John Cordon

Author of Adult Mystery and Thriller Fiction

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Thank's for visiting my web site. I'm John Cordon, author of fictional works that delve into the world of spies, crime and always a lot of wine.

2019 was spent mostly on new story development, which should result in one or two book releases next year. It's been far too long since the last one and I look forward to sharing some fascinating stories.

If you haven't yet, take a peek at A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Yountville. Wine humor with a few lessons on tasting, serving and surviving wine snobbery wedged in. Dance, sequel to Desire, is coming into its own with release planned in 2020.

Literary agents! Please check-out Works Seeking Agent/Publisher. (Noah Lake Wine Crime Series)

The World Of Spies, Crime And Always A Lot of Wine

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A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To Yountville

By John Cordon

A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To Yountville is a brief compilation of wine-centric stories pecked out during breaks in development of the final plot gadgets for Dance, the sequel to Desire in the Frank Mire political thriller series. As the subtitle explains, these stories are Wine-Induced Tales Of A Journey To The Napa Valley Nexus […]

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Desire

By John Cordon

There was a thick red line that Frank Mire would not cross. Taking down a client’s political opponent by exposing crimes and corruption, publicizing scandals and manipulating the press was in bounds – kidnapping, torture and murder was not. Regardless of what they deserved, his targets always walked away.

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Dance

By John Cordon

Frank Mire knew from experience that people who presented their lives as open books in public often concealed dreadful secrets from their past. Sometimes those secrets remained dormant forever, harmless and best forgotten. Far too often they were designed to reemerge at a chosen place and time to threaten both the guilty and the innocent. Frank had moments to decide which now lay before him.

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Duty

By John Cordon

In the final episode of the political season, elections are over and candidates prepare to take their oath of office and assume elected positions. Frank Mire and his team take stock of their wins and loses and look forward to time off before the next election cycle begins. But those who use money and power […]

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Booking 2020 Speaking Engagements Now!

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John Cordon is now booking 2020 speaking engagements! Is your book club, writer’s group or other organization looking for a speaker who combines unique perspectives on the writing life, story development and related tortures wrapped in a humorous presentation? Book John today! John is a new author of action fiction that features a backdrop of […]

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Summer In Wine Country, Distractions Natural and Not

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Summer in Wine Country presents many distractions for writers – natural and not. Visitors and new arrivals often say the change of seasons here is less noticeable than in their home towns back east, that seasonal contrasts are less distinct and require fewer wholesale wardrobe changes. It’s true that most of us won’t be rearranging […]

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Reading From Initiation at Hill Family Estate, Yountville

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Where will I be reading from Initiation, the first short story in A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To Yountville this Sunday? In Yountville, of course. Join me in central Napa Valley this Sunday, April 29th from noon to 2pm for a Poetry/Prose Salon held at Hill Family Estate’s wine tasting room in downtown Yountville. […]

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About John Cordon

John Cordon in Chianti Tuscany May 2015

John Cordon is an author of mystery/thriller fiction and resides in Northern California Wine Country, about an hour northeast of San Francisco. The Bay Area provides a wide range of backdrops for his … more... about About John Cordon