A Slice of Nick Hammer - The Horseman

The two lovers were bound by sex and a tantalizing business opportunity.  Sex sells toothpaste, body wash, automobiles, and most other things consumer related.  Aurore and Eva knew that very well.  But the products they sold were not found on a super market shelf.  Their houses of prostitution provided them a luxurious life.  Like the Horseman, crime paid them well.  But they were hungry and wanted more – of everything.  

South America supplied them with many girls and little boys.  Bogotá, with Eva’s considerable real estate holdings, provided them with a base of operations.  Far away from Teddy Rockville’s burned down manor house, they picked up the pieces with nary missing a beat. 

          Eva and Aurore made the needed contacts and put their network in place.  This network included cops and politicians with fire sale price tags.  Soon they began exporting their new ‘product line’ to Aurore’s whore houses in the French countryside.  Their business enjoyed an uptick in daily foot traffic and increases in the bottom line.  The future looked bright and a South American, Rockville style New Year’s Day blow out was not out of the question.  None of this activity went unnoticed by Watershed.  

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New Book Published

I am pleased to announce the publishing of my newest book,  The View - From My Front Porch.  It offers the reader a wide variety of subjects, with a life and world affirming view in mind.  

Availability - 

                      Amazon USA  ... 3 - 5 business days.  

                     Amazon Europe ... 3 -5 business days.  

                 Expanded Distribution (Libraries, Stand Alone Bookstores) ... 6 - 8 weeks.  

                                 Author’s Foreword

It’s really the view from my deck.  I chose the word Porch because it harkens back to the days when folks would congregate on front porches and just talk.  They faced one another and talked about whatever was on their minds.  They enjoyed not just the conversation, but the physical company of other human beings.  These folks had little in the way of distraction that might compete for their attention. 

          Like a smart phone.  I am not against technology; I happen to enjoy it.  But I am concerned about what appears to be our rabid dependence and addiction to it.  Put down that damned phone and talk to your mother!  Wait just a minute Tommy until Mommy finishes her candy crush run -this kind of thing.  Of course there are other things happening on my porch. 

          I discontinued my popular View Series (The View, Act II, and the Final Act).  The Front Porch is a re-formatted and edited version of the previous three books.  I tossed out what is not relevant for our times and added new material. 

         There is considerable talk about political correctness and all that is attached to it.  Manliness is discussed, along with the daily rat race, material possessions, and quite a few other things.  Many delve into the ancient northern Germanic folkway sometimes known as Heathenry with its world and life accepting view. 

     A word on the Havamal used in this book.  I took the Bellows and Hollander translations and tried to put them into my words that the modern reader might find helpful.  It is not a new translation.  It is my feeble attempts to aid the reader understand the essays.  Then there are the questions. 

    The questions do not have a right or wrong answer.  After the essay and the Havamal verses, the questions are there for self examination.  At the very least, they give the reader something to think about. 

 Welcome to my front porch.  Pull up a chair and sit awhile.  

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The Horseman Is Not Hammer's Friend

“Yeah … he parked his ass at a Residency Inn up by Hobby for ten days.  He paid cash.  The folks there gave the same physical description as the clerk at the rental agency and they told us about the accent.  I’ve got guys goin’ over the room but I doubt we’re gonna find anything.” 

          “Dan, I think you need to get your computer guys to troll the dark net.  A shooter like this is not gonna advertise in the local newspaper.  And Dan, the guy’s gone … out of the country.” 

          “Looks like the trail ends at Hobby, Jimmy.  Webber probably had a flight out of here under another alias.” 

          “Tell me Dan … how well do you know Hammer and Gomez?” 

          “Other than their good record … I’d have to say just socially … what are you getting at Jimmy?” 

          “Why would an international hit man based in Europe come to America to kill two Texas private investigators?” 

          “Damn, that’s a good question … you have something to tell me, don’t you Jimmy?”  ~ Master of Scouts, Lay It on Me~

          “Hammer and Gomez were involved in some pretty high profile stuff … like that sex slavery thing they turned up in League City.  About a week later, six Texas girls and one kid from Louisiana were rescued in England and brought home.  Scotland Yard’s Flying Squad got the credit.  

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