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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Looking for a few readers to review my latest novel, The Final Heist. International thriller, Paris setting, WWII echoes. Details here: bit.ly/FH-review-BS

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Is the problem the tariffs or the chaos and injustice surrounding them?

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

A very distinguished journalism professor once told me there should be no schools of journalism except at graduate-school level. He had Columbia in mind.

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Because the main project of the Republican Party, from Goldwater to Project 2025, has been to dumb down the electorate. It seems to be working.

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Through the Gates of Hell: The Liberation of Buchenwald 80 years ago. April 1945 was a pivotal month. On April 11, a thin, sickly boy named Elie Wiesel was liberated from Buchenwald and would go on to a career representing oppressed peoples the world over. buff.ly/QNPmjNi

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

"A brilliant fact-based thriller disguised as fiction," says one Amazon reviewer. Treasure of Saint-Lazare, top historical mystery in the Readers' Choice competition of its year, is on sale today only (4/9) for 99c (Kindle edition). More on my Substack, open.substack.com/pub/parttime...

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I met Dr. King only once, just days after I started reporting on the civil rights movement for the Associated Press . I was young and green; he was already a global figure. Yet what struck me most wasn’t his fame—it was his calm focus, his presence. buff.ly/UcBYTqo

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A High-Seas Thriller—Kindle edition Free Today! What if World War III started not with a missile—but with a fortune in stolen Nazi gold? The Final Heist: Vengeance on the High Seas drops you into the tense days between Russia’s first and second invasions of Ukraine. 👉 www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGQ2CXGX

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

A full-throttle adventure through modern Europe and the Mediterranean that’s part thriller, part mystery, and all rollicking ride. (Kirkus) Eddie's man is back in Paris and on the prowl for Stinger missiles. Is there time to find and neutralize him? buff.ly/3CblQtj

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Beautiful Paris, cafes, the streets, the Seine flowing gently by, sun in the sky, then Pearce shoves a dead body right under our noses! In class with Clancy and Grisham. buff.ly/3ymkJoa

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

In a glittering salon in the most expensive quartier of Paris, Eddie’s man surfaces.. He's back in Paris and on the prowl for Stinger missiles... LAST STOP: PARIS. Will Eddie Grant get his man? buff.ly/OhlcrJ3

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

It's now 2019, midway through the phony war between Russia and Ukraine. Notre Dame Cathedral has just burned, leaving all Paris in mourning. A former KGB agent plans to use a king’s ransom in old Nazi gold for a private war. buff.ly/WcZX2ve

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

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The Final Heist: Vengeance on the High Seas (Eddie Grant Book 4)

**NEW RELEASE** , midway through the phony war between Russia’s first invasion of Ukraine and its attempt to absorb it entirely. Notre Dame Cathedral has just burned, leaving all Paris on edge and in…

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

SIXTY YEARS AGO TODAY, the Marines waded ashore at Da Nang. It was the first formal American combat presence of the Vietnam war, and the initial landing of 3,500 had grown to 25,000 in sixty days. From my Substack post today.

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1965-1975: The decade that molded America’s future

March 8, 1965. After years of advice and logistical support, the first American fighting force lands in Vietnam as a fighting force. Sixty years ago.

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Samples of Treasure of Saint-Lazare and The Final Heist are available free for the next few days. buff.ly/aeXZk6q

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

LAST STOP PARIS: John Pearce writes an suspense thriller in the vein of Ian Fleming. Using Paris, Germany, Miami and other thrilling backdrops, he weaves a tale of crime, terror, politics, with a dash of romance. Eddie Grant has brought elegance back. buff.ly/3ZBzVLj

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

THE FINAL HEIST: Vengeance on the High Seas. Eddie Grant puts a final stop to the Russian gangster who murdered his family and now is trying to start World War III. buff.ly/3ZBzVLj #Paris #WWII #Nazi #KGB

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

A hidden treasure. A murderous plot. A love that won’t let go. Eddie reunites with an old flame and together they try to solve a mystery from WWII. TREASURE OF SAINT-LAZARE, Readers' Favorite top historical mystery of its year. By John Pearce #WWII buff.ly/2vbjpV2

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Beautiful Paris, cafes, the streets, the Seine flowing gently by, sun in the sky, then Pearce shoves a dead body right under our noses! In class with Clancy and Grisham. buff.ly/3ymkJoa

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

David Downie's new memoir is a cross-section look at a postwar family, from his mother's origin as an extroverted Roman teen to his father's more subdued life as a GI and a San Francisco Chronicle reporter and writer after WWII. buff.ly/42YmxEz

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Beautiful Paris, cafes, the streets, the Seine flowing gently by, sun in the sky, then Pearce shoves a dead body right under our noses! In class with Clancy and Grisham. buff.ly/3ymkJoa

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Beautiful Paris, cafes, the streets, the Seine flowing gently by, sun in the sky, then Pearce shoves a dead body right under our noses! In class with Clancy and Grisham. buff.ly/3ymkJoa

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Beautiful Paris, cafes, the streets, the Seine flowing gently by, sun in the sky, then Pearce shoves a dead body right under our noses! In class with Clancy and Grisham.

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Finding Pegasus: An action-packed crime thriller. : A renegade Silicon Valley billionaire is the dark money behind a cadre of brownshirts threatening Paris (Eddie Grant Book 3)

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Eighty years ago, FDR was steaming home from the Yalta conference, which divided Europe in a way that would last until 1990. He would die two months later, and there's the result might have been better if FDR had been healthy, but that's no sure thing. buff.ly/4i1c2EM

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Eddie Grant, aided by his beautiful partner, Sorbonne professor Aurélie, crosses Paris - and Europe - in hot pursuit of the killers of his wife and son ten years earlier. Eddie's Paris takes us beyond the usual tourist stops -- Harriet Welty Rocheforte buff.ly/3CblQtj

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

HIS LONG-AGO LOVER brings a cryptic letter to Paris, pulling Eddie Grant reluctantly into a perilous web of love and death. A novel of #Paris and World War II. TREASURE OF SAINT-LAZARE: Top-rated historical mystery of its year (Readers Favorite) #WWII buff.ly/2vbjpV2

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Temps Passés: As a historical date, February 11 was busy. Read my Substack post for more detail, and subscribe to receive new issues of "Temps Passés" (Past Times) when I publish them weekly.

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Temps Passés: February 11 was a busy day in history

Mandela released from prison; the shah of Iran flees, to be succeeded by Khomeini.

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This date in history: Feb. 11 was the date of significant events. I highlight two of them. buff.ly/3WWSqcJ

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jmpsfs.bsky.social @jmpsfs.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

THE FINAL HEIST: Vengeance on the High Seas. Eddie Grant puts a final stop to the Russian gangster who murdered his family and now is trying to start World War III. amzn.to/3Rp7q0Y #Paris #WWII #Nazi #KGB

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