, outlandish conspiracy theories, and futuristic weapons from the past to save his family and himself while still completing his bizarre quest for the truth about what happened out woop woop and why so many people with weapons care.
Thoughtful reviews are always welcome.
“FLASH DRIVE builds on the universe that Mr. Bingle began with NET IMPACT and continued with WET WORK. This time, everyman spy Dick Thornby and his family are on a mission to… wait, huh? What secret agent in his right mind brings his family along on a dangerous espionage assignment? Find out inside this grand entertainment that sports an intriguing plot, well-written and thrilling action scenes, and a few laughs, too!”
Raymond Benson, author of Hotel Destiny—a Ghost Noir and The Black Stiletto Serial
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I write in a lot of different genres, as you can see below.
 Net ImpactDick Thornby is not Hollywood's idea of a spy. |  Wet WorkDick Thornby's latest case takes him from paradise to his worst nightmares. |  Flash DriveA mysterious flash leads to a mission out woop woop with his family in tow. |
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 Forced ConversionNear future military scifi. Everyone can have heaven, any heaven they want, but some people don't want to go. |  GREENSWORDA darkly comedic eco-thriller. They're about to save the world; they just don't want to get caught doing it. |  Frame ShopA mystery thriller set in a writers' group and punctuated by violence, humor, annd occasional writing advice. Critiquing another writer can be murder. |
 The Love-Haight Case FilesLawyers represent the supernatural "other than" human creatures in a San Francisco that is the epi-center of magic in the world. Now available. |  Crimson Life/Crimson DeathThree tales of good vs. evil from the pages of The Crimson Pact. Includes "Solitary Life," "Dark Garden," and "Someday." |  FamiliarSpiritsSometimes when the dead are laid to rest in peace, they refuse to go into that dark night. |
 Tales of Gamers and GamingIncludes "The Quest," "Loser Takes All," and "Gaming Circle." |  Tales Out of TimeIncludes "Standing Still," "Knowing She Would," and "A Passion for Time Travel." |  Tales of Humorous HorrorIncludes "BunRabs,"Hell to Pay," and "Cursory Review." |
 Grim, Fair e-TalesIncludes "Suburban Legend," "Artists Only," "Stew," and "Grok." |  Tales of an Altered Past ...... Powered by Romance, Horror, and Steam. Includes "Dashed Hopes," "Rejecting the Anthropocene," "Gentlemanly Horrors of Mine Alone," and "Foggy Goggles." |  Not-So-Heroic FantasyIncludes "Fellow Traveler," "Means to an End," "The Eye-Candy of Argon," and "MAKESHIFT." |
 Shadow RealitiesIncludes "Psycho Physics," "For Every Time, A Season," "Rural Route," "Day of the Shadows," and "www.karmassist.com." |  Father's DayA true story about my dad. "Father's Day" won 1st Place in the California Literary Arts Society Memoir Contest (2009). |  Ratfish, Schlock Zone Drive-InRatfish is a classic tale of sex, violence, and mutated animal parts in a blender. |
 Merry Mark-UpA sequel to "Season's Critiquings." This time it's personal. |  Holiday WorkshoppingThe third installment in the Christmas Carol Critique Collection moves away from children's songs. |  Season's CritiquingsEver wonder what would happen if a beloved Christmas tale was critiqued by a professional editor or writer's group? |
 Christmas Carol Critique CollectionContains all four of my humorous critiques of Christmas classics at one low price. |  Gentlemanly Horrors of Mine AloneA tale of love, gold, and monsters told in an English adventurers' club. |  Santa Clauses and PhrasesThe fourth humorous critique of a holiday classic tackles a mystery thriller! |
 MAKESHIFTA tale of the magic of reality and the reality of magic. |  Running FreeA Tale Inspired by Patsy Ann. The statue of Patsy Ann, a bull terrier, is a familiar sight to the thousands who arrive in Juneau on cruises and ferry-boats which ply the Inside Passage from the Pacific Northwest through the panhandle of Alaska. |  Knowing She Would"Knowing She Would" (approximately 3,600 words) tells the story of a girl visited repeatedly by those who need her help in their journeys. The story originally appeared in Historical Hauntings, edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg (DAW Books, Inc. 2000). |
 Father's Day Deluxe 3-Pack EditionIn addition to the award-winning title tale, this edition includes "Work Mode" and "Tree of Enlightenment," as well as a bonus first chapter of Forced Conversion. |
