How far would you go to save your child’s life? Could you break the law? Today’s Best Indie Books of 2012 SEMIFINALIST is Shades of Greyby Andy Holloman. It currently has a 4.1 star rating and has also been a Readers Favorite semifinalist in the Suspense genre.
In the Fall of 2001, John Manning’s life is in turmoil. His six-year-old daughter Lucy needs a kidney transplant, and his travel agency is in financial distress because of the 9/11 tragedy. A lapse in his health insurance means he also has to quickly secure funds for his daughter’s operation.
Wanda, a client of John’s travel agency, is facing similar financial difficulties. Her livelihood as a drug dealer has also been hit hard by increased airport security. As a single parent, she wants to leave her dangerous profession and break free from her drug-lord boss Jamel, but a lack of funds has curtailed attempts to start a new life with her daughter.
Desperate times lead to desperate measures and John and Wanda form a partnership to smuggle cocaine via cruise ships.
About the Author:
Writer Andy Holloman has been scribbling stories since a young age. (According to reliable sources.) “Shades of Gray” is his first published novel and grew out of his experiences as a travel agency owner many moons ago. He was fascinated with the true story of a client of the business that was murdered. Suspecting her line of work was drug smuggling, a story sprouted in his over-active imagination – How far would a desperate person go to save their child and their business.
“Wow! Holloman delivers on a taut thriller that will keep you turning the pages far into the night. This book should be at the top of everyone’s reading list for 2012”—
S. Burnham, PeakCityPublishing.com
“Holloman is the next sensation in great Novel writing. This debut is blockbuster Authorship. He knows how to create exciting characters that readers can root for and he is brilliant in setting up scenes. His storytelling is fresh and exciting.”–
Glen Cantrell, Author of “The Resume”
“Debut novelist Andy Holloman speeds us on a journey with punch, twist, and emotional dilemmas straight from our worst fears. Shades of Gray is a colorful, rollicking ride from start to finish.”
– Franz Wisner, New York Times bestselling author of “Honeymoon with My Brother” and “How the World Makes Love”
