Books with title Triple Threat

Trouble starts at State’s training camp when two obnoxious sophomores, nicknamed the Touchdown Twins, become more interested in personal glory than in team play. This leads to a showdown with Chip.The antagonism grows and eventually engulfs the entire squad to such an extent that an important game is lost. It appears that State’s defense of the conference title is hopeless. But Chip, playing in every game despite an injured shoulder, inspires the team to keep fighting.Through it all, Chip finds time to help a confused high school football star, Skip Miller, make the biggest decision of his life and struggles to convince the Touchdown Twins that you can’t win without team play and a tough, hard-hitting spirit.

Trouble starts at State’s training camp when two obnoxious sophomores, nicknamed the Touchdown Twins, become more interested in personal glory than in team play. This leads to a showdown with Chip.The antagonism grows and eventually engulfs the entire squad to such an extent that an important game is lost. It appears that State’s defense of the conference title is hopeless. But Chip, playing in every game despite an injured shoulder, inspires the team to keep fighting.Through it all, Chip finds time to help a confused high school football star, Skip Miller, make the biggest decision of his life and struggles to convince the Touchdown Twins that you can’t win without team play and a tough, hard-hitting spirit.

Matthew Eagletail can't wait until his online friend John Salton flies from San Francisco to Bragg Creek, Alberta for a summer visit. John is almost as big a basketball fan as Matt is, and dreams of being the first coach in the NBA to use a wheelchair. When Matt's sister Jazz tells them about the upcoming Rocky Mountain Summer Basketball League in Calgary, they decide immediately to get a team together. Unfortunately, so does Matt's archrival, John Beal. Soon the Bobcats and the Mean Machine are fighting it out on the court, determined to win by any means necessary. It's too close to call, until Matt and John get some crucial advice from an unexpected source.Triple Threat is a basketball novel that smokes down court with hard-hitting action and suspense. [Fry Reading Level - 4.3

Matthew Eagletail can't wait until his online friend John Salton flies from San Francisco to Bragg Creek, Alberta for a summer visit. John is almost as big a basketball fan as Matt is, and dreams of being the first coach in the NBA to use a wheelchair. When Matt's sister Jazz tells them about the upcoming Rocky Mountain Summer Basketball League in Calgary, they decide immediately to get a team together. Unfortunately, so does Matt's archrival, John Beal. Soon the Bobcats and the Mean Machine are fighting it out on the court, determined to win by any means necessary. It's too close to call, until Matt and John get some crucial advice from an unexpected source.Triple Threat is a basketball novel that smokes down court with hard-hitting action and suspense. [Fry Reading Level - 4.3

Before they took down global conspiracies... See tough, wisecracking New York PI Dakota Stevens and his brilliant associate Svetlana Krüsh in three of their early cases.In this exciting mystery trilogy, Manhattan PIs Dakota Stevens and Svetlana Krüsh solve cases in the Green Mountains of Vermont; Dutchess County, New York; and the mean and glamorous streets of L.A. Tangling with chainsaw artists, motorcycle gangs, ex-cons, crooked cops, nude celebrities, and Chinese gangsters, Dakota and Svetlana show that no matter where a case takes them, they'll solve it with style.Dakota and Svetlana, Babysitting Detectives...While caring for a friend's boys over Columbus Day weekend, besides learning that childcare isn't easy, Dakota and Svetlana uncover a mysterious cache of rare coins in the woods, a cabal of suspicious neighbors, and a crazy conspiracy straight out of a post-apocalyptic comic book.A Missing Greenskeeper and a Seven-Foot-Tall Native American...A number of bizarre incidents at a Dutchess County, NY golf course, culminating in the disappearance of the head greenskeeper, prompts the club's managing pro to call in Dakota to investigate.Forget It, Dakota, It's Hollywood...A studio executive's daughter is arrested for an armed jewel heist, but she claims it was only the pilot of a new reality TV series. Trouble is, her fellow cast members and the producers are gone and can't corroborate her story. Dakota and Svetlana must team up with the head of studio security, sexy "Barb" Soames, to prove the girl's innocence.Readers Say:"Orcutt has combined a classic hard-boiled with the page-turning frenzy of a Dan Brown novel.""PI Dakota Stevens is a cross between Philip Marlowe and Jason Bourne and his partner Svetlana Krush is a chess Grandmaster with the body of a Victoria's Secret model.""Just when you think you've solved the mystery, Orcutt surprises you with another unexpected twist.""As for the characters--perfection. Flawed, funny, heroic and developed fully from the first page until the final page.""I read A Real Piece of Work in three days. Didn't get much sleep...but it was well worth it.""Dakota Stevens and his indispensable sidekick/chess champion Svetlana Krush are a delightful modern take on the noir detective style.""The author's ability to paint a picture or scene with words is astounding. This book is ripe for adaptation to film.""Orcutt weaves a story that keeps you hanging on until the very end.""People in the reviews keep mentioning Spenser/Robert B. Parker, and they're right; but add a good streak of John Le Carré, turn the roaster up a notch, and maybe you're getting in the ballpark.""Reading Orcutt is like chasing a lit fuse into a dark tunnel.""I am now stalking this author on Amazon, anxiously awaiting the release of his next book in the series."