michael cole books- by jk brandon

The Michael Cole Series follows the exploits of an Arizona-based ballistic expert with a knack for trouble, a fondness for firearms, and a weakness for women. . .

 "We recently had the pleasure of reading The Kennedy Rifle from start to finish. It’s an entertaining page-turner, with a fast-paced plot, well-drawn characters, sharply-written dialog, and some fascinating insights into the Kennedy assassination.

The book’s protagonist is Michael Cole, a firearms and ballistics expert based in Arizona. Those who’ve read much contemporary fiction will also notice that Michael Cole shares some qualities of John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee and Lee Child’s Jack Reacher — and that’s a good thing. This Editor has read most of the Travis McGee series of books by MacDonald, as well as many popular Elmore Leonard titles. I can tell you that Brandon writes very convincing dialog that fans of MacDonald and Leonard will appreciate.

In many “best-selling” crime novels and techno-thrillers, the actions of the central character are all-too-often implausible — and sometimes completely “over the top”. That ruins a story for me. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read a current novel and the protagonist does something so completely stupid, irrational, or implausible, that the book loses its appeal. You won’t encounter that problem with Brandon’s Michael Cole. The Michael Cole character is not a gun-slinging cartoon. The Cole character has another quality missing from most of the current techno-thriller heros — humor. Cole has a clever, dry wit that gives the book another dimension.

If you like the Bob Lee Swagger books by Stephen Hunter or the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child, you’ll enjoy The Kennedy Rifle by Jerry Brandon.  Overall, I can recommend the book highly. My only criticism is that I wish the book were longer."   ACCURATE SHOOTER.COM

The Kennedy Rifle

45,000 words

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A Kind Word and a Gun

45,000 words

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The Steel Violin

65,000 words

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Tactical Reload

(The Michael Cole Trilogy)

All Three Books Discounted

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