Patrick Lennon
 Following his discharge from the Air Force where he served as a fighter pilot, Patrick Lennon began a twenty-year career as a Hospital CEO. Writing part-time, he had a number of short stories published. He quit his day job, moved to the Florida Keys and began writing seriously. "Tony" is his 8th novel. His novel "Paradise Lost" was accepted by the Pulitzer Prize Board. He had a play selected by the Key West Theatre Festival, and is a former member of the Dramatists Guild in New York, past President of the Key West Writers Guild and current President of the Treasure Coast Writers Guild. He and his wife, Marilyn, live on the Treasure Coast.---------------------- Tony - $17.95 In 1912, Tony Jannus sets a record for the longest flight over water. In spite of an acute appendicitis, crashes, fires and terrible weather he completes the flight. He becomes the first licensed airline pilot in the United States and is chief pilot for the first scheduled airline. He pilots the aeroplane for the first parachute jump; he takes Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice for her first aeroplane ride. Many women admire him, but he finds it difficult to make a commitment. As a test pilot for Glenn Curtiss, he is sent to Russia to train the Czar's naval aviators how to fly amphibious aeroplanes. While in Russia, he becomes involved in World War I and participates in combat. He returns to the US and falls in love, but is sent back to Russia to train more Russian aviators. ---------------------- Tall Tales - $12.00 
Tall Tales is a collection of short stories by an author who has a unique way of looking at life and finding the right words to express a vivid image of the scene and unforgettable characters. 'Fat Albert' is an award-winning story about a fisherman who catches the ride of his life. 'The Great Train Robbery' won first place in the Key West short story contest. It is a story of two hobos who plan to rob the Conch Train. 'The Bear' is about two teenage boys who confront a bear and an irate husband. The collection includes fifteen stories.---------------------- End Of The Road - $15.00 
A Key West detective in hot pursuit of a dastardly doctor who flees the country. The hard-boiled police detective confronts internal politics and international extradition to get his man. An on again/off again relationship with his current squeeze complicates matters. The plot takes unexpected twists and turns with characters changing roles faster than a chameleon changes color. An enjoyable and pictorial story set in Key West for lovers of detective fiction.---------------------- Revolution - $17.95 
REVOLUTION is historical fiction about a Key West boat captain caught in the midst of power struggles between Batista, Castro and the United States. At first, Ramon is unwilling to be involved in Cuba's Revolution but changes his mind when an assassin working for the Batista regime mistakenly murders his younger brother in Key West. Traveling to Cuba, he hunts down the assassin to exact revenge. After witnessing the harsh rule of the Batista government in Cuba, Ramon smuggles arms to Castro to help put an end to the Batista government. When relations between America and Cuba turn sour, the CIA convinces Ramon to smuggle guns to anti-Castro forces. Despite his warning to the CIA that Castro has significant popular support, the CIA proceeds with the disastrous invasion at the Bay of Pigs. During the missile crisis, the CIA sends Ramon on a mission to prove the Soviet Union installed missiles in Cuba. The US-Soviet tension over the installation of missiles was the greatest crisis of the Kennedy administration. REVOLUTION is a singularly absorbing and suspenseful tale.---------------------- Wolf Creek - $12.00 
John Hendrix witnesses a mafia style killing while hunting on Sal Rossi's land. Hendrix suspects that Rossi, a corrupt union boss, is involved in the murder. Concerned that his family would be the target of Rossi's henchmen, which happened five years ago, Hendrix doesn't want to tell the county sheriff. The sheriff collects evidence that places Hendrix at the scene of the murder and when another murder occurs the sheriff arrests Hendrix. He escapes when the car transporting him to jail is involved in an accident. The chief deputy learns that the sheriff also has a motive to commit murder and when authorities are about to confront the sheriff, he has a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital. The sheriff's physician is incompetent to treat heart attacks and a major effort by hospital personnel to save the sheriff's life is complicated by hospital politics.
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