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Made Safe: Book 1 in The Moses Winter Mysteries Kindle Edition

by Francis Sparks (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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"Francis Sparks' MADE SAFE is a gripping, fast-paced and hard hitting thriller. Sparks' depiction of the gritty underbelly of the heartland will grab you by the throat and not let go. Hold on tight for a wild ride." Heather Gudenkauf ~ NYT bestselling author of The Weight of Silence

"MADE SAFE is a fantastic thrill ride that eschews the clichéd Los Angeles detective and focuses on Moses Winter, a private investigator straight from America’s heartland. Deeply plotted and populated by fully-rounded characters, MADE SAFE never gives the reader an excuse to stop reading. Author Francis Sparks has crafted a taut, nuanced thriller that leaves the reader begging for more." - Craig A. Hart, Author of the Shelby Alexander Thriller Series

For Private Investigator, Moses Winter, the job just got more complicated. His adultery case has taken a violent turn landing the subject of his investigation, Fred Dunsmore, in the hospital and Moses in jail. Moses is held for questioning along with his erratic client, Sharon Dunsmore, and Fred’s mistress, a Bosnian refugee who just happens to be related to the DCI agent investigating the case, Raif Rakić.

After Rakić secures their release, Fred goes missing, and Moses Winter finds himself compelled to find him. With the assistance of Rakic, Moses unravels Fred's ties to Des Moines's underworld and is forced to confront the most heinous crimes of his career.

"Fans of hard-boiled detective novels will love MADE SAFE. A tough, smart, dogged PI in Moses Winter.; a set-up that jumps to life from page 1; dialogue that snaps, mobsters, suspect cops, and femme fatales, MADE SAFE has it all." Eric Rickstad ~ author of The Names of Dead Girls
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"Francis Sparks' MADE SAFE is a gripping, fast-paced and hard hitting thriller. Sparks' depiction of the gritty underbelly of the heartland will grab you by the throat and not let go. Hold on tight for a wild ride." Heather Gudenkauf NYT bestselling author of The Weight of Silence

"MADE SAFE is a fantastic thrill ride that eschews the clichéd Los Angeles detective and focuses on Moses Winter, a private investigator straight from America's heartland. Deeply plotted and populated by fully-rounded characters, MADE SAFE never gives the reader an excuse to stop reading. Author Francis Sparks has crafted a taut, nuanced thriller that leaves the reader begging for more." - Craig A. Hart, Author of the Shelby Alexander Thriller Series

About the Author

Francis Sparks grew up on a farm in Iowa where he spent his days avoiding bulls and other livestock as he created castles in the pasture with odds and ends from the machine shed and his imagination. In middle school, he fell in love with reading when he discovered TSR/Wizard of the Coast's treasure trove of fantasy novels and he began to dream of one day becoming a writer. Working as a librarian's assistant in college, he stumbled upon The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler and quickly devoured all of his novels and Francis's love of the mystery/detective story was born. In his early thirties, Francis began chasing his dream of becoming an author and began writing seriously. That dream came true when his debut novel Made Safe was signed by Pandamoon Publishing in late 2015. Francis Sparks currently lives in Des Moines, Iowa with his amazing wife, Kelly. If he's not working on his next novel or short story, you can find him teaching his children about dragons.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N6R0UQ1
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pandamoon Publishing; 1st edition (13 January 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2228 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 220 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1945502231
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 19

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Francis Sparks grew up on a farm in Iowa where he spent his days avoiding bulls and other livestock as he created castles in the pasture with odds and ends from the machine shed and his imagination.

In middle school, he fell in love with reading when he discovered TSR/Wizard of the Coast’s treasure trove of fantasy novels and he began to dream of one day becoming a writer. Working as a librarian’s assistant in college, he stumbled upon The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler and quickly devoured all of his novels and Francis’s love of the mystery/detective story was born.

In his early thirties, Francis began chasing his dream of becoming an author and began writing seriously. That dream came true when his debut novel Made Safe was signed by Pandamoon Publishing in late 2015. Francis Sparks currently lives in Des Moines, Iowa with his amazing wife, Kelly. If he’s not working on his next novel or short story, you can find him teaching his children about dragons.

His debut crime novel, Made Safe comes out January 17, 2017, from Pandamoon Publishing.

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Matt Coleman
5.0 out of 5 stars A New Star of Noir
Reviewed in the United States on 16 March 2017
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I certainly hope this book makes Francis Sparks one of the faces of neo-noir, Moses Winter deserves a seat at that table. For anyone, such as myself, who has an undying love for the shadowy world of Hammett and Chandler and Mosley, this book will hit you like a warm trench coat in the middle of a snow storm. I feel like writers should seek to write a book that only they can write. I think Sparks has done exactly that. The Des Moines setting becomes every bit as real as Chandler's or Mosley's L.A. There is this defining of place based on a refocusing through a dark eye which makes noir ... noir. I loved every page.
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mike m
4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Crime Thriller
Reviewed in the United States on 8 April 2017
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Admittedly, I don’t read a lot of detective novels these days. I sort of burned myself out on them back in the nineties, and find myself seldom getting around to reading them when someone recommends one to me.
I’m glad I took the time to read Made Safe.
Familiar, but not crammed with predictable turns and worn-out tropes, Francis Sparks debut is a crisp page-turner that had this reader interested from chapter one.
The well-drawn protagonist, Moses Winter is an imperfect person and an imperfect detective. I like this as it makes him actually seem human. The secondary characters have decent depth, particularly Majka, and the subject matter is, unfortunately, very real. (even in Iowa)
All in all Made Safe is well worth the read, and I feel that Sparks writing is only going to get better in future works.
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Laura E. Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars Is Iowa noir a thing?--I hope so . . .
Reviewed in the United States on 16 January 2017
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I was delighted to be an early draft reader on this one--I prefer mysteries that take me somewhere other than NY or LA, and this noir ride trip to Iowa's "mean streets" (who knew!?) is tremendously satisfying noir. Can't wait for the next Moses Winter thriller!
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mzbeastle
4.0 out of 5 stars Wow, it just got complicated quickly!
Reviewed in the United States on 17 September 2018
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So, it starts out relatively sedate, almost predictable, until...it isn't predictable at all anymore! Fast paced, lots of action, totally unpredictable and entering nail-biting territory relatively quickly. Looking for more in this series!
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Joseph
5.0 out of 5 stars Top ten Des Moines based books, easily
Reviewed in the United States on 16 August 2019
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This book is super hot, despite it's freezing setting.
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