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Are you enjoying Cluster of Lies, Book 2 of the Joe Higheagle Environmental Sleuth Series? If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, it’s not too late!

https://www.amazon.com/Cluster-Lies-Higheagle-Novel-Book-ebook/dp/B01M142NJQ/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Here’s what the book reviewers are saying:

“In his novels Blind Thrust and Cluster of Lies, Samuel Marquis vividly combines the excitement of the best modern techno-thrillers, an education in geology, and a clarifying reminder that the choices each of us make have a profound impact on our precious planet.”
—Ambassador Marc Grossman, Former U.S. Under Secretary of State

“With Cluster of Lies, Marquis continues to keep me awake at night. I enjoy how he blends together science and his knack for storytelling to craft an insightful and entertaining tale. He causes me to stop and think, then jump right back into the action.”
—Roy R. Romer, 39th Governor of Colorado

“Cluster of Lies by Samuel Marquis is an entertaining and unpredictable thriller that kick-starts and shows no signs of slowing…This is a boisterous mystery with an intellectual backbone.”
—Foreword Reviews – Four-Star Review

“Cluster of Lies has a twisty plot that grabs hold from the beginning and never lets go. A true page turner! I’m already looking forward to the next Joe Higheagle adventure.”
—Robert Bailey, Author of The Professor and Between Black and White

“In Cluster of Lies, Samuel Marquis touches all the bases. He starts with a murder and the action doesn’t let up until the very last page in this compelling environmental thriller that is often uncomfortably realistic.”
—Charles Salzberg, Author of The Henry Swann Detective Series

“With Blind Thrust, Cluster of Lies, and his other works, Samuel Marquis has written true breakout novels that compare favorably with—and even exceed—recent thrillers on the New York Times Bestseller List. [He is] constantly tightening plot, character, and upping the stakes and tension to make sure that they are genuinely great stories.”
—Pat LoBrutto, Former Editor for Stephen King and Eric Van Lustbader (Bourne Series)

“Marquis is a master of dialogue in this thriller with a social conscience. Deftly taking on the mystery of a cancer cluster at the Dakota Ranch outside Denver, Cluster of Lies is an action-packed page-turner. And, “warts and all,” geologist Joe Higheagle is a new American hero who won’t stop until justice is served.”
—Kelly Oliver, Author of The Jessica James Mysteries, Wolf and Coyote

“In today’s environmentally challenged world, Joe Higheagle is the man I want in my corner. Well-written, fast-paced, Samuel Marquis’ Cluster of Lies is a must read thriller.”
—Debra H. Goldstein, Author of Should Have Played Poker

“Cluster of Lies takes you into seamy nether regions, where greed and subterfuge prey on good people’s ignorance and government inattention. It takes a potent and imperfect hero to save an imperfect world, and Joe Higheagle’s on point. Buckle in for an action-packed enviro-thriller filled with fear and loathing.”
—Prof. J.R. Welch, Author/Editor of Dispatches from the Fort Apache Scout: White Mountain and Cibecue Apache History Through 1881

Cluster of Lies: “Erin Brockovich meets The Da Vinci Code.”

Cluster of Lies, Book 2 of Joe Higheagle Environmental Sleuth Series
by Samuel Marquis, #1 Denver Post Bestselling, Award-Winning Author

Check out the review by Malissa Coy on Reads All the Books:

http://www.readsallthebooks.com/2016/09/cluster-of-lies-by-samuel-marquis-review.html

Labels: #ClusterofLies, #JKSCommunications, #JoeHigheagle, #MountSoprisPublishing, #Review, #SamuelMarquis, #Suspense

Check out my Cluster of Lies interview with Eco-Fiction (@EcoFiction Eco-fiction: Blowing Your Mind with Wild Words and Worlds) and get the real scoop on environmental cancer clusters and the Joe Higheagle Environmental Sleuth Series.

Joe Higheagle Series Eco-Fiction Samuel Marquis Interview

http://eco-fiction.com/joe-higheagle-series-samuel-marquis/

Bestselling, Award-Winning Author Samuel Marquis Launches Fifth Thriller in Six-Book Publication Schedule
See the 2nd & Church Review of Cluster of Lies, Book 2 of the Joe Higheagle Environmental Sleuth Series
2nd&Church Book Review – Cluster of Lies Samuel Marquis

Check out the Joe Higheagle Environmental Sleuth Series books Cluster of Lies and Blind Thrust on Eco-Fiction!

http://eco-fiction.com/joe-higheagle-series-samuel-marquis/

Great book signing at Cherry Cricket in Denver, CO, the other night with
Graland Country Day School 1976 alumni Deirdre Grant Mercurio, denizen of Houston, TX, mother of four, and thriller lover extraordinaire. She’s so smart and cool I think I’m going to have to make her a superspy in my next book. Denver is the setting for my new thriller, Cluster of Lies, Book 2 of the Joe Higheagle Environmental Sleuth Series, about a murder and environmental cancer cluster investigation by our Cheyenne geologist hero.

Cluster of Lies – Book 2 of Joe Higheagle Environmental Sleuth Series on sale now at Amazon and wherever fine books are sold. Think Erin Brockovich, Michael Clayton, and A Civil Action. Book description & review by Margaret H. Reviewer @NetGalley

Net Galley Cluster of Lies Book Description and ReviewIn Cluster of Lies, the follow-up to the highly-awarded Blind Thrust: A Mass Murder Mystery, mysterious deaths are taking place in the Rocky Mountain region outside Denver, Colorado. Joe Higheagle—a full-blooded Cheyenne environmental geologist who has recently become an overnight celebrity for bringing down a billionaire corporate polluter—is hired to investigate Dakota Ranch, where four boys have recently died from a rare form of brain cancer, and Silverado Knolls, a glitzy soon-to-be-built development. He quickly finds himself entangled in an environmental cancer cluster investigation as well as a murderous conspiracy in which friend and foe are indistinguishable and a series of seemingly impenetrable roadblocks are thrown in his path.

Check out Review of Cluster of Lies – Book 2 Joe Higheagle Environmental Sleuth Series in Foreword Reviews #thrillers

The Denver-based enviro-thriller about a cancer cluster, murder, and mayhem in the Rockies will be available on Sept. 24, 2016.

Cluster of Lies – Foreword Reviews – 4-Star Review

“Cluster of Lies by Samuel Marquis is an entertaining and unpredictable thriller that kick-starts and shows no signs of slowing….This is a boisterous mystery with an intellectual backbone.“—Foreword Reviews – 4-Star Review

Just two short weeks away from the release of Cluster of Lies, the sequel to Blind Thrust: A Mass Murder Mystery and Book 2 of the Joe Higheagle Environmental Sleuth Series! Are you ready? Samuel Marquis Books on AmazonHere’s some of the Praise for Cluster of Lies from the professional book reviewers:

“In his novels Blind Thrust and Cluster of Lies, Samuel Marquis vividly combines the excitement of the best modern techno-thrillers, an education in geology, and a clarifying reminder that the choices each of us make have a profound impact on our precious planet.”
—Ambassador Marc Grossman, Former U.S. Under Secretary of State

“With Cluster of Lies, Marquis continues to keep me awake at night. I enjoy how he blends together science and his knack for storytelling to craft an insightful and entertaining tale. He causes me to stop and think, then jump right back into the action.”
—Roy R. Romer, 39th Governor of Colorado

“In Cluster of Lies, Samuel Marquis touches all the bases. He starts with a murder and the action doesn’t let up until the very last page in this compelling environmental thriller that is often uncomfortably realistic.”
—Charles Salzberg, Author of The Henry Swann Detective Series

“Cluster of Lies by Samuel Marquis is an entertaining and unpredictable thriller that kick-starts and shows no signs of slowing….This is a boisterous mystery with an intellectual backbone.“
—Foreword Reviews – 4-Star Review

“With Blind Thrust, Cluster of Lies, and his other works, Samuel Marquis has written true breakout novels that compare favorably with—and even exceed—recent thrillers on the New York Times Bestseller List. [He is] constantly tightening plot, character, and upping the stakes and tension to make sure that they are genuinely great stories.”
—Pat LoBrutto, Former Editor for Stephen King and Eric Van Lustbader (Bourne Series)

“Marquis is a master of dialogue in this thriller with a social conscience. Deftly taking on the mystery of a cancer cluster at the Dakota Ranch outside Denver, Cluster of Lies is an action-packed page-turner. And, “warts and all,” geologist Joe Higheagle is a new American hero who won’t stop until justice is served.”
—Kelly Oliver, Author of The Jessica James Mysteries, Wolf and Coyote

“In today’s environmentally challenged world, Joe Higheagle is the man I want in my corner. Well-written, fast paced, Samuel Marquis’ Cluster of Lies is a must read thriller.”
—Debra H. Goldstein, Author of Should Have Played Poker

“Cluster of Lies takes you into seamy nether regions, where greed and subterfuge prey on good people’s ignorance and government inattention. It takes a potent and imperfect hero to save an imperfect world, and Joe Higheagle’s on point. Buckle in for an action-packed enviro-thriller filled with fear and loathing.”
—Prof. J.R. Welch, Author/Editor of Dispatches from the Fort Apache Scout: White Mountain and Cibecue Apache History Through 1881