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I wrote this novel many moons ago based upon my years in construction. In fact, the subplots are based upon facts and my own personal experiences.

Finally it was snagged by a publisher and it was to be published in April, 2004. I worked hard to promote it and even dedicated a web page as you can see. I got great reviews from editors and best selling authors. However, without getting into names, the publisher and I had a major dispute and I wanted out of my contact. After months of nastiness, all rights were finally returned to me. During this mayhem, I wrote a screenplay for Clear Rape and for Particulars of the Promiscuous. If there is an interest, please feel free to email me here.

Synopses for Clear Rape:
After thirty years, Miami homicide detective, Harry Burns is looking forward to his retirement in the quiet mountain town of Little River where he grew up. The second thing on his mind is spending quality time with his wife, and trying to catch a monster of a trout he calls, Stonehead, for its ability to spit his hook for what seems like a million times. When two skeletons are discovered in a burned out post office built just at the end of ecology wars, a deja-va of political apathy resurfaces between government, timber and environmentalists. At first, a cocky sheriff seeks Harry's help when one of the bodies found turns out to be one of the leaders in the logging industry, who disappeared eight years ago. When the other body is discovered to be an eco-terrorist that brought hate and discontent in a town once controlled by one of the giants of the Timber Industry, Harry became a maverick and comes to the defense of an ex-eco-terrorist couple who are arrested for the crime.

 

 

 

REVIEWS

"Kip Ives has expertly crafted a many-stranded plot where greed battles conscience and ends up in murder" .... Jessica Clark, Writers Monthly

"Timber wars between environmentalists and loggers, a blue-collar setting, and a host of rugged characters create the backdrop for a decade old double homicide. Everybody is a suspect and getting to know these folks is half the fun. An entertaining ride through the rural Northwest where the memories of the spotted owl and peoples' jaded pasts clash. "
Ken Morris, best-selling author, Man in the Middle"

"Like his last book, Ives puts a new meaning to the word research, I thought I was living the nightmare reading. . . ."
Nigel Forbes, Editor, Swing Magazine

"Murder ... and caught in the middle, the livelihoods of the whole Pacific Northwest in this unique mystery where everyone's guilty."
Gene Sapper, former president of the AGC

Excerpt of Clear Rape

"Do you know where Shane is now . . . and Celesta?" 

"Last I heard­­" Todd paused at Elaine. She closed her eyebrows as if in deep meditation. Then opened them and answered. "After the spotted owl injunction, we heard they went to Brazil. But then years later one of our friends said they split up. Really don't know. By that time we had already bought this place and wanted to raise a family."

"So what happened?"

Kyle saw the blush on Elaine's cheeks before Todd answered, "We found out Elaine can't have kids."

"I'm sorry," Kyle hastened to add in his embarrassment. "What I meant was, about this fight?"

"Elaine and I were coming back from town we pulled up just outside HTC's north entrances, where most of the logging trucks came in­­to talk to a couple of friends we saw. Shane had littered the road with steel tacks­­

"Mister McGraph came out, ordered them off the property. There was yelling and screaming. Then a pickup full of millworkers pulled up. It was chaos, a lot of cussing screaming and then out of nowhere, Mister McGraph punched Shane, sending him right to the ground. Shane got up, took a swing, hitting Mister McGraph right on the nose. Blood splattered everywhere. Then Shane called him a two-finger Nazi lover. They were rolling around on the ground when the state troopers arrived. Celesta was hysterical. It was pretty hairy, full of mayhem. I think if anybody had a gun, someone would have been shot. "


 For more information on how uncontrolled logging and other nature disasters can be a major eyesore to the environment, visit Carrie's web site. Fair warning, make sure your sound is turned down, unless you want to get knocked out of your the chair by a Call from the Wild. She's a cool person and helped provide the book cover pictures.


Remember, it has always been said
"Writing is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration."


 


 

 

 

 

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