Out Now: COVID Trouble - explosive new thriller inspired by current events.

I am so happy to announce my latest “baby”: COVID Trouble. Started out as a spontaneous project in July, now out in print and as eBook on Amazon and Smashwords (and soon on all other platforms.)

Paris after 2020's COVID-19 first lockdown. France is getting ready for the summer vacations. Someone is infecting supermarket customers with the virus intentionally. 

A madman? A terrorist group? Or anti-Corona activists?

Marine-turned-corporate-troubleshooter Paul Trouble is tasked to support the Metropolitan Police in its investigation and teams up with the formidable but danger-seeking Leah Steel of Interpol. 

Soon, they'll find out it's not only the virus that's killing off people!

What they uncover will shake the City of Light!

Share of Trouble - Out Now! (Sort of...)

Strange times, folks. In the middle of a global crisis, I managed to ready my next book. Five Troubleshooter Novellas that collected over the last years. Out now on Amazon and Smashwords.com as eBook and paperback. In the coming days also on other ebook platforms.

Very similar to my Pieces of Trouble novellas collection from a few years back. I had creative time on my hands during the re-re-re-work of my current science fiction novel “The Transport” that does not find an end. But I had all these small-ish Troubleshooter stories around on my disk drive, calling out to me, “finish us, finish us”. Who couldn’t resist that call?

Troubleshooter for Free! Read it on Wattpad. No Catch. Honestly!

And, it’s done! Troubleshooter has arrived fully on Wattpad. All 50+ chapters!

Of course, if you prefer a paperback or an ebook on your Kindle or Nook, don’t worry: you can have it your way, too. Troubleshooter is available for all major ebook platforms plus paperback.

Four Things You Didn't Know Yet About My Book "Troubleshooter"

While Wattpad still sees the chapter-by-chapter publication of my first thriller “Troubleshooter”, I thought it was fitting to open up the memory box and put up some random tidbits about the book.

Here they are:

1. One of the supporting characters in the book, Brady, is described as just a remote acquaintance to Paul’s universe. Afterwards, I had the brilliant idea to bring together Paul Trouble’s old spy crew for a book and to give Brady a much more prominent role. Too bad, there goes that idea.

2. The main character’s name “Paul Trouble” came long before anything else. First the name. Then a long time until the cornerstones of the universe were developed. Then the story for the first book. I knew that I wanted to create a thriller series along the lines of Robert Ludlum’s “Jason Bourne” or Brett Battles’ “Quinn, the Cleaner” and was looking for a catchy name that allows for good word-games in the Trouble-focussed book titles.

3. ·What always appeals to me in a book series is the slow reveal of the main characters and their pasts from story to story. While every book or short story stands by its own, and should be read independently from each other, every book also should do a little reveal about a new facette of the main character or their main supporters. With Paul Trouble, I have the possibility to draw from three different character sources: his ranch youth in Montana, his Army days, and his spy times. Especially in the short stories, I like to explore these past connectors, either by having the story take place in the past or have the past catch up with Paul. Have a look at the collected short stories in “Pieces of Trouble”, more short stories are under way.

4. I hate these modern “trauma” inventions of writers to give their characters depth. Yes, the death of a close family member is terrible and forms the desperation or motivation of a character. But suddenly every hero in every bestseller has a murdered wife or parents or best buddy. For Paul Trouble, I wanted something more physical, so I came up with the lost-hand scenario. It handicaps Paul in various ways, for example in his ability to drive a car (ever tried a drift one-handedly?) or to operate a gun. In “Troublemaker” I use his handicap as a central plot point when Paul needs to improvise in order to one-handedly load and aim a weapon in order to survive. In other stories, his prosthetic limb becomes a weapon in itself.

Troubleshooter - the complete book for free!

Had not tended to it for a while. A very long while. My bad. But now it continues. The complete first book of the Troubleshooter series on Wattpad. Chapters 18 & 19 are now out!

Wattpad - Chapter 5 - The Big Man // Troubleshooter Serialization just out

Check it out, Chapter 5 just out on Wattpad of my first Troubleshooter novel — title: "The Big Man". The story is picking up. Head over to Wattpad!

“But one look into Trouble’s eyes, and there was no underestimation of anything. His green eyes showed a strange mix of curiosity and hardness. He radiated confidence. None of the nervous wandering that many of Daven’s opposites had when they were sitting face-to-face with the big boss. For a second Daven had the impression that a large cat was sitting in front of him, ready to eat him for lunch, if it pleased to do so. Daven shook the feeling off and made a mental note to ask others who had encountered Paul if they were getting the same vibe.
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— From: Troubleshooter - Chapter 5 - The Big Man