Author Spotlight: James D. Webb

J. D. Webb, served in the Air Force in Vietnam and the Philippines as a Chinese linguist, as a corporate transportation manager, then shoe repair and sales shop owner, before becoming an author.
An award-wining author of five novels, an anthology and two short stories. Incredible Witness the anthology was a finalist in the 2023 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion awards. His latest novel is Bayou Chase, a thriller, published September 2023 from Wild Rose Press.
In 2023 Webb was honored to be elected to the Midwest Writer’s Workshop Board of Directors.
His next thriller, Free To Be Me, will be out in July 2025. As a pre-published manuscript, it was selected as a Top Pick at the 2024 Killer Nashville Claymore Awards.
A recent move relocated him to Gallatin, TN. Currently learning to speak Southern.

A little bit about Author James D. Webb…

Some folks have asked why I write when I’ve never had a book on the NYT Best Seller list. The answer is simple. I am a writer. I can’t stop. I don’t want to stop. You can’t make me stop. See what I mean?

If there were such a thing as Author’s Anonymous, I’m there. I’d tell the story of how I neglected my wife, how my dog often sat at my feet begging to go out. I’d just tell her I need to finish this paragraph. If we had been blessed (or cursed) with children, I’d have shooed them out to the yard to play. For hours at a time.

The neighbors would be appalled that I neglect my yard. I’d never hear them banging on my door. Or the kids banging on the door. “Just a minute. One more paragraph.” My kids would have flunked out of school to become delinquents and then politicians. They’d have purple hair, tattoos and gothic clothes. Good grief.

So, you see? It’s in my blood.

This is Author James D. Webb’s writing and publication journey in his own words…

Inspiration to start writing…

I’ve been writing since I could hold a pencil. Mostly short stories until I retired and had time to devote to novels. So far, seven have been hatched. The inspired part of my writing has always been present. Always loved mysteries and suspense. That’s my genre. I’ve written both mystery and thrillers. They are what I enjoy reading, so I felt comfortable in them. I also use my reading to improve my writing and to see how others craft their work.

James’s works…

All these have links to buy on my website: jdwebb.com
Shepherd’s Pie
Her Name Is Mommy
Incredible Witness
Smudge
Bayou Chase
Free To Be Me

Bayou Chase Blurb

My latest bookBayou Chase features Chase Anderson, a war hero wounded in Afghanistan. He’s sent back to the USA, gets a rebuilt knee, and falls in love with his surgeon. They marry, but nine months later, she’s raped and murdered the day she planned a meal to let Chase know he would soon be a dad.

The Chicago Police Department compromises the killer’s DNA left at the scene resulting in only a one-year sentence for breaking and entering. That’s too much for Chase to accept. He leaves no evidence when Chase drowns the killer in the man’s bathtub. The killer’s twin brothers, who work for a Chicago crime boss, identify Chase and travel to Louisiana for revenge, where Chase is recovering from his loss.

Now, not only Chase, but his in-laws are swept into a fight for survival.

Free to Be MeBlurb

Tawnya Davitakov excels as a KGB assassin. Over ten years of success. Sent to America she decides she’s had enough killing and quits. She plans to disappear in America but before leaving a former colleague shows up in her New York apartment and tries to return her home. He fails. Then the head of the KGB, her long-time handler, sends a team to hunt her down.

Matt Pearson, former USAF fighter pilot, wants to forget recent heartbreaks and enjoy a fishing holiday. He meets a beautiful woman at his bed and breakfast who needs help. Tawnya refuses but then becomes entangled in another kidnapping try. Matt is there and whether she wants it or not, he helps.

They retreat to Matt’s ranch in the Silicon Valley, then a Spetsnaz assault team is deployed to take Tawnya back, eliminating anyone in their way. Tawnya and Matt become a team to convince the attackers she doesn’t wish to go back.

One of James’s favourite scenes from Free To Be Me…

Tawnya Davitakov didn’t see the kick coming. Stars exploded in her head. Trying to duck, she stumbled. Steadying her stance, she extended the knuckle of her fist and savagely punched back. Her left hand drove deep into the man’s belly.
He didn’t even flinch.
kreap! Now what?
She feigned weakness, which seemed to be close to an actual feeling. The man stepped forward and Tawnya shoved her freshly manicured nail into his eye, twisting as she did. He yelled and staggered. He slammed both hands to his face, groaning.
She stomped her heel into the inside of the man’s knee and when he bent over, she lifted her own knee into his nose, cheering her decision to wear her hiking boots. She felt cartilage crush and blood wet her brand-new jeans. Well, that’s going to be hard to clean.
She dug out the Baretta she’d not been able to get to before and smashed it into the back of his exposed head. He dropped to the pavement like the melting wicked witch in the Oz movie.
Taking a deep breath, she searched the pockets of the huge man. At least six three and probably around two hundred pounds. Of course, no ID.
On a New York City street at midnight few people cluttered the area. And it wasn’t the safest part of town either. A refreshing breeze helped evaporate the sweat Tawnya had worked up. She quickly zip tied the man and tugged him into an alley. He’d made no move while she attended to him.
Okay, is he just a creep attacking a lone woman, or is he something else? Her gut told her the latter. After all he’d spoken fluent Russian when had stopped her.
The KGB’s top assassin, Tawnya Davitakov, calmly trotted back to her apartment. Something told her, that her past had galloped into her present.

Connect with Author James D. Webb

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Websites:

https://jdwebb.com/ https://jdwebbauthor.com

Publishers:

https://wingsepress.com/ https://wildrosepress.com/

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