5-Star Reviews from Reader Views, Feathered Quill, and Bookpleasures.com!

He needs them to prove their leadership potential. But letting these powerful C-suite employees off the leash could cost him everything.

John George Mortimer is driven, ambitious, and suddenly uncertain. After founding and running a multinational corporation, the aging CEO confronts a devastating medical diagnosis… and the knowledge he has no succession plan. Worried news of his condition will hurt the business, the decisive executive designs a competition for his three division presidents but doesn’t tell them the truth.

Watching in eager anticipation as they search the globe for the best and brightest opportunities, John George hopes one of them will reveal themselves as the clear-cut choice to fill his shoes. But when unexpected personal crises, news leaks, and interference from organized crime threaten his protégés, he’s all too aware that his final decision could cause lives to crumble.

Can he save his self-made empire before it implodes?

Three Weeks Less a Day is the fast-paced first book in The Multima Saga suspense series. If you like page-turning thrills, international settings, and stories that expose characters’ flaws, then you’ll love Gary D. McGugan’s cutthroat corporate test.

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Sinister criminal elements. A successful but battered company. Will a man who’s betrayed them both decide their fates?

Howard Knight is running for his life. After infiltrating a multinational corporation for the crime lord he serves, the daring man knows his latest corporate blunder has made him a target for the FBI and for his unscrupulous patron. And with a portfolio full of flawed personal choices, he decides that fleeing through South America’s dangerous jungles will be less risky than facing the powerful people he’s wronged.

Determined to endure despite the odds, Howard’s road forward is complicated by a new awareness of how much harm his shady practices have caused. But as the noose tightens around him and violent new players emerge, he's painfully aware the information he carries in his mind could make or break a renewed attempt at a takeover.

In a rigged game with billions at stake, can he strategize his way to survival?

The Multima Scheme is the intrigue-filled second book in The Multima Saga suspense series. If you like complex characters, page-turning thrills, and action-packed twists, you’ll love Gary D. McGugan’s tale of the dark side of the boardroom.

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Answering a ringing doorbell, Howard Knight falls into the crosshairs of a vindictive crime boss determined to settle old scores. Thugs subdue Howard with a chemical concoction, sweep him away in a windowless van, and travel toward somewhere in Europe for hours. What happened to his sleeping lover, Janet Weissel? Did others from the outfit known for prostitution and human trafficking get her? Did she find a way to escape? The criminal element known as The Organization kills the people it seizes; only when and how cruelly are uncertain.

As his captors rush him across Europe, Howard plots to escape with a fierce determination to reunite with Janet, wherever she may be. Will The Organization’s enforcers make a momentary mistake? What horrible fate might Janet suffer if Howard can’t get to her in time?

Pernicious Pursuit is Gary D. McGugan’s fourth fast-paced suspense thriller pitting The Organization against current and former leaders of global Multima Corporation. Readers who like engaging characters, action on the ground and in the air, and a suspense story that unfolds at breakneck speed across 5 European countries will love Gary D. McGugan’s thrilling tale of survival in the seedy world of organized crime. His story starts in a small town in the Netherlands. Buckle up for the ride.

Reader Views 2022 Gold Award Winner Thriller/ Suspense Category

Fate, bad luck, and opportunity entangle three rivals in a quick-paced suspense thriller.

CEO Suzanne Simpson fends off accusations of corporate money laundering on two continents as a global pandemic wreaks havoc on Multima Supermarkets.

Fugitive Howard Knight flees from the Caribbean to Asia, trying desperately to elude both an Interpol Red Notice and a dangerous criminal outfit called The Organization.

Fidelia Morales stakes her role as crime boss of a powerful criminal outfit on an outrageous cyber scheme to steal millions from corporations around the globe.

Can there be a winner?
By the same author as the award-winning suspense thriller A Slippery Shadow