{"id":447,"date":"2021-03-03T04:55:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/repertoire\/"},"modified":"2021-10-25T19:27:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:27:01","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"447\" class=\"elementor elementor-447\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-509e7ce elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"509e7ce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6ecab9\" data-id=\"f6ecab9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dee2a4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dee2a4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.5 - 03-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Books<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cbf8a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cbf8a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.5 - 03-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>By Hal Savage<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-731d685 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"731d685\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.5 - 03-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"368\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mr_Hal_Savage__Author_-_Renegade_-_Noir_Affacinado.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mr_Hal_Savage__Author_-_Renegade_-_Noir_Affacinado.png 368w, https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mr_Hal_Savage__Author_-_Renegade_-_Noir_Affacinado-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-297c8f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"297c8f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a602c33\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Roadhouse-Rendezvous-Other-Stories-Savage-ebook\/dp\/B015RWLFEA\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;qid=1634926521&amp;qsid=146-5642839-4866265&amp;refinements=p_27%3AHal+Savage&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-1&amp;sres=B015RWLFEA&amp;text=Hal+Savage\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"a602c33\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49bb3cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49bb3cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Roadhouse-Rendezvous-Other-Stories-Savage-ebook\/dp\/B015RWLFEA\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&#038;qid=1634926521&#038;qsid=146-5642839-4866265&#038;refinements=p_27%3AHal+Savage&#038;s=digital-text&#038;sr=1-1&#038;sres=B015RWLFEA&#038;text=Hal+Savage\">Roadhouse Rendezvous and Other Stories<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c473a83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c473a83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8216;Roadhouse Rendezvous is an intriguing collection of stories that span many locales and timeframes. I highly recommend it.&#8217; &#8211; Marcia Muller, author of the Sharon McCone Mysteries\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Roadhouse-Rendezvous-Other-Stories-Savage-ebook\/dp\/B015RWLFEA\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;qid=1634926521&amp;qsid=146-5642839-4866265&amp;refinements=p_27%3AHal+Savage&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-1&amp;sres=B015RWLFEA&amp;text=Hal+Savage\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b7c9d2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b7c9d2a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b1f6582\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/savagenoir.blogspot.com\/2019\/09\/follow-leader-chapter-1.html\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"6b1f6582\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11982381 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11982381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Hal-Savage-and-Cynthia-Gregory.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Hal-Savage-and-Cynthia-Gregory.jpg 720w, https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Hal-Savage-and-Cynthia-Gregory-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a4f560\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/savagenoir.blogspot.com\/2019\/09\/follow-leader-chapter-1.html\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"3a4f560\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f41e985 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f41e985\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My Latest Novel<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43fad291 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43fad291\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">follow the leader<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e1fdc elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e1fdc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"make-column-clickable-elementor elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-77f99a3b\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" data-column-clickable=\"https:\/\/savagenoir.blogspot.com\/2019\/09\/follow-leader-chapter-1.html\" data-column-clickable-blank=\"_self\" data-id=\"77f99a3b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bc7980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bc7980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>San Francisco, \u00a02004<\/p><p>Chapter 1<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-409a8acb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"409a8acb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Albert Schultz bent down\u00a0to get his paper and saw a nude corpse on the sidewalk. It was five a.m. Still dark, the body dimly lit by a street lamp some thirty feet away.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Schultz ran back into his apartment and called 911.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The dispatcher picked up his call.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWhere are you?\u201d she asked.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He gave her his address on Cole Street. It was a good neighborhood in the Haight, away from all the craziness a few blocks away.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAre you safe?\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cYes. But there\u2019s a naked body on the sidewalk.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0That threw her for a few seconds.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIn front of our apartment building,\u201d he added.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAre you sure the person is dead?\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cNo,\u201d he admitted.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m going to send an ambulance. I would advise you to stay in your house until it gets there.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI intend to,\u201d he said.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But then he got curious. He decided to see what he could see from the front stoop. He went to his bookcase and grabbed his binoculars.\u00a0\u00a0Came back and turned on a floodlight.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It was a female.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He watched her closely to see if she was breathing. No. She was face down, with a big gash on her neck. His hands began to shake.\u00a0\u00a0He lowered the binocs.\u00a0Am I going to throw up?\u00a0Deep breaths, he told himself. Summoning his courage, he peered through them again.\u00a0\u00a0He focused on her back and ribs to detect any sign of breathing. Nothing. He looked at the rest of her. There was something on her hip. Initials?\u00a0\u00a0He refocused until he could make them out. L and K.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The slashed throat, the branding of initials. Both were signatures of The Death Valley Gang, he remembered.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He stumbled out of the kitchen and hustled into the bedroom. Time to wake Bea before an ambulance blared its siren and . . .<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ffd4bca elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3ffd4bca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/savagenoir.blogspot.com\/2019\/09\/follow-leader-chapter-1.html\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-right\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2048 2048\"><path d=\"M6.125 1088h1797.89l-402.976 403 89.994 90L2048 1024l-556.966-557-89.994 90 402.976 403H6.125v128z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read FOLLOW THE LEADER Chapter by Chapter<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books By Hal Savage Roadhouse Rendezvous and Other Stories &#8216;Roadhouse Rendezvous is an intriguing collection of stories that span many locales and timeframes. I highly recommend it.&#8217; &#8211; Marcia Muller, author of the Sharon McCone Mysteries&nbsp; Read More My Latest Novel follow the leader San Francisco, &nbsp;2004 Chapter 1 Albert Schultz bent down&nbsp;to get his &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/books\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Books<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"disabled","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":902,"href":"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/447\/revisions\/902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halsavage.com\/HalSavage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}