Steal It All

The third story in the series Donovan: Thief For Hire, begins with a brutal daylight murder of an English citizen in the Canadian embassy in London, England. The ambassador calls upon a combination of Scotland Yard and the RCMP . Then there's the ace up his sleeve. Sean Donovan, a thief for hire who doubles as a security consultant. But Donovan isn't nearby. He's in Canada, learning about the business of winemaking and thinking about his new girl, and contemplating his recent exit from the business of theft. Even as he inches away from a life of crime, an art collector he owes a favor to, approaches him: is he willing to do the tiniest of thefts? Would Donovan track down a missing piece of art? Can the collector, Gaia, be trusted? Of course not. Can Donovan resist? Of course not. Is there easy money to be made? Oh, yes. Nothing is ever easy for him. Donovan may be betting his life on this gig.

Chuck Bowie is a genre writer whose strengths lie in writing smart fiction, warm passages and crisp, clever dialogue. Chuck began writing short stories, essays and magazine articles. He currently sits on council as the Atlantic Canadian Representative for The Writers’ Union of Canada. He’s just finishing the manuscript for the first in a Cozy Mystery series, and will begin writing Book 5 in the Thief4Hire series later in 2018. Underwater Road is the fourth in his Donovan: Thief For Hire suspense-thriller series, and the first with scenes set in his home province of New Brunswick. He’s married to Lois Williams, and has two grown sons: Jonathan and Matthew.