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A decade ago my second Dan Ballantine story, INTENT TO DEFRAUD, won the Dark Oak Mystery contest.  First prize was publication.  The following year DEAD DRUNK won the publisher's Cop Tales contest.  Publication of previously written works followed.

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I invite criticisms and questions at marktravisbooks@yahoo.com.  Please include at least one book title in the subject line so I may safely open your communication.

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Amazon has pages showing all of my novels which are all available for the Kindle readers.  Some are still available in paperback.

Mark Travis

P.S.:    Readers have asked:   What is the order of your 'serial' novels?  Should they be read in order?

While one will find an occasional reference to an earlier story, the books stand alone with three exceptions noted below.

The Dan Ballantine series: 
EXPRESS MALICE
INTENT TO DEFRAUD
CRASH AND BURN (action starts immediately after Intent)
COLD LEG
SPLIT-DOLLAR MURDER
PAYBACK (a 'two years later' sequel to Crash and Burn)
DEVIL'S DROP (action starts at the end of Payback)
DEAD PEASANTS
THE BEST OF PALS
A HURT FOR A HURT
SUCKED UP

The Michael Hunt series: 
DRAFTEE, U.S. ARMY, 2 EACH
THE BAD BOY MURDERS
REBELLION

The Ethan Cooper series (if two books is a series):
MURDER FOR A BUCK
DESTROY PHOENIX
I wrote Murder For A Buck before Destroy Phoenix, but the publisher asked me to update it for the 2009 printing.  The historically correct dates in Destroy Phoenix prohibit an update.

NOTE added in April, 2012:  I recently learned a few of my earlier books are 'out of print.'  With the publication of each book, I received the opportunity to purchase them with a one-third the cover price discount.  I have used these copies for gifts and advertising purposes, but I still possess a few copies of each book.  If a title exists that you cannot live without, send me an email.