A Lion in the Grass (The Raymond Hatcher Stories) Audiobook & Book Tour, Guest Post & Giveaway! {Ends 10/28/22}
Raymond Hatcher was a spy who broke a cardinal rule. He wrote everything down in a journal for seventy years, until he and his wife were murdered on their farmhouse porch. The secrets from his years of service remain classified. But the journal was recovered by a man Raymond had mentored, and stories about the people Raymond’s life touched are being told, those he mentored in clandestine operations, a boy he rescued in 1950 from a jungle in Vietnam, a Croatian woman hiding in Budapest in 1956, a woman lawyer unwittingly attracted to a spy under cover at her law firm, to mention a few. The everyday lives of people who unknowingly cross paths with spies are examined in The Raymond Hatcher Stories.
Book Details:
A Lion in the Grass (The Raymond Hatcher Stories/Book One) by Mark Zvonkovic
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 333 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction
Publisher: Dos Perro Press
Release date: August 2020
Tour dates: Sep 26 to Oct 21, 2022
Content Rating: PG13+M: The book has mature themes associated with wartime violence, some profnity (about 20), and non-explicit sex scenes.
Book Description:
Set over the course of six decades, A Lion in the Grass documents the despair and hope of a spy who suffers the murder of friends and enjoys the success of mentoring protégés.
The story is told through alternative viewpoints of Raymond, his protégés, and the French villain. The novel digs deeply into questions of love, self-doubt and hatred, all foisted upon Raymond during a career from which, he discovers, it is impossible to retire.
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Review By LAWonder10:
This talented author is among the rare few who can grip one’s interest from the very fest paragraph and maintains that ability until the last page!
This is an interesting espionage story beginning in the Word War 11 era then continuing on for the next four generations of a small group of people. It is fast paced, never boring, and with the intrigue, danger, hate-filled opposition and emotion loss of loved ones and misplaced blame that usually accompanies war. It also deals with real life situations and with varying personalities.
This can be read as a standalone, yet I would not be as generous with my rating if I did not know there were two more published sequels. The book end solidly yet leaves the reader with questions and wanting further information.
The book is written in a manner that truly feels like reality instead of fiction. It has many true historical events within its pages. The characters feel so genuinely real. The Title is very cleverly chosen. The Cover image is okay but most likely would not catch “a Browser’s” attention.
Personally, I would enjoy it more had the profanity and crudeness be reworded or left out. Although written very well, I would not keep a book with this language in my library,
I offer a Four and a Half Stars rating.
This book was gifted me with no pressure to post a positive review.
Other Books in the Series:
Meet the Author:
Mark Zvonkovic is a writer who lives in Rosarito Beach, Baja California Mexico with his wife Nancy and their two dogs. Finn and Cooper. He has written three novels, and he also writes book reviews and essays that appear in online publications. Before retiring to Mexico, Mark practiced law for thirty-five years at three multinational law firms in Houston, Texas and New York City. He attended college at Southern Methodist University and Boston University, and his law degree is from SMU School of Law. Mark grew up as an oil company brat and lived in Latin America, Texas and New York.
Connect with the author: website~ facebook ~ bookbub ~ goodreads
Photo Credit: Rebecca Westerveld
Tour Schedule Here :
Sep 26 – The Mystery Review Crew – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sep 26 – Novels Alive – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Sep 26 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / guest post / giveaway
Sep 26 – My Reading Getaway – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Sep 27 – Bound 4 Escape – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Sep 27 – The Obsessed Reader – book series spotlight / giveaway
Sep 28 – fundinmental – book series spotlight / giveaway
Sep 29 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sep 29 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Sep 29 – Splashes of Joy – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Sep 30 – Faith and Books – audiobook review of BELINDA / giveaway
Sep 30 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – audiobook review of BELINDA / giveaway
Sep 30 – Splashes of Joy – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 3 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Oct 4 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 4 – Leanne bookstagram – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS
Oct 5 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 5 – Leanne bookstagram – book review of THE NARROWS
Oct 6 – Cover Lover Book Review – book series spotlight / giveaway
Oct 6 – Leanne bookstagram – book review of BELINDA
Oct 7 – Novels Alive – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 7 – Paws.Read.Repeat – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Oct 11 – Splashes of Joy – book review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 11 – Bound 4 Escape – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 11 – Literary Flits – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Oct 11 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Oct 11 – Olio by Marilyn – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Oct 12 – My Reading Getaway – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 12 – Literary Flits – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 12 – Olio by Marilyn – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 13 – Olio by Marilyn – book review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 14 – Novels Alive – audiobook review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 14 – Paws.Read.Repeat – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 17 – Books and Zebras – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS
Oct 17 – Literary Flits – book review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 18 – @onecreativeartist – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS
Oct 18 – Books and Zebras – book review of THE NARROWS
Oct 19 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of A LION IN THE GRASS / giveaway
Oct 19 – Books and Zebras – book review of BELINDA
Oct 20 – Bound 4 Escape – audiobook review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 20 – @onecreativeartist – book review of THE NARROWS
Oct 20 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of THE NARROWS / giveaway
Oct 21 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 21 – @onecreativeartist – book review of BELINDA
Oct 21 – Paws.Read.Repeat – book review of BELINDA / giveaway
Oct 21 – My Reading Getaway – book review of BELINDA / author interview / giveaway
Oct 21 – Books for Books – book series spotlight
Giveaway Details:
Win signed set of The Raymond Hatcher Stories (one winner / USA only) (ends Oct 28)
Sounds fantastic