Father Mulligan is the eighth and next to last book of the Asps series, and the 17th Jim Scott Book.  The Asps, finish with a mission in Zambia.  As they head back to Montana, they asked to divert to the Cayman Islands.  Jim and Holly are aboard the C-130 with them.  This leads to the first attempt on Jim's life in this novel.  The team also gets involved trying to thwart a terrorist attack in America, even though it is far outside their purview, and well against the law to do so since they are CIA and Military.  In the process, the two situations intermingle, while the FBI tries to investigate Jim.  Other problems are uncovered along the way.and dealt with.harshly.  Also, during the course of the book, Holly has to deal with a dream she had, which leads to an eerie meeting. One would think given fair warning not to mess with someone-especially someone like Jim Scott-it might be a good idea to take ones losses, and lick ones wounds.  In this novel, a warning given is ignored, leading to a cascade of events.  No matter how smart, how rich, and how ruthless a person can be.there is always someone who is smarter, richer, and, when prodded, even more ruthless.  In this book, Jim Scott is prodded.

Father Mulligan - Jim Scott Books, #17

The Zimo Hunt is the second of the nine-book "Asps" series, and the 11th of the Jim Scott Books.  In this book, the Asps work almost full-time with British SIS (MI6) and SAS-for the most part in Pakistan.with a few side trips along the way.  Jim Scott and several (most) of the former Janitors assist in one way or another, as the old team seems to find ways to get involved with the new team.  It has long been known that al-Qaida-along with their pals the Taliban-was (and is) well-involved in international drug trafficking.  It also is well known (rather than just suspected) that some in the Pakistani intelligence community have, at best, turned blind eyes toward some activities of both the Taliban and al-Qaida.and at worst have actively helped both terrorist organizations.  This story involves both of these situations.

The Zimo Hunt - Jim Scott Books, #11

I've had requests for another Jim Scott book, because some readers evidently weren't satisfied with the help he gave Bob Becker in Bigfoot Bait or Pool Of Blood.  So here is the requested book, Back to China, Sim Scott Boks #25.  In it, the new President asks Jim to help retrieve two topflight physicists from China, where they were taken after the Chinese kidnapped them in a bloody shootout on the streets of Las Vegas.  The President is made aware of Jim's capabilities by Tony Henry, now Sir Anthony, the British SIS (MI6) Chief.  A previous President, who had served during the time the Janitors were together, happens to be visiting the White House at the time.  He also endorses Jim as the man for the job. A side issue in the book is the matter of a Chinese team bent on assassinating the new President. When I was just a young lad, the thought of flying at the speed of sound was unheard of.  Yet lo and behold, we now have planes flying at much faster speeds.  Therefore, reaching the speed of light should not be written off as impossible.  While the sci-fi folks have come up with ideas like portals, et cetera, for mankind to travel to the stars, in reality it will have to be done at least faster than the speed of light, to accomplish the job.  Perhaps such speed is being worked on at Groom Lake (Area 51).  If so, I am well-satisfied we don't know about it.  I also hope no one in Washington, D. C. knows about it either, since no one there seems capable of keeping their mouths closed about our technological breakthroughs. This is the story, in part, of a couple of guys who are working on that very project.in Area 51.

Back to China - Jim Scott Books, #25

Toboggan, is the fourth book in the "Janitors Series, " following Baghdad Butcher, Back To Iraq, and Dog Pound.  Once again, Jim Scott and the Janitors are on vacation, except for another cameo appearance, which is a continuation of their mission in Dog Pound.  In this book, we have a return of Dan and Janet Orf, as well as their friend Mark Yomo.  Dan and Janet investigate a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains, while Mark attempts to track down two criminals in the area of the crash.  In this book, a number of the new characters introduced play roles in later books of the series.with two becoming Janitors for one mission in the eighth book, Devil's Brew.  Also, during the Janitor's appearance, the C-130 plane crew from Back To Iraq is fleshed out, and most of them stay with the team from the sixth book, Saltwater Connection, thru the ninth and final book of the series, Sedona Chip. This book is part survival story, part investigation, and with a bit of the Janitors.  The Orfs investigate on two fronts, while a young, newly formed, couple fight the extremes of a late spring blizzard in the Rockies.  While that couple heads down the mountain, they find themselves on a collision course with a pair of escaped criminals headed up the same mountain in an effort to avoid re-capture by the authorities. While all this is going on, the idiot author had to stop typing on several occasions because laughter made it impossible to go on without a break.  While not a comedy, I hope the readers find those sections as funny as I did.though I'm sure the higher muckety-mucks in Iran and the leadership of al-Qaida will find it less funny.

Toboggan - Jim Scott Books, #4

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How 'bout Both is the third and final book in the Bader trilogy, and 21st Jim Scott book, though again Jim plays a very small part, while Hector Garcia gets involved a good deal more. In this book, Elmer and friends deal with a case involving domestic terrorism.  Elmer runs into several obstacles along the way, including many attempts on his life.  Old friend Hector Garcia lends a helping hand, as do FBI Special Agent Homer Spradling and NCIS Special Agent Greg Noonan, and others.  Both Elmer and his new partner Maine Bobbitt are injured in a terrorist car bomb explosion, while they save many lives through their efforts.  Identifying and capturing the car bomber becomes almost secondary to proving a case against the suspected head of several militant Islamist cells in the Los Angeles area.   One of the banes of law enforcement in America is home-grown Islamist terrorism.  This is especially true when the home-growns are aided with funds and training from afar.  This book deals with a Muslim cleric intent on causing as much damage and fear as possible with various acts of terrorism, who takes a personal dislike to Elmer Bader and his TV news reporter friend, Helen Bledsoe.

How 'bout Both - Jim Scott Books, #21

Tthis novel, The Tickleton Affair, Janitors Book #5, is a book of industrial and military espionage, Dan and Janet Orf from Dog Pound and Toboggan meet Jim Scott and some of the Janitors from Baghdad Butcher and Back to Iraq.  Those who have read Dog Pound and Toboggan have undoubtedly figured out that Dan and Janet are two of three characters who will become Janitors (they'll join the team in the next book, Saltwater Connection).      In this novel, Dan and Janet are dispatched to investigate and protect a scientist/industrialist who is doing highly classified work for the government (after he is nearly killed early in the book).  They work with the Janitors in this effort.    A special note here to readers living in, or familiar, with Sedona, Arizona.  A bit of literary license has been used to make the book "work better."  I am well aware that there is no restaurant facility in the Sedona airport.  Also, the ranch portrayed here is no longer owned by those who owned it at the time setting of the book.as some of you reading this story will no doubt know.       Industrial espionage is as old as industry.  When industry is coupled with military implications mixed in with an unscrupulous master spy to gather information, the "norm" is sometimes ignored.      This is the story of such a mixture, and the master spy happens to be from Mainland China.

The Tickleton Affair - Jim Scott Books, #5

Fido is the third book in the nine book "Asps" series, and 12th of the Jim Scott Books.    Old friend Arnold Buchanan (from the Tickleton Affair, the fifth book of the "Janitor" series) invents a new item, which "Bear" puts to good use.  The team engages various enemies in Colombia, Costa Rica, Pakistan, Mexico, Libya, and Egypt, with a few stopovers along the way.  At times they work with Tony Henry of SIS and with the SAS team they often go to war with.  As often is the case, Jim Scott and some of the old Janitors team manage to get involved at times.  A skilled team can frequently engage the enemy and, in the process, come up with viable intelligence to lead them to the next engagement.or engagements.  While it is no secret the Islamist terrorist movement has made inroads into the drug business, efforts to thwart that effort almost always go unnoticed and unreported.  Rest assured that efforts by terrorist organizations to do so are being dealt with on a regular basis.

Fido - Jim Scott Books, #12

In this the final book of the Janitor series, Sedona Chip, the French (under direction of the French President who has been a thorn in the side of our President during the War on Terror) make a foolish blunder.  The President, General Bradley, and the Janitors jump on the blunder to have a bit of comic relief after seven plus years of dealing with the terrorist threat.  During the effort to cause the French President-and a previously dis-credited French intelligence operative-as much grief as possible, the team also has to deal with several al-Qaida operations. Good reading, and hope you have enjoyed the series. Why a portion of the American public seems intent on "being more like the French" is beyond me.  This is the story of one in a long line of pompous jerks to hold the seat of President of France, and the type of foolish moves they have made over the years.  It is written with a bit of tongue in cheek, and lets my characters in the Janitor series have a bit of fun on the way out the door, so to speak.  Enjoy.

Sedona Chip - Jim Scott Books, #9

Devil Two, is Jim Scott Book #30, and in it we have new characters, as well as Jim Scott and friends.  To start off with, Jim and a couple friend come up with a plan to take out the President of Syria, before the next U. S. President is sworn in.  While the operation goes as planned, the patient (the President of Syria) doesn't die in the raid on his palace.  He does, however get the message that any more serious miscalculations, could well lead to his death. After the raid members of the new expanded group led by Jim travel to Iraq, Libya, and most of the western and central U. S.  A well-known terrorist is on a mission to explode a small nuclear device as a trigger for a large car bomb.  The idea being the car bomb would cause a large loss of life, and the trigger would spread radiation in the immediate area.

Devil Two - Jim Scott Books, #30

Horace Goes Home is the second Bader trilogy book, and 20th Jim Scott book, though Jim again only gets a mention or so, but Hector Garcia gets a good deal more involved. In this book, Elmer and friends deal with a case involving six murders committed by members of a Los Angeles organized crime organization.  The crime boss decides to eliminate Elmer along the way.  During the course of the case, a wino is found who witnessed five of the murders, and an old friend from the Janitors and Asps lends a helping hand.  Also in the book, Elmer has to deal with an LAPD Chief of Detectives, who is none too pleased with him.  However, at every turn, Elmer outflanks him.  If nothing else, this book shows that all winos are not created equal.  Throughout the history of police work, strife within the ranks has been known to exist.  In the case of Elmer and his antagonist, the outcome of their conflict has a surprising end.  Elmer has to deal with this, while he and those working the case with him labor through many false turns, as often happens while working a case to its conclusion.

Horace Goes Home - Jim Scott Books, #20

Pool Of Blood is the third and final book of the Becker Trilogy, and Jim Scot Books #24.   In this book, Bob Becker, his wife Michelle, and some other help, try to right a wrong.  A man is convicted of murder due to having stepped into a pool of blood near the body of a murdered woman, whom he had been arguing with only hours before she was killed.  During his investigation, Bob also deals with someone trying to kill Michelle.  The case of the man wrongly convicted leads Bob to Australia, where he is assisted by old friend, now-Colonel Walter Kilgorie, an ASIS Agent, and others.including Jim and Holly Scott. No matter how smart a criminal may be, his misdeeds almost always catch up with him.  In this story, six bad guys have to face their crimes in various ways.  One somehow manages to escape the justice he probably deserves, while another gets more than he might have bargained for.  This case takes Jim and Holly Scott, and Bob Becker from Missouri to France, then on to Australia.  During the Australian portion of the trip, Hector Garcia joins them.  The four also make a stop at the Solomon Islands-where the three Marines visit the sands of Guadalcanal, to pay homage to the Marines who died there.

Pool of Blood - Jim Scott Books, #24

Whodunit Did It is the first book of the Bader trilogy, and 19th Jim Scott book, though Jim and Hector Garcia only get a mention in this book.   These three books will feature LAPD Homicide Detective Elmer Bader.  In this one, Elmer and friends work to find a ruthless killer/thief who enjoys killing as well as stealing.  He is actually quite good at his chosen profession, having gone years without being brought to justice.  Good, hard, police work to track him down, is interspersed with the lives of those chasing him-including, but not limited to, Elmer's humorous, sexually charged romance with one of his three ex-wives and his efforts to play "cupid."  Unlike my previous books, this one, while having a few former military men, does not focus on military folks.  Hope the readers of the Janitor and Asps series will still find it entertaining. A bad guy may be smart.  A bad guy may be good at what he does.  A bad guy may be very careful to leave no trace of himself behind at crime scenes.  But even this bad guy-street named 'Whodunit' (without his knowledge) by an associate-can be tracked down with good police work.  A piece of evidence he had no idea would ever be discovered is discovered.  But does his escape plan work?

Whodunit Did It - Jim Scott Books, #19

In Tears & Terrorists, the fourth of nine books in the "Asps" series, and 13th of Jim Scott Books, the team suffers some losses and a change in the team make-up as they travel the globe eliminating small (and not so small) terrorist nests, mostly al-Qaida.  Also, in this book, al-Qaida sinks to still new depths with a diabolical stunt to make Lucifer proud of his Islamist off-spring.but said off-spring suffer a terrible price as a result. As al-Qaida suffers world-wide losses at the hands of the three main intelligence services (CIA, MI6, and Mossad), determined to hunt down and destroy the sons of Satan, they are finding places to hide more and more difficult.  This story is but one of many dedicated to exposing the incompetence of al-Qaida.  Enjoy their losses, as you weep for those who have lost their lives fighting this damnable cancer to world-wide human society.

Tears And Terrorists - Jim Scott Books, #13

Michael David « Mike » Jackson (1944-) est un général de l'armée de terre britannique, aujourd'hui retraité. Il a notamment occupé le poste de Chief of the General Staff et la Kosovo Force. Il a également participé aux événements du Bloody Sunday.

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