“The Zodiac Deception is an amazing and ingenious WWII thriller. From the opening set-up to the shocking ending, Gary Kriss carries the reader on a harrowing journey of espionage and intrigue across the war-torn world and up to the highest levels of Nazi power. Vivid, fast moving, beautifully imagined and convincing, this is an epic debut novel.”
—Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Two Graves

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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | For @221blonde and all others who are #SherlockHolmes-inclined, one more item to add to your files: http://t.co/Ayfxr7jx8k. | 6 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | One #Scotch, One #Bourbon, One #Beer: obviously #songwriter Rudy Toombs knew a #novelist trying to whet #creativity during a dry spell. | 6 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | A question for #writers much wiser than I (a very large #universe): what constitutes an unruly #novelist and should you strive to be one? | 6 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | For those #novelists who #write #religiously, do you know what #denomination you are? | 6 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | RT @221blonde: @C19thLondon Thx for this reminder. #LewisCarroll shared an interest in psychical matters with #ConanDoyle. @garykrisswrit… | 6 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @221blonde , Jon Lellenberg and all the other #Baker Street Irregulars: "The Dinner Is Aplate!" Peter Kepler salutes #Sherlock and you. | 6 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | On #New Year's Day #Southern #writers know that there's talent, there's luck and then there's #Hoppin' John. Have you had your's today? | 6 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | A #writer asked #Mailer, “What is a #novel?” Mailer replied, “Dogshit!” | 6 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | A #writer asked #Hemingway, "Has the dog the #novelist nature?" Hemingway replied, "Bazinga." | 6 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | For all those #novelists who are rule-obsessed: remember, it's called #storytelling, not #storyshowing. | 6 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | RT @darkgreendesk: @221blonde @garykrisswrites Not familiar with it, but will definitely put it on a list! Never enough books to try out! | 6 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @darkgreendesk @221blonde On behalf of myself and my protagonist, who was mentored by ACD, profound thanks! | 6 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @221blonde @darkgreendesk You're much too kind and much too generous, but I'll take it with great gratitude! | 6 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | RT @221blonde: @darkgreendesk May I also plug THE ZODIAC DECEPTION by @garykrisswrites? A WWII thriller, but lots of refs to ACD and SH. … | 6 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #Shatterday: the one day a week you devote to shattering the sacred commandments of #writing and #create the #fiction you were meant to. | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @antigonerising and they were amazing! | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | More #NaNoWriMo Holy #Writing: And now #creativity, #talent and #perseverance abide, these three; and the greatest of these is perseverance. | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | A Sacred #NaNoWriMo #Writing Commandment for #Novelists: Honor thy #Editor and thy #Agent. (This Commandment is currently under review.) | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Again, a #NaNoWriMo Sacred #Novel #Writing Commandment Remember the verb “Say,” to keep it wholly present in thy dialogue. | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Today's Sacred #NaNoWriMo #writing Commandment for #novelists: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor in a critique group. | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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"A refreshingly inventive, exciting WWII thriller. A con artist taught escapes by Houdini, spiritualism tricks by Conan Doyle and Method acting by Stanislavski, his desperate mission takes him from Berlin to Paris to the deserts of North Africa and the intrigues of Cairo. It's unlike anything you've read before."
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"A smart, sophisticated, and inventive thriller, THE ZODIAC DECEPTION is an utterly convincing and compelling debut. The effort Kriss put into the story shows — and the relationship between Max, double agent and Nazi filmmaker, and Peter, the con man who must assassinate Hitler, is one for the ages. Don’t miss it."
-J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of WHEN SHADOWS FALL