Tahoe Chase (An Owen McKenna Mystery Thriller) (37 page)

About the Author

Todd Borg and his wife live in Lake Tahoe, where they write and paint. To contact Todd or learn more about the Owen McKenna mysteries, please visit toddborg.com

A Message To The Reader...

Dear Reader,

If you enjoyed this novel, please consider posting a short review on Amazon. Reviews help authors a great deal, and that in turn enables us to write more stories for you.

Thanks very much for your interest and support.

Yours,

Todd Borg

PRAISE FOR TAHOE TRAP

“AN OPEN-THROTTLE RIDE”

- Wendy Schultz, Placerville Mountain Democrat

“A CONSTANTLY SURPRISING SERIES OF EVENTS INVOLVING MURDER...and the final motivation of the killer comes as a major surprise. (I love when that happens.)”
 

- Yvette, In So Many Words
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    I LOVE TODD BORG’S BOOKS... There is the usual great twist ending in Tahoe Trap that I never would have guessed”

 
- JBronder Book Reviews
 

“ANOTHER MUST READ FOR MYSTERY LOVERS”

- Taylor Flynn, Tahoe Mountain News

                   “THE PLOTS ARE HIGH OCTANE AND THE ACTION IS FASTER THAN A CHEETAH ON SPEED”

- Cathy Cole, Kittling: Books

“YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE with the almost-silent, unemotional Paco”

- Elizabeth, Silver’s Reviews

“TAHOE TRAP OFFERS A CHILLING THRILLER”

-
Caleb Cage, The Nevada Review
 

“THE CHASE FOR THE BOY IS FRIGHTENINGLY FAST-PACED. In desperation, McKenna sets a trap, with Paco as the bait. And it almost works. The impending catastrophe takes a sudden twist”

 - Bookin’ With Sunny

“A FASCINATING STORY WITH FIRST CLASS WRITING and, of course, my favorite character, Spot, a Great Dane that steals most of the scenes.”

- Mary Lignor, Feathered Quill Book Reviews

“SUPER CLEVER... More twists in the plot toward the end of the book turn the mystery into an even more suspenseful thriller.”

 -Harvee Lau, Book Dilettante

“AN EXCITING MURDER MYSTERY... I watch for the ongoing developments of Jack Reacher, Joanna Brady, Dismas Hardy, Peter and Rina Decker, and Alex Cross to name a few. But these days I look forward most to the next installment of Owen McKenna.”

- China Gorman blog

PRAISE FOR TAHOE HIJACK

 “BEGINNING TO READ TAHOE HIJACK IS LIKE FLOOR-BOARDING A RACE CAR... RATING: A+”

- Cathy Cole, Kittling Books

“A THRILLING READ... any reader will find the pages of his thrillers impossible to stop turning”

- Caleb Cage, The Nevada Review

“NOW I’M HOOKED...Borg not only offers a good mystery, but does a terrific job with some fascinating California history that is both enlightening and gripping”

- Sunny Solomon, Bookin’ with Sunny

“THE BOOK CLIMAXES WITH A TWIST THE READER DOESN’T SEE COMING, WORTHY OF MICHAEL CONNELLY”

- Heather Gould, Tahoe Mountain News

“I HAD TO HOLD MY BREATH DURING THE LAST PART OF THIS FAST-PACED THRILLER”

- Harvee Lau, Book Dilettante

PRAISE FOR TAHOE HEAT

“IN TAHOE HEAT, BORG MASTERFULLY WRITES A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS SO INTENSE THAT IT BELONGS IN AN EARLY TOM CLANCY NOVEL”

- Caleb Cage, Nevada Review

“TAHOE HEAT IS A RIVETING THRILLER”

- John Burroughs, Midwest Book Review

“WILL KEEP READERS TURNING THE PAGES AS OWEN RACES TO CATCH A VICIOUS KILLER”

- Barbara Bibel, Booklist

“THE READER CAN’T HELP BUT ROOT FOR McKENNA AS THE BIG, GENEROUS, IRISH-BLOODED, STREET-WISE-YET-BOOK-SMART FORMER COP”

- Taylor Flynn, Tahoe Mountain News

PRAISE FOR TAHOE NIGHT

“BORG HAS WRITTEN ANOTHER WHITE-KNUCKLE

THRILLER... A sure bet for mystery buffs waiting for the next Robert B. Parker and Lee Child novels”

- Jo Ann Vicarel, Library Journal

“AN ACTION-PACKED THRILLER WITH A NICE-GUY HERO, AN EVEN NICER DOG...”

- Kirkus Reviews

“A KILLER PLOT... EVERY ONE OF ITS 350 PAGES WANTS TO GET TURNED... FAST”

- Taylor Flynn, Tahoe Mountain News

“ANOTHER PAGE-TURNER OF A MYSTERY, with more twists and turns than a roller coaster ride”

- Midwest Book Review

“A FASCINATING STORY OF FORGERY, MURDER...”

- Nancy Hayden, Tahoe Daily Tribune

PRAISE FOR TAHOE AVALANCHE

ONE OF THE TOP 5 MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR!

- Gayle Wedgwood, Mystery News

“BORG IS A SUPERB STORYTELLER...A MASTER OF THE GENRE”

- Midwest Book Review

“EXPLODES INTO A COMPLEX PLOT THAT LEADS TO MURDER AND INTRIGUE”

- Nancy Hayden, Tahoe Daily Tribune

“READERS WILL BE KEPT ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS”

- Sheryl McLaughlin, Douglas Times

“INCLUDE BORG IN THE GROUP OF MYSTERY WRITERS that write with a strong sense of place such as TONY HILLERMAN”

- William Clark, The Union

PRAISE FOR TAHOE SILENCE

WINNER, BEN FRANKLIN AWARD, BEST MYSTERY OF THE YEAR!

“A HEART-WRENCHING MYSTERY THAT IS ALSO ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS WRITTEN ABOUT AUTISM”

STARRED REVIEW - Jo Ann Vicarel, Library Journal

CHOSEN BY LIBRARY JOURNAL AS ONE OF THE FIVE BEST

MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR

“THIS IS ONE ENGROSSING NOVEL...IT IS SUPERB”

 
- Gayle Wedgwood, Mystery News
 

 “ANOTHER EXCITING ENTRY INTO THIS TOO-LITTLE-KNOWN SERIES”

- Mary Frances Wilkens, Booklist

PRAISE FOR TAHOE KILLSHOT

“BORG BELONGS ON THE BESTSELLER LISTS with Parker,

Paretsky and Coben”

- Merry Cutler, Annie’s Book Stop, Sharon, Massachusetts

“A GREAT READ!”

-Shelley Glodowski, Midwest Book Review

“A WONDERFUL BOOK”

- Gayle Wedgwood, Mystery News

PRAISE FOR TAHOE ICE GRAVE

“BAFFLING CLUES...CONSISTENTLY ENTERTAINS”

- Kirkus Reviews

“A CLEVER PLOT... RECOMMEND THIS MYSTERY”

- John Rowen, Booklist

“A BIG THUMBS UP... MR. BORG’S PLOTS ARE SUPER-TWISTERS”

- Shelley Glodowski, Midwest Book Review

ONE OF THE TOP 5 MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR!

- Gayle Wedgwood, Mystery News

“GREAT CHARACTERS, LOTS OF ACTION, AND SOME CLEVER PLOT TWISTS...Readers have to figure they are in for a good ride, and Todd Borg does not disappoint.”

- John Orr, San Jose Mercury News

PRAISE FOR TAHOE BLOWUP

“A COMPELLING TALE OF ARSON ON THE MOUNTAIN”

- Barbara Peters, The Poisoned Pen Bookstore

“RIVETING... A MUST READ FOR MYSTERY FANS!”

- Karen Dini, Addison Public Library, Addison, Illinois

WINNER! BEST MYSTERY OF THE YEAR

- Bay Area Independent Publishers Association

BEN FRANKLIN AWARD, BEST MYSTERY SILVER MEDAL

PRAISE FOR TAHOE DEATHFALL

“THRILLING, EXTENDED RESCUE/CHASE”

- Kirkus Reviews

“A TREMENDOUS READ FROM A GREAT WRITER”

- Shelley Glodowski, Midwest Book Review

“BORG OFFERS A SIMPLY TERRIFIC DOG”

- Barbara Peters, The Poisoned Pen

“McKENNA IS BRIGHT AND WITTY... SPOT IS A WONDERFULLY DRAWN CHARACTER”

- Marty Steinberg, Deadly Pleasures

WINNER! BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR

- Bay Area Independent Publishers Association

“A TAUT MYSTERY... A SCREECHING CLIMAX”

- Karen Dini, Addison Public Library, Addison, Illinois

Titles by Todd Borg

TAHOE DEATHFALL

TAHOE BLOWUP

TAHOE ICE GRAVE

TAHOE KILLSHOT