John Hayden's Books: Stay Up All Night – Mystery/Thrillers – Spies, Politicians and Other Villains

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Normal engineers like to build things...James McGettigan works solely on failures

On a hazardous waste site, James McGettigan thinks he’s looking for a body, only to be buried when a bulldozer covers their exit. A gymnasium roof in Portland, Maine collapses in a snowstorm. McG crawled under and over wreckage, finding bodies and saving two lives. In Memphis, millions of gallons of sewage spill into the Mississippi River. Woven amid other unspeakable crimes, McG believes he’s the only one connecting the dots. Needing an adversary’s help, McG breaks the rules of law and civil behavior; never expecting what will happen. Or how he will respond.

Read 'Act of God'

The Tale Of James McGettigan Continues

Engineer and accident investigator James McGettigan is facing murder charges after a modern-day duel with a billionaire CEO. McG bets his future on making a grand jury grasp the circumstances, not the headlines. Yet criminal indictment is not the worst ahead. Twisted schemes, betrayals and political corruption will leave McGettigan with impossible choices to save his son and his own life.

Read 'Falling From High Places'

A Double Life. Can Either Be Saved?

Decades after a nuclear weapon’s theft from a NATO airbase, Jake Duggan intends to give it back. Jake risks death or prison for trying. and his sole ally has his own agenda. Their all-or-nothing plan: Sell the weapon to terrorists while safely returning it to U.S. custody. Digging up the nuke a last time, Jake prepares to overcome betrayals by friend or foe.

Read 'A Scorpion's Revenge'

Murder, Greed, Deception & Blackmail

Sex, money and power are just ways to keep score in the “garbage game,” a blood-sport where lies are expected, cheating is routine and violence is a matter of one’s point of view. Gordon Palmer operates a huge landfill. Jim Stevens, environmental inspector, discovers lethal waste, and stumbles between right and wrong. A corrupt governor, tortured community leader, priest, paper recycling heiress, ambitious journalist and teenage girl will all become embroiled in their showdown.

Read 'The Garbage Game'

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John Hayden

Meet John Hayden

A baseball player. An engineer. A dad and grandpa to humans and dogs. And now a proud writer. Thank you for your interest in my books.

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