“Flush with fascinating historical details, The Zodiac Deception by Gary Kriss is an exciting spy thriller like no other. For six months in 1942 as war burns across Europe, "Professor David Walker" is undercover with a seemingly impossible mission--trick Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler into assassinating his boss, Adolf Hitler. Fortunately, the professor is much more than he seems. From Berlin to Paris, Cairo to Istanbul, Walker dodges killers, unmasks charlatans, coordinates with the underground, and creates illusions that seem so real Himmler believes them. This is adventure at its best.”
—Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Spies

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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Next #NaNoWriMo Holy #Writing Commandment: Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s point of view but cleave only unto the one thou hast chosen. | 6 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #NaNoWriMo Holy #Writing Commandment:Thou shall not commit adulteration through prologues, excessive backstories or other such abominations. | 6 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Today's #NaNoWriMo Sacred #Writing Commandment for #novelists, one of ten: I am the Verb. Thou shall have no adverbs before Me. | 6 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Nice Q&A with #Bruce on #books at http://t.co/pLTLSNEs1d. Thompson, O'Connor, Cain, Marquez... . Forget heart. The Boss has a hungry head. | 6 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Another #NaNoWriMo Sacred #Writing Commandment: Thou shall #write about what thou knows with the possible exception of thy neighbor's wife. | 6 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | For #NaNoWriMo: The 10 inviolable Commandments recorded in all sacred #writing #Books ? I'll start:Thou shall not tell, but show. Your turn. | 6 years 2 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @Mastodon_70 @Beardasauras Sitting in my favorite coffee shop working on it right now, Pete. | 6 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | RT @Mastodon_70: @Beardasauras This was my favorite book so far this year. Debut novel by @garykrisswrites https://t.co/hxJ0dPzOYV | 6 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @Mastodon_70 @Beardasauras Thanks much, Pete, I'm honored! | 6 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @SevickBrown The brain. | 6 years 3 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | RT @ReadingRock: JT Ellison's newest books are in paperback! We <3 you,@thrillerchick! http://t.co/QnI9Kehylx | 6 years 4 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @Mastodon_70 Hey, Pete, sorry for the delayed response. Thanks much for the kind words. They're greatly appreciated. Next one in progress. | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Any #author can have a blood on the keys #writing day like mine. Just be a two-fingered typist stupid enough to use a #mandolin beforehand. | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #thrillerfest2014 banquet memo: chew like internal monologue; use steak not butter knife to cut adverbs; do not dangle participle at table. | 6 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Heading for #thrillerfest2014 banquet to mingle with the masters. In the immortal words of the great Wayne & Garth . . . | 6 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #Writing and an 11 year-old comes in wearing #Google Glass so I try it. Tell it to finish my next #novel but it won't. Just saved $2000! | 6 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @Writing and an 11 year-old comes in wearing @Google Glass so I try it. Tell it to finish my next @novel but it won't. Just saved $2000! | 6 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Suggested #reading for today and beyond: #Ulysses and Us by Declan #Kiberd. #Joyce's #masterpiece and it's #wisdom for our everyday lives. | 6 years 7 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #Bloomsday! #Gorgonzola #Cheese #sandwiches and #burgundy for all! What say you? yes I said yes I will Yes. | 6 years 7 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #Novel #ratings: Is the fault, dear #authors, in ourselves or in our #stars? | 6 years 7 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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“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.”
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"Intriguing ... a World War Two thriller in the grand old style, but with fresh new twists. I loved it."
—Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author