It's hard to keep this secti0n up to date now that I've done a bunch of blogs, podcasts, interviews, reviews and other stuff. I think that googling my name will bring  up more than I could remember to put in here. Some of the material does help a reader to decide whether to buy my books. Anyway, here's what I included here some years ago when I started this site:

 

 

 

Blood and Wisdom is available on Amazon in an electronic format for $5.99, and paperback for $17.99. Other online sellers such as Barnes and Noble (Nook reader) and iTunes also carry Blood and Wisdom. 

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Coattail Karma was released by the same press on Jan. 16th, 2019. Here's more about this fantasy thriller: 

 

To survive, an Asian-American psychotherapist embarks on a quest to discover if he’s a clone of Buddha, enlightened, or the victim of a cunning hoax. The twists and turns of the thriller-like plot send readers on a wild ride, and we guarantee that no one will predict the outrageous ending of this contemporary fantasy.

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Here's a press release for Blood and Wisdom:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       Contact: Maryglenn McCombs  (615) 297-9875  maryglenn@maryglenn.com

 

Blood and Wisdom by Verlin Darrow Slated for Release:
Published by Wild Rose Press, Blood and Wisdom will be released nationwide in July

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn.  – Blood and Wisdom by Verlin Darrow will be released nationwide in July.  Published by Wild Rose Press, Blood and Wisdom will be released in trade paper (ISBN:  978-1-5092-2086-1, $17.99) and eBook (ISBN: 978-1-5092-2087-8, $5.99) editions and available wherever fine books are sold on July 10, 2018.

 

Novelist Verlin Darrow puts a fresh spin on the classic PI novel in Blood and Wisdom, a swiftly-paced, suspenseful, seamlessly plotted tale. Protagonist Karl Gatlin, a psychological-minded PI, finds himself in highly unusual—and highly dangerous—circumstances when he falls in love with a spiritual-minded client.

 

About Blood and Wisdom:  When Private Investigator Karl Gatlin takes on Aria Piper’s case, it was no more than a threat—phone calls warning Aria to either “stop doing Satan’s work” or meet an untimely demise.  But a few hours later, a headless John Doe bobs up in the wishing well at Aria’s New Age spiritual center near Santa Cruz.  Aria had ideas about who could be harassing her, but the appearance of a dismembered body makes for a real game changer.  And what Karl Gatlin initially thought was a fairly innocuous case turns out to be anything but.

 

Dispatching former rugby superstar and Maori friend John Ratu to protect Aria, Karl and his hacker assistant Matt are free to investigate a ruthless pastor, a money launderer on the run, some sketchy members of Aria’s flock, and warring drug gangs.  With his dog Larry as a wingman, Karl uncovers a broad swath of corruption, identity theft, blackmail, and more murders. But nothing is as it seems, and as the investigation heats up, Karl is framed, chased, and forced to dive into the freezing water of the Monterey Bay to escape a sniper.

 

Against the backdrop of a ticking clock, Karl races to find answers. But more murders only mean more questions—and Karl is  forced to make an impossible choice when it turns out Aria’s secret may be the most harrowing of all… 

 

An intelligent, intense and engaging tale, Blood and Wisdom races from the opening scene to the final page.  Brimming with colorful, multi-dimensional characters, wit, humor, and a taut storyline, Blood and Wisdom is filled with twists, turns, and surprises.  Novelist Verlin Darrow, a practicing psychotherapist, infuses Blood and Wisdom with fascinating details about psychology and metaphysics, and seamlessly blends elements of hardboiled and softboiled detective fiction.   With its original premise, smart plotting, to-die-for redwood-studded coastal Santa Cruz and Big Sur setting, and protagonist like no other, Blood and Wisdom is a pitch-perfect PI novel.

 

Blood and Wisdom has garnered high advance praise.  According to Richard House, MD, author of Between Now and When, "Darrow has a sense of plot and style that carries the reader forward into that special place of anxious expectation, the place where putting the book down is unthinkable. Fascinating.”  C.I. Dennis, author of the Vince Tanzi series, including Tanzi’s Luck, praises Blood and Wisdom for its “great pace, fun characters who you care about, plenty of twists, and narrative personality.”
 
Verlin Darrow is a psychotherapist who was patted on the head by Einstein, nearly blown up by Mt. St. Helens, survived the 1985 8.0 Mexico City earthquake, and, so far, has successfully weathered numerous internal disasters. He lives with his psychotherapist wife in Northern California. They diagnose each other as necessary.  Visit Verlin Darrow online at:  www.verlindarrow.com 

 

The Wild Rose Press (www.thewildrosepress.com) is an independent fiction publisher based in New York.  Members of the news media wishing to request additional information about Blood and Wisdom or author Verlin Darrow are kindly asked to contact Maryglenn McCombs by phone:  (615) 297-9875, or by email:  maryglenn@maryglenn.com

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