A Book and a Chat with Luke Murphy

My guest today is Luke Murphy one time ice hockey starlet and now lighting the writing world as the author if adventure thriller “Dead Man’s Hand”.

Born in a small rural community in Western Quebec his dream growing up in a location where you learned to skate before you could walk was to become and ice hockey star.

When his mother lost her battle with cancer he decided to out his mind to his dream. The fact he was only 5’9” and weighing 160 pounds in a time when ice hockey was looking for big bodies on the ice did not put him off and he won many awards before using his one ice talent to get a hockey scholarship to Rochester Institute of Technology where he gained Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing with a Minor in Sociology.

He went on to get called upon by the Florida Panthers and though he got to play only four games in the NHL he had a career all be terminated early through injury, he had a carrier in the minors terminated by an serious eye injury.

Knowing that dream had come to the end he returned to his home town and not only started a career as coach but also writing for a local paper, so began his drive to becoming an author.

Several years later and after first learning the craft of a writer he has produced a wonderful murder suspense novel “Dead Man’s Hand”

About “Dead Man’s Hand” (taken from Imajin Books)

From NFL rising-star prospect to wanted fugitive, Calvin Watters is a sadistic African-American Las Vegas debt-collector framed by a murderer who, like the Vegas Police, finds him to be the perfect fall-guy.

…and the cards don't fall your way?

When the brutal slaying of a prominent casino owner is followed by the murder of a well-known bookie, Detective Dale Dayton is thrown into the middle of a highly political case and leads the largest homicide investigation in Vegas in the last twelve years.

The book has received many great reviews, several remarking that the book which is in the style of James Patterson or Rick Mofina, does not have the feel of a debut book.

As one reviewer put it…

I loved how the book kept me in the dark right till the very end! The author made me sympathize with his protaganist Calvin Watters through excellent character building, and I was definitely rooting for him! I believe the author took some serious time doing research for this novel, it was educational AND entertaining for me! A terrific debut! I look forward to more work from Luke Murphy in the future.

Well another book is already underway reviewer, and as we discussed during the show perhaps then a follow up on “duck duck goose”….
 

So listen now and share an interesting, and entertaining show as I chat with my special guest today on A Book and a Chat with Luke Murphy

Barry
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A Book and a Chat with Debbie T Kilday

My guest today is fellow Connecticut and CAPA author and I’m please to say, friend Debbie T Kilday. The name might ring a bell to a few people as her husband Mike has also been on the show a couple of times.

A photographer for many years Debbie has previously published a couple of books on the subject, “Wooden Branches” and “Farmington River Reflections” which also includes some of Debbie’s poetry.

Her debut book “No Limits: How I beat the Slots” tells her own story of a life playing the slots machines where she won millions of dollars over a period of about five years and the many people she met along the way.

During the show Debbie shared with us how at the age of 50, her girl friend who had cancer asked her to come to the casino with her, because of the illness Debbie ended up going to the concert on her own. Not knowing anything about gambling or the slot machines, Debbie explained how she was accepted into a group of “Casino Friends”. The last thing she expected was to win a jackpot; this launched her role as a high roller instant celebrity of sorts.

The good side was that it was fun, she made new casino friends, danced with the stars like Barry Manilow and Paul Anka, how enjoyed casino perks like hotels, VIP restaurants, and her own private help at the Casino’s, and she was able to share her money. She even helped people in need like her friend who had high medical expenses even though she knew she was going to die soon of cancer.

Her success at the local Connecticut Casino’s was replicated in Los Vegas, Debbie seemed to know how to read the slot machines> the book also tells of the down side, the pressure, both on herself and the family. People took advantage, there was unexpected trouble at airports when transporting the cash winnings home, it tested her married life, and there were even attempts at extortion and yes, in the end, having to declare bankruptcy.


“No Limits: How I beat the Slots” tells how Debbie won 1.8 million dollars in the last five years playing slots--legitimately, and she is probably the only person in the world that has done that. So, she is real and her book is the real thing, and it should be scrutinized and applied by every serious slot player--before the casinos get wind of it.

A great read and would be a equally great film.

So listen now and share an interesting,and entertaining thirty minutes with my guest Debbie T Kilday

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