Art Adkins -- The Oasis Project

Art Adkins book The Oasis Project is the 2008 winner of the Detective-Suspense from Books-and-Authors.net Award. Here's a little about his book and about him...

Why were they murdered? Shirley Waterbury knows her father was too meticulous and too cautious and knew the sea too well to attempt to sail during an approaching hurricane. The sea was his life and he would never jeopardize the welfare of her mother and her brother, Billy. She knows they were murdered, but with no indication of foul play. No one will investigate a tragedy classified as an accident.

Enter Slade Lockwood, a decorated twenty-year veteran of the LAPD, who returned to Cedar Key to find what escaped him in law enforcement: himself. His reluctant acceptance to investigate the deaths of Shirley's family members will take him on a journey across America. During it, he finally finds what he lost while also unraveling the mystery behind the murders. Slade discovers the motive behind the deaths, an invention which could revolutionize the environment, and a prize so priceless, a family was killed for it. The face of the world could change as a result of the invention, and billions are at stake as Slade races against time to bring a ruthless killer to justice.

About Art Adkins. Art Adkins has been in law enforcement for the last twenty-nine years and worked as a police officer on the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department, as a sergeant on the LAPD and is currently a lieutenant with the Gainesville Police Department. His knowledge of police procedure is vast, and he has woven these details into The Oasis Project, an environmental thriller dealing with a topical issue confronting Florida and the world today. Adkins has recently completed his second novel, Power Grid, which will be in stores soon and is currently writing, Mind Games, the third novel in the Lockwood series.

Adkins is currently on a book tour.

Here is his schedule for Florida and Georgia

September 04, 2009

5:00-9:00 p.m.
St. Augustine Photographic Art
35 Hypolita St., Casa Del Hidalgo #105,
St. Augustine, Florida

September 10, 2009
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Columbia County Public Library – 50th Anniversary
308 NW Columbia Ave
Lake City, FL

September 13, 2009
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Borders – Brookwood Place
1745 Peachtree St. NE
Atlanta, GA

September 19, 2009
September 19, 2009
11:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Clay County Public Library –
Authors Roundtable
1895 Town Center Blvd.
Fleming Island, FL

September 20, 2009
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Borders – Athens, GA
196 Alps Road
Athens, GA

September 25, 2009
12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Waldenbooks – CNN Building
One CNN Center
Atlanta, GA

September 26, 2009
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Waldenbooks – North Point Mall
1224 North Point Mall
Alpharetta, GA

September 27, 2009
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Waldenbooks – Mall of Georgia
3333 Buford Dr.
Buford, GA

October 3, 2009
10:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Books at Park Place
3619 49th ST. North, St.
Petersburg, FL

October 4, 2009
2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Waldenbooks – CordovaMall
5100 N 9th Ave,
Pensacola, FL

October 10, 2009
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Waldenbooks – Wellington Green
10300 W. Forest Hill Blvd.
Wellington Green, FL

October 11, 2009
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Borders – Kennesaw, GA
790 Cobb Place Blvd,
Marietta, GA

October 18, 2009
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Borders – Marietta, GA
7745 Roswell Rd. East
Cobb, Marietta, GA

October 24, 2009
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Borders – Northlake Mall, GA
4800 Briarcliff Road NE
Atlanta, GA

October 25, 2009
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Borders – Douglasville, GA
6594 Douglas Blvd.,
Douglasville, GA

October 31, 2009
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Waldenbooks – Kissimmee, FL
3105 W. Vine St,
Kissimmee, FL

November 8, 2009
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Borders – Plantation, FL
12171 W. Sunrise Blvd,
Plantation, FL

November 14, 2009
12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Borders – Austell, GA
1605 East West
Connector, Austell, GA

November 15, 2009
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Borders – Parkway Pointe, GA
3101 Cobb Parkway
Atlanta, GA

November 28, 2009
11:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Waldenbooks – Valdosta, GA
Valdosta Mall
Valdosta, GA

December 5, 2009
1:00- 3:00 p.m.
(Creative Writing Workshop)
Waldenbooks, Valdosta, GA
Valdosta Mall, Valdosta, GA

December 19, 2009
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Waldenbooks – Hilton Head, SC
24 Shelter Cove Lane
Hilton Head, SC

December 20, 2009
11:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Waldenbooks – Charleston, SC
120 Market St,
Charleston, SC

January 8, 2010
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Circle Books – Sarasota, FL
478 John Ringling Blvd
Sarasota, FL

February 12, 2010
1:00 5:00 p.m. Circle Books – Sarasota, FL
478 John Ringling Blvd
Sarasota, FL

February 13, 2010
11:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Sanibel Book Shop – Sanibel, FL
1571 Periwinkle Way
Sanibel, FL

March 12, 2010
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Circle Books – Sarasota, FL
478 John Ringling Blvd
Sarasota, FL

April 2, 2010
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Circle Books – Sarasota, FL
478 John Ringling Blvd
Sarasota, FL


For more information, visit Art Atkins' website at http://www.artadkins.com/

Author Profile - Wade Arnold

Today....Cocoa Beach Then and Now

Cocoa Beach Then and Now

Cocoa Beach welcomes millions of visitors every year, but the city has always managed to keep a small town atmosphere. In 1940, it was a cozy little waterfront town with less than 50 people. A few years after World War II, America’s space race began, and the city was never the same. Author Wade Arnold compares pictures of Cocoa Beach’s past to photos taken today. Many of the vintage photos have never been published before and come from private collections.

Wade Arnold writes for Florida Today, where his column “On the Town” reaches more than 80,000 readers a week. Arnold is a member of the Florida Historical Society and his writing and photography have also been featured in many other publications.

http://www.cocoabeachthenandnow.com/

Author Profile - Bob Brown

News from Bob Brown. Robert Brown, author of, Bermuda Suicide Challenge in a Flats Boat, has just signed off on his second book, Running For Fun, High School Athlete, Jonathan Brown.

Robert Brown, the author of Bermuda Suicide Challenge in a Flats Boat, has a DVD presentation about his voyage from North Carolina to Bermuda and then back to New York Harbor. He has shown it at both the Cocoa Beach and Cocoa Libraries. It is 33 minutes long and starts off with a TV news clip and then shows them leaving Atlantic Beach, North Carolina and much of their return to New York starting off with the towing out to sea in Bermuda, Donna Lang's 28 foot sailboat as she completes her solo voyage around the world.

Most of the video is taken from their 21-foot flats boat as they complete their 1547 mile voyage unescorted. They come across trash hundreds of miles from shore, travel nonstop through the nights, and are visited by a school of white sided dolphin You experience what it is like entering New York Harbor by sea, going under the Verranzano Narrows Bridge and finishing at the Statue of Liberty. Bob then will answer any questions about their trip and tell about the next trip in the works. In addition he has written a book, Bermuda Suicide Challenge in a Flats Boat. It is for sale for $15.00. To contact Bob Brown regarding his presentation, his book or both, call him at 321-243-7311 or email him at Bobbrown1408@aol.com.

Author Profile - Marshall Frank

Marshall Frank launches new book

Criminal Injustice in America: Essays by a Career Cop is available and here are a couple of words from reviewers:

“Challenging and daring. Marshall Frank gives us all much to think about...." —David Waksman, author and Ass’t State Attorney, Miami, Florida

“Marshall Frank challenges conventional thought and policies that are not working. He uses the criminal justice system as a mirror of where our society has been, and a window of where we should be going. Buckle up for a thought-provoking episode of Frank talk.” — Douglas W. Hughes, Retired Police Major, former Florida Drug Czar

In Criminal Injustice in America, Marshall Frank draws on his years of experience in and his vast knowledge of our justice system that is choking on injustice. In his own words, he points out how "...archaic thinking has produced a morass of social oppression that creates more crime than it prevents and serves a prison industrial complex that has grown into a cheap labor pool for corporate America."

The book covers the broad topics including:

• The Failed War on Drugs
• Prostitution
• Capital Punishment
• Sex Offenses
• An Outdated Constitution
• Cops, Courts and Prisons

Marshall Frank served for thirty years in law enforcement in Miami Date, Florida. For 16 of those years, he was in homicide/CSI and served as commander. He was called to Washington in 1980 to testify before a congressional sub-committee on violent crime in America. He knows his topic well.

This is not Frank's first book. Since he retired, Frank has authored five novels, four non-fiction books and over five hundred editorials. His books are in demand. And Frank is in demand as a guest speaker at libraries, civic groups, schools and conferences. Multi-talented, Frank speaks on a variety of law enforcement topics as well as on topics including writing and humor.

If you're lucky, he'll also play the violin for you. If you're really lucky, he'll bring Doc along and you'll be able to hear the Dick & Doc Duo. I've had the pleasure of hearing them. They provide a great time for all: music, humor... and much, much more.

The derivation of their name is obvious to those who know them. Violinist Marshall Frank is a retired homicide "Dick" and pianist Jay "Doc" Barnhart is a retired physician and forensic pathologist. Thus, Dick & Doc Duo...what a pair! You can find more about them on Frank's website.

And there's much more information about Frank's books as well as ordering information at his website, too. Go to http://www.marshallfrank.com/ to order an autographed copy of Criminal Injustice in America or any of his novels or books of non-fiction. Of course, you are welcome to go there just to read a little more about Marshall Frank, too.