A spy steals a Russian chip capable of hacking any military hardware on the planet. To get it to his handler, he must pass it on to a mule who will carry it out of Europe. The spy pulls his hoodie over his head and searches for a mule. He may have found a candidate in Strasbourg, France at the Christmas market. The mule is an older woman, seventy perhaps, and she's looking at a Christmas thong.Jan holds up a thong with tiny Santa Clauses all around the edges. To get a better look, she sets her tablet down and holds the thong against her side. She looks at her friends for their support. Aaron, a stout forty-something, laughs, and Mary, a religious fanatic who thinks everyone is a sinner and has a collection of bibles that she carries with her, shakes her head and utters the word, "sin."Jan, defiantly, buys two thongs; one with dancing Santa's on it and another with a Rudolph's face over the crotch. She presses a tiny button and Rudolph's nose lights up.Just then, a hooded man runs up to her, grabs her tablet from atop the thongs and runs off! Jan's shocked and throws the Santa thong at him.Aaron runs after the crook and yells for him to stop. Olivia, Aaron's friend from a nearby village, calls the police from her phone and yells at Aaron to stop. She insists it's too dangerous for him to race after a thief.A few blocks away, Aaron corners the crook in an alley.The hooded man walks out from behind a dumpster with the tablet in hand and holds it up.Aaron knows that he was wrong to chase after the crook, but to go into a dark alley was far too dangerous, even with his skills.The man throws the tablet onto a pile of trash and then runs off.Aaron gets the tablet and returns it to Jan who is ecstatic to have it back, but the tablet case has been opened. Aaron snaps in back into place and they continue their European journey.The next day, the threesome find themselves neck deep in a case international espionage and are on the run from Russians, Americans, and other thugs who want Jan's tablet.The spy must do all he can to save Jan and her friends, get the chip to his people, and evade the killers looking for them. For 2025!I've got to new books out for late winter 2025:The Fool Farmer is about Raphael who strives to better himself, but is a klutz in all that he does until he goes to America to improve his farming skills. Will his clumsiness prove too much for a Nebraska farmer or will they work to overcome his handicap?Trailer Brake is about two different people in two different towns, Doris and Gerald pack up and head out in search of healing. Will their chance encounter help or make things worse for them?Rodeo Clown: Emmett is a bull rider, drink until you drop, cowboy whose only tempered by his sister, Michelle, until William buys the land next to their land. To save himself and Emmett, William has to open up to his dark past and why he left New York City.Satchel of Secrets is about an Army Veteran lost in a job at a c-store, but an angel offers him a choice to do something for God.It's Such a Small World and Then, It's Not (In France, two men are brought together by Mona Lisa, a mallard duck)Treaty of Versailles, The Power of Love, freshened up for 2025 with edits and new details!Skipper Pete Books and Skipper Pete Travel on YouTube for book readings, comedy shows by me, and travel.Every child starts off as a story teller. My family lived in west Ft. Lauderdale, FL out near the everglades. I was a fort builder, horse rider, hiker, adventurer, Disney park nut, party-goer, bad at math in school kid, 80's child--David Bowie-Let's Dance, Prince-1999, Billy Idol-Rebel Yell, Neil Diamond-America, all the movies that made us human--Sixteen Candles, Uncle Buck (GIANT PANCAKES), Duckie from Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club geek, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science (mall scene), Stand by Me - Gordie Lachance (You have to ask?), Foot Loose (Yeah!), The Goonies (LOVE adventurers), and a closet case hanging with my gal pal at Backstreets
