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The Appointment

Alan Refkin, Author

  Now in Print – The Appointment: A Mauro Bruno Detective Series Thriller   When I come up with a title, it’s usually descriptive of what the reader is about to encounter. The Appointment is no exception—but in more ways than you might expect. This isn’t a story about an appointment someone keeps or misses. That would be far too simple for one of my novels.   The title carries several meanings, and they run deeper than the surface suggests. Most literally, characters throughout the book keep appointments they never chose—a recurring irony that runs the length of the story. On … Continue reading The Appointment

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Capturing the Realism – Photographers Giuseppe Torretta and Giuseppe D’Amico

Alan Refkin, Author

Before writing any manuscript, I do a tremendous amount of research to make the experience for the reader as authentic as possible, going to each locale mentioned (with the obvious exception of North Korea, Iran, etc.). An essential part of … Continue reading Capturing the Realism – Photographers Giuseppe Torretta and Giuseppe D’Amico

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The Next Gunter Wayan Novel

Alan Refkin, Author

For those of you who’ve asked when I will get Wayan, Eka, and Persik in trouble again, I’m happy to report that I’ve put together a tentative storyline and have begun researching the various venues associated with it. Without giving away too much, I recently attended Art Basel, an international art fair staged annually in Basel, Switzerland, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong, intending to use this as one of the places the trio will end up going. As my knowledge of art is similar to my skill in neurosurgery, I was lucky enough to speak with exhibitors at the fair … Continue reading The Next Gunter Wayan Novel