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Joseph Pittman Books In Order

Linden Corners Books In Order

  1. Tilting At Windmills (2001)
  2. A Christmas Wish (2011)
  3. A Christmas Hope (2012)
  4. The Memory Tree (2013)
  5. Chasing Windmils (2016)
  6. A Wish Upon the Wind (2008)
  7. A Christmas Dream (2021)

Todd Gleason Books In Order

  1. London Frog (2007)
  2. California Scheming (2012)
  3. Two Todd Tales (2013)
  4. Two More Todd Tales (2019)
  5. The Cannes Con (2021)

Original Crime Books In Order

  1. Remembrance (2014)
  2. Retribution (2014)
  3. Redemption (2014)

Novels

  1. When the World Was Small (2002)
  2. Legend’s End (2006)
  3. Beyond the Storm (2013)
  4. The Shadow Diaries (2020)

Anthologies edited

  1. The Best of the Best (1998)

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Joseph Pittman Books Overview

Tilting At Windmills

With a lyrical tale of love and loss, Joseph Pittman joins the ranks of beloved authors such as Elizabeth Berg and Nicholas Sparks as he carries readers on an epic journey through the joys and tears of a life renewed and chronicles a very special love. At thirty four, Brian Duncan has it all. The trendy Manhattan life, a fast track job at a high powered PR firm, a gorgeous fiancee a coworker with a future as exciting as his own. Then, in a single moment of deception, Brian’s world crumbles. Bitterly betrayed, he decides to toss away all he has ever worked for and leave the city’s busy streets behind. He finds himself irresistibly drawn to the road. On a hillside along New York’s Hudson River Valley, Brian sees a giant windmill, its sails transfixing in their beauty. And running down the green hill toward the magnificent windmill is a lovely little girl, her blond hair floating in the wind. Her name is Janey, and she and her quietly alluring mother Annie, who owns the windmill, strike a chord in Brian’s heart. It is a turning point in Brian’s life, as he finds the small town charms of Linden Corners comforting. He stays a day, and then another, and before long he has become another resident of this sleepy little world. Is it the windmill that has inspired him, or Annie Sullivan, whose elusive quality matches Brian’s own questions about life? Even as Annie and Brian feel their relationship deepening into passion, the uncertainties they battle loom large perhaps too large. Through the force of nature and the hand of fate, Brian learns that love comes in unexpected ways.

A Christmas Wish

A Christmas Wish A Linden Corners Novel Completely revised, with new scenes and added dialogue, A Christmas Wish makes its commercial debut, finally answering the most often asked question by readers of TILTING AT WINDMILLS. ‘What happened to Brian and Janey next?’…
This Christmas, the greatest gifts can’t be found beneath a tree…
Eight year old Janey Sullivan has had a difficult year, between losing her mother and adjusting to life with her guardian, Brian Duncan. But with the holidays approaching, her one Christmas wish is to find the perfect gift for Brian if she can learn to trust him first. Reeling from the loss of his soul mate, Brian is determined to give her daughter, Janey, an extraordinary Christmas. But he struggles to read her irregular moods, and when he catches her in a lie, he begins to doubt the future of their new little family. Can Brian and Janey navigate the emotional mind fields of the holiday season and forge a lasting bond? With the help of their friends and family in Linden Corners, and a bit of Christmas magic riding on the wind, they may be able to preserve Janey’s mother’s traditions, perhaps ever start new ones and discover that the life they hadn’t planned on can still bring the happiness they’ve always wished for.

A Wish Upon the Wind

Return to Linden Corners for a tale that reveals the true spirit of the holidays…
A Wish Upon the WindFor Brian Duncan, his only wish is to provide the most special Christmas ever for Janey Sullivan, the charming eight year old girl left in his care. For Janey Sullivan, her only wish is to find the most perfect gift for her newfound guardian. As the holiday season nears, their delicate balance is threatened over an issue of trust. With the help of the residents of Linden Corners and the spinning, knowing sails of the town’s landmark windmill Brian and Janey will learn that the best gifts are not those found beneath their glittering tree but those found deep in their hearts. Poignant, humorous, and wise, A Wish Upon the Wind is the ideal holiday story to share with loved ones during a windswept, snowy afternoon.

London Frog

A string of unlikely coincidences turn a simple scam into a deadly confrontation between a convivial con man and a conniving killer. It all starts semi innocently. Todd Gleason, amateur confidence man and all around charmer, just can t stand the fact that Henri and Elise Procopio, already rich beyond avarice, has just won, all things, the lottery. So, Todd does what any self respecting crook would do, he schemes to bilk them of their undeserved winnings. Todd follows them to London, where the Procopios are celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. That flat were Todd is setting up shop, however, falls through when he stumbles upon the landlord lying on the carpet, fatally shot With sirens blaring the background, this frog out of water suddenly finds himself running from the law and falling into the hands of a couple of goons. They re not the only folks caught up in a scam spirally dangerously out of control. There’s Clive, the hitman with a quick right hook; Brandy Alexander, the lovely blonde scholar from the airplane; Beth Simon, an American friend of Todd s who just can t stop talking; the bumbling Birdie, a man seeking revenge against Todd; and Inspector Brury, the cop with the bad stomach, determined to solve a seemingly senseless murder. Oh, and then there s Toad, Todd s pet frog, who may hold a secret all his own. With sharp comic timing and a pace that never quits, London Frog jets from New York to London and back again and back again for a wryly suspenseful, sexy tale of crime, punishment, and amphibians.

California Scheming

Todd Gleason just can t catch a break. Even when he’s enjoying leisure time on the island of Bermuda in the capable hands of the lovely Lana Davies he cannot escape his questionable past. Said past arrives in the seductive shape of Cindy Scanlon, whom Todd refers to as the only one who got away. Turns out Cindy married his best friend, Patrick, and then the duo upped and moved west to the sultry allure of Hollywood. Seems Patrick has gone missing and Cindy wants Todd to find him. There s a catch, of course. Patrick is on the run from his corrupt boss, trying to scare up a fortune he owes. Ever the hopeless dreamer, Patrick has a lead on three million dollars in missing money, stolen years ago from banks all over the greater Los Angeles area. The renowned thief, dubbed Fast Cash by the media, disappeared years ago and has never been heard from since. His loot was never recovered. Todd is impervious to Cindy s request. The idea of finding that three mill, though, promises its own motivation. As Todd heads to New York City Patrick s last known location Cindy returns to California, only to find a dead body floating in her pool along with a load of cash. Someone is trying to make serious trouble for Cindy, and the list of suspects is nearly as long as the L.A. phone book. There s the widow Cashman, who is only now getting around to having her husband declared legally dead. There s Beverly Mills of Beverly Hills, a blowsy kind of lady the likes of which high society rarely accepts. There s Langston Livingston, the cruel loan shark with a penchant for inducing pain. There s Fred and Barney, partners in life and crime who are seemingly available to the highest bidder. Toss in a couple of seasoned L.A. cops, a treasure map marked with an X, and a couple of well kept secrets, and suddenly Todd finds that life in Los Angeles is not as sunny as the press would make it seem. Everyone s got an agenda.

When the World Was Small

WHEN DREAMS TAKE YOU AWAY George Denton never believed in the notion of love at first sight not when his parents regaled him with the story of how they met not when his elderly grandmother married her bridge partner not even when the prettiest girl in all the world moved to the picturesque village of Lincoln Point. But from the moment the baby who came to be called Sky let out his first wail inside the house on Archer Avenue, George knew his life would never be the same again. Here was a child orphaned at birth, a child seemingly blessed with a remarkable gift, looking to his Uncle George to teach him the lessons of life, of the power of love and the realization of dreams. WHEN DESTINY BRINGS YOU HOME Spanning two decades, When the World Was Small is filled with the memorable moments of the Denton family, events funny and sad, poignant and powerful, tragic and thrilling. It is a tale of dreams both realized and unfulfilled, and of the special relationships that help define who we are, and who we become. PRAISE FOR JOSEPH PITTMAN AND ‘TILTING AT WINDMILLS’: ‘MEMORABLE EMOTIONALLY CHARGED. PITTMAN’S PORTRAIT OF SMALL TOWN LIFE IS ROMANTIC, YET THE STRONG AND REALISTIC CHARACTERS WHO POPULATE THE TOWN ARE THE NOVEL’S GREAT STRENGTH.’ The Denver Post’A FEEL GOOD FANTASY.’ Publishers Weekly ‘A WONDERFUL TALENT. JOSEPH PITTMAN PROVIDES READERS WITH A RELATIONSHIP DRAMA THAT WILL GIVE MUCH PLEASURE.’ Affaire de Coeur

Legend’s End

LEGEND S END A sudden loss in Carson Alden’s life brings with it an unexpected surprise that carries him home to Turner Junction. Though it s the town he was born to, it s also a place he barely remembers. Upon his arrival at the historic Bolton Hotel, he is immediately faced with images of yesteryear, photographs on the walls that illustrate the town s rich history. There he also meets an elderly woman known as the Duchess , the town s revered keeper of the legends, a woman who loved great and lost greater. Lauren Hendricks first came to Turner Junction to care for her elderly grandfather, Edgar, a man who loves nothing more than riding along the Empire One s rusted rails. Now a local real estate agent, it is Lauren who will hand Carson the keys to his house, helping him unlock the secret of why he was taken from Turner Junction after the untimely death of his parents. But Carson will find more find than a new home and a new life, he will unwittingly give rest to the town s one remaining legend.

The Best of the Best

Stephen King Joyce Carol Oates Nancy Taylor Rosenberg Sharyn McCrumb Joy Fielding Lisa Alther Erica Jong Lawrence Block Ed McBain Eileen Goudge Tabitha King Larry Collins Stephen Frey Joan Hess Wendy Hornsby Jeffery Deaver Linda Lay Shuler E.L Doctorow. To commemorate its 50th anniversary, Signet is proud to present The Best of the Best a one of a kind collection of all original stories by some of the biggest names in publishing! From gripping tales of suspense to powerful stories of human triumph, this special hardcover focuses on the broad range of genres and authors that continues to define the Signet name!

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