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Book cover for the Italian version of the Vatican thriller, INCOGNITO

What do you think? Hope you like it.  The color of the book title obviously represents the official color of the Vatican. The mystery man is none other than the protagonist Ayden Tanner, a man who officially does not exist.

The translation is still in the works and is expected to be ready in a month or so.

The novel is already available in Spanish with a different cover.

The English edition was published in 2017 by World Castle Publishing, and it is available as an ebook, paperback, and hardcover.  The story centers around three mysterious individuals assigned by a secret order to find the Pope who is missing.  Here’s a review of the English edition by Readers Favorite.

Things you didn’t know about my Hollywood thriller, Gun Kiss

Thriller novel praised by Gayle Lynds
Gun Kiss by Khaled Talib

Before the protagonist was Blake Deco, he was Drake. 

Initially, the idea was to steal King Tut’s dagger, not the Deringer.  

The story is inspired by a real-life actress.

I couldn’t decide on a title for the book. “Sun Kiss,” “Gun Boulevard”  – the list went on. I finally decided by playing with the Californian orange brand, Sunkist and came up with Gun Kiss. 

After changing the protagonist’s name to Blake, I contacted an expert in San Diego on skydiving who coincidentally is Blake.

The cat in the story is based on my tuxedo cat. 

The Besame Mucho scene is based on my own experience with someone as we were driving to Malaysia.

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