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Mystery Books by
Nora DeLoach – feat. Grace "Candi" Covington
A New Eden,
novel by William Post – feat. Lord & Lady Covington
Thriller Series Paperbacks
by Jason Elam & Steve Yohn – feat. Riley
Covington
Book Series by
Joan A. Medlicott – feat. Covington in North Carolina
(fictional town)
The Graduate
Education of Malcolm Covington - online book by Elizabeth Bennett (adult
material!!)
Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy – feat. Major Peter Covington (SAS)
Syms Covington Journal - Voyage on The Beagle
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HOW TO DUMP YOUR WIFE by LEE
COVINGTON (1994)
This divorce book for men is full of practical advice about money,
kids, lawyers, and the whole twisted legal system. Be prepared!
Wild and without apologies, this politically incorrect book was
written by a woman who lives with a man who lost everything in his divorce. He
was cleaned out, folks. Sucked dry. And the poor wife, boo hoo,
lives like a queen. You can learn from his mistakes and find out important
things about 
money, kids, and lawyers
that the usual writers (shrinks & lawyers) will never tell you. It's funny,
but true. Don't get divorced without it.
It's like spinning a roulette wheel. You get
a judge assigned to your case. A lawyer with a robe on. You get yourself a
lawyer. Don't get your brother-in-law! Don't pick your best friend who has known
you since you were five. Forget it. Get someone you never met before because in
a few months you're going to hate his or her guts..." p. 86, from Chapter 9,
Lawyers and Other Scoundrels
"As we all know, every dumped wife in
America calls the IRS. Scorned women are on the phone to them every hour of
every day. Needless to say, they don't go after every guy who files for
divorce. They only go after guys who cheat on their taxes..." p. 67, from Chapter 7, Prepare to Unload
Who is Lee Covington?
Lee Covington (an obvious pen name) once believed, as most people
do, that men ruled the world and, to some degree, that might be true (in
wrestling matches or venture capital firms). But when her true love was trying
to get divorced from his second wife, Lee realized the truth. Feminists (all
women are poor victims) control divorce courts, family courts, and most state
legislatures. Of course, the feminists have their loyal conservative allies
(some of whom are male) who also believe that all women are helpless victims
and cannot be expected to take any responsibility. Feminists and conservatives
agree that divorce is always the man's fault and the man must pay. And beyond
paying for everything, he must be punished.
Are you one of the enlightened ones (like us) or are you part of
the problem? Tell us about it, Janet. Lee Covington does radio interviews all
the time, but she rarely appears at book signings or on TV. The P.C. world
doesn't go for her message. But millions of people who have been ruined by
greedy ex-wives can relate. Don't get cocky. It could happen to you. Only $16.95
“You’ve got to read this book. I thought it was incredible. When I
read it, I thought the author was a guy. I said, ‘Man, this guy knows how to
talk to other guys.’” - Howard Stern
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An author who has featured Covingtons in her “Mama” Mystery Books Series..
Mama, (Grace "Candi" Covington), case worker for the
county in Otis, South Carolina and her daughter, Simone Covington a paralegal
in Atlanta, Georgia, were created by Nora DeLoach as one of the
most engaging amateur sleuths in contemporary mystery fiction—Grace Covington,
nicknamed Candi, known as “Mama,” and dubbed by book critics an
African-American Miss Marple in recognition of parallels with the female
crime-solver popularized by British mystery writer Agatha Christie. DeLoach’s
series of eight Mama books sold well in the 1990s, succeeding first among a
primarily African-American readership and then breaking through to mass success
among readers fascinated by DeLoach’s keen depiction of small-town Southern
black life. As DeLoach turned to writing and to promoting her books full-time,
she seemed on the verge of even greater success, but her life was tragically
cut short in 2001.
Nora DeLoach was born Nora Frazier in Orlando,
Florida,
in 1940; she married William DeLoach around 1963, and the couple had three
children—two sons, and a daughter who played a major role in Nora DeLoach’s
decision to begin writing fiction. A social worker by profession, DeLoach
worked for some years in Hampton, South Carolina.
That town became the model for the South Carolina
town of Otis in which the Mama novels are set—in the words of Publishers
Weekly, “a small town where almost everyone knows what everyone else is doing.”
Converted Patio to Study
DeLoach did not begin writing until her early 50s, when, as she
told the Page One Literary Newsletter website, “The ‘Mama’ series emerged out
of the chaos of a collision between my menopause and my daughter’s
adolescence.” “My daughter was doing her best to be a typical teenager,”
DeLoach recalled in an American Visions interview. “My husband was trying to
mediate and trying to keep us from killing each other.” DeLoach convinced her
husband to enclose a patio off the couple’s Orlando home: DeLoach turned it
into a study and started to write short stories.
Encouraged by a fifth-place finish in an Orlando Sentinel fiction
contest, DeLoach resolved to try her hand at a full-length novel. That book,
Silas, was turned down by 15 publishing companies over the course of a year,
but DeLoach persisted. Finally, the book was accepted for publication by Hollo
way House, a small, Los Angeles-based publisher with a predominantly
African-American readership. “After that, I knew that writing was what I wanted
to do,” DeLoach told the Atlanta Constitution.
DeLoach hit her stride as a writer when she began to think both
about her own life and about her literary inspirations. She had long enjoyed
reading mysteries by Agatha Christie and those featuring Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle’s eccentric sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. She liked the structure of the
Sherlock Holmes stories, narrated not from the point of view of the private
investigator himself but from that of his sidekick, Dr. Watson. And both
DeLoach and her daughter emerged strengthened from the conflicts they had
experienced: “When the dust cleared, my daughter had become a woman, and I, a
more tolerant woman,” DeLoach told the Page One Literary Newsletter website.
At a Glance…
Born Nora Frazier in Orlando, FL, in 1940; died June 19, 2001, in
Decatur, GA; married William DeLoach, ca. 1963; children: two sons and one
daughter.
Career: Mystery writer. Spent much of her career as social worker;
worked professionally in Hampton, SC; moved back to Orlando and then to
Atlanta; won fifth prize in Orlando Sentinel writing contest, late 1980s; wrote
first novel, Silas, 1991 (published 1993); wrote Mama Solves a Murder, first
book in Mama series, 1994; four books in series published by Holloway House,
1994-97; signed to Bantam Books, 1997; first Bantam Mama mystery, Mama Stalks
the Past, published 1998; four Mama books published by Bantam, 1998-2001.
Awards: Gold Pen Award nominee, Black Writers Alliance, 2001;
twice nominated as Georgia Author of the Year.
Memberships: Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Georgia
Writers, Inc., Black Writers Alliance.
Sweet Potatoes Inspired Character Name
Pulling together these diverse strands, DeLoach created Mama
Solves a Murder. Published by Holloway House in 1994, the book was the first in
what became an ongoing series of books featuring “Mama,” a South Carolina
small-town welfare caseworker and sleuth on the side, named Grace Covington and
nicknamed “Candi” because, as DeLoach wrote, she has a complexion the color of candied sweet potatoes. Mama is assisted in her
investigations by her daughter Simone, who works in a lawyer’s office in
Atlanta, and the plots of the Mama novels often incorporate the warm
relationship between mother and daughter.
Simone, like Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes stories, narrated
the action and contributes an insight or two along the way. In her narration
she fills out the character of Mama in vivid strokes and small details. Among
other traits that Simone described, Mama is a terrific cook with a special
recipe for sweet potato pie. The actual recipe had been handed down in
DeLoach’s own family, and DeLoach became a contributor to a 1999 cookbook
entitled A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary
Mystery Writers.
Despite all the various influences that the Mama series brought
together, the character of Mama was not modelled on DeLoach herself nor on a
character created by any other mystery writer. “The Imperial Woman, a book
written by Pearl S. Buck [an early twentieth-century novelist whose books are
set in traditional China], is the inspiration behind the ‘Mama’ character,”
DeLoach explained to the Page One site. “The book is the story of a woman who
has fulfilled her duty as a mother and wife and spends her later years doing
what she really wants to do, developing her soul and mind.”
Signed by Bantam Books
After Mama Solves a Murder, three more Mama novels were published
by Holloway House: Mama Traps a Killer, Mama Saves a Victim, and Mama Is Accused.
At that point DeLoach changed literary agents, and her new agent won her a
contract with Bantam Books, one of the largest publishers of mass-market
paperback fiction in the United States. The switch to Bantam broadened
DeLoach’s readership considerably. She turned to writing full-time and
undertook frequent promotional tours, winning new fans who met her in the giant
bookstores that were becoming fixtures of suburban America. DeLoach’s first
novel for Bantam, Mama Stalks the Past, was published in 1997.
DeLoach’s works are known in the book industry as “cozies”—mysteries without explicit violence or graphic
scenes. While reviewers have rightly noted the influence of this tradition on
DeLoach’s books—Publishers Weekly instructed readers to “imagine a charming
English mystery set in the South with all African-American characters”—Mama
Stalks the Past also exemplifies a highly original trait in DeLoach’s writing,
one perhaps related to her background as an African American. Unlike Sherlock
Holmes or Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, Mama is not simply a neutral observer
called upon to solve crimes. In Mama Stalks the Past, she herself faces
suspicion of having poisoned a neighbour who has mysteriously willed her a plot
of land; in other books, Mama comes to the aid of family members or friends.
The Mama novels are distinctive in the way they depend upon their portrayal of
a matrix of close community and familial relationships
“I use mysteries as the opportunity to introduce people to real
African-American characters,” DeLoach told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 1998.
Increasingly successful with readers of all races, DeLoach was nominated for
the Black Pen Awards of the Black Writers Alliance in 2001 and as Georgia
Author of the Year in both 2000 and 2001. The eighth “Mama” novel, Mama Cracks
a Mask of Innocence, was published in June of 2001, and DeLoach wrote of a long
future for the series. But just as the book was being readied for release,
DeLoach was diagnosed with leukaemia. She died on June 19, 2001, three weeks
after her diagnosis.
Selected writings
Mama Solves a Murder (1994)
Mama
Traps a Killer (1997)
Mama
Saves a Victim (1997)
Mama
Stands Accused (1997)
Mama
Rocks the Empty Cradle (1998)
Mama
Pursues Murderous Shadows (2000)
Mama
Cracks a Mask of Innocence, Bantam, (2001).
Sources
- Periodicals
American Visions,
April-May 1997, p. 18.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 11,
1997, p. E7; July 17, 2001, Q&A.
Booklist, October 15, 1997, p. 391.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 24, 1998, p.
B4.
Publishers Weekly, October 12, 1998, p. 61;
May 15, 2000, p. 94.
Online
Nora DeLoach website,
http://members.aol.com/ndelo66635/
Page One Literary Newsletter, http://pageonelit.com —James M. Manheim
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COVINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA (fictional
town) - BOOKS
BY Joan A. Medlicott
Grace Singleton, Hannah Parrish, and Amelia Declose,
described as women "of a certain age," were finding life a little
listless in the Pennsylvania boarding house where they lived. When one of them
inherited a run-down farmhouse in Covington, N.C., the three women jumped at
the chance for change and adventure. In each of the novels the women explore
the lively town of Covington while they battle illness, welcome their children
and other visitors, and meet the challenges of caring for a rambling old house.
Covington is a fictional town in the North Carolina mountains, not far from
Mars Hill. - The Ladies of
Covington Send Their Love. New York: St. Martins
Press, 2000.
The Gardens of Covington. New York: St. Martins Press, 2001.
From the Heart of Covington. New York: St. Martins Press, 2002.
The Spirit of Covington. New York: Atria, 2003.
At Home in Covington. New York: Atria, 2004.
A Covington Christmas. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005.
Two Days After the Wedding. New York
: Pocket Books, 2006.
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RILEY
COVINGTON THRILLER BOOK SERIES (Paperback)
by Jason Elam &
Steve Yohn
Editorial
Reviews - Monday Night Jihad
From Publishers Weekly
Just in time for the Super Bowl is this debut suspense novel from a 14-year NFL
place kicker and his Colorado pastor. The result yields some nice moments
paired with problematic writing and improbable plot twists. Air Force 2d Lt.
Riley Covington is given grace to play NFL football instead of serving out his
military time, but he opts to return to active duty after a horrific stadium
bombing. Hakeem Qasim is an Iraqi groomed for
terrorism by tragic events in his childhood.
Just in time for the Super Bowl is this debut suspense novel from a 14-year NFL place kicker and his Colorado pastor. The result yields some nice moments paired with problematic writing and improbable plot twists. Air Force 2d Lt. Riley Covington is given grace to play NFL football instead of serving out his military time, but he opts to return to active duty after a horrific stadium bombing. Hakeem Qasim is an Iraqi groomed for terrorism by tragic events in his childhood.
The lives of both the
squeaky-clean Christian Riley and the radical Muslim Hakeem intersect in a way
that readers will see coming early in the novel. Rich details about life as an
NFL player invigorate the story; the details become problematic when the story
gets wordy (as in one long and unnecessary chapter toward the end of the book).
Although the final [...] plot twist is too easy, unexpected humor
helps leaven the serious themes, and the sparks of romance that fly between
Riley and an American Muslim woman will pique readers' interest. (Jan.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a
division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Product Description
He thought his deadliest
enemy knelt across the line of scrimmage. He was wrong! After a tour of duty in
Afghanistan, Riley Covington is living his dream as a professional linebacker when he comes face to face with a radical
terrorist group on his own home turf. Drawn into the nightmare around him,
Riley returns to his former life as a member of a special ops team that crosses
oceans in an attempt to stop the escalating attacks. But time is running out,
and it soon becomes apparent that the terrorists are on the verge of achieving
their goal--to strike at the very heart of America. This softcover edition also
includes a teaser chapter of the next Riley Covington thriller.
Written by a member of
the NFL; gives readers an insider look at the world of
professional athletes and military intelligence. Examines the challenges of
homeland security in large-venue events. Explores the tension between the
desire for revenge and the constraints of the Christian faith, especially as it
relates to Islam. Jason Elam has recently returned from Iraq, where he visited
and supported the troops. You can read his journal at
mondaynightjihad.blogspot.com
Editorial Reviews - Blown Coverage
Product Description
Linebacker Riley Covington returns to another season of mini-camp for the
Colorado Mustangs just as a wave of terrorist attacks begin to occur across the
country. Sleeper cells are being awakened--likely by the leader of the Cause,
who has recently escaped from captivity and is coordinating attacks not only on
America but also on Riley and his loved ones. As Jim Hicks, Scott Ross, and the
rest of the Counterterrorism Division follow leads in Europe, Riley goes on the
offensive to draw out his attackers. But can the Cause be stopped before
they're able to reach their ultimate goal?
From the Back Cover - Linebacker Riley Covington has never dreaded the start of a
new football season. Until now. The entire league is still reeling from the
devastation of last season, and Riley’s status on the team is put in jeopardy
by a new threat. Just as minicamp kicks off, a wave of terrorist attacks sweeps
across the country. Sleeper cells are being awakened—likely by the leader of
the Cause, who has escaped from captivity and is coordinating strikes not only
on American cities but also on Riley and his loved ones.
As Jim Hicks, Scott
Ross, and the rest of the Counterterrorism Division follow leads in Europe,
Riley goes on the offensive to draw out his attackers. Unless the terrorists
can be stopped, their next act of violence will be more horrific and deadly
than anyone could imagine.
RAINBOW SIX – TOM CLANCY NOVEL (1988) feat Major Peter Covington
UK SAS
Rainbow Six is fictional character John Clark's position as
director of the counter-terrorist unit Rainbow that debuted in the 1998 novel
Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy. The book was adapted into a successful series of
tactical first-person shooter computer and video games, and was initially
planned as a future film tentatively set for release in 2010. As at 2018 it was
still planned for production.
Tom Clancy also features Rainbow in his 2000 novel The Bear and
the Dragon.
Team Rainbow
The novel Rainbow Six describes Rainbow as an international
counter-terrorism operation hosted by NATO. The base of operations for Rainbow
is said to be located in Hereford (home to SAS), due to the United Kingdom
being one of the most accessible countries in the world and also due to the
press constraints that would not be possible to impose in the United States.
Most of the characters in Rainbow are American or British, however, the NATO
countries of France, Germany, Canada and Italy, plus Israel have one
representative each.
Clancy describes the structure of Rainbow as having one Director,
who oversees the entire operation, and one Deputy Director, who is second in
command. Rainbow is portrayed as the "blackest of black" operations,
and it works off of its very own intelligence service which has intelligence
contacts all over the world. In the book, when Rainbow is called upon for help
from another country's government to deal with a terrorist situation, usually
only one of the two teams will be sent, but in some situations, both will be
sent. Both teams have an officer as team leader and a senior NCO that is second
in command. Not including the team leader, each team is made up of eleven men.
Team One
·
Team Leader - Major
Peter Covington (UK; SAS)
- "They're not awfully bright. They killed that poor sod very
early in the affair, didn't they? When you kill a hostage, you cross a large,
thick line sir. Once across it, one cannot easily go backward, can
one?" — Peter Covington
Major Peter Covington is
a character that appears in Rainbow Six. He is a member of the SAS and is the
Commander of Rainbow Team 1. He is the son of a
Brigadier General who had served in the 22nd Regiment of the SAS. Like his
father, Peter eventually joined the SAS. He was eventually stationed at
Hereford Base in the United Kingdom in 1992. Seven years later in 1999, Peter
was promoted to the simulated rank of Major and made the leader of Team 1 for
the newly formed Rainbow
counter-terrorism unit.
Following
Rainbow's formation, Team 1 and Team 2 conducted a series of training exercises
to prepare for their first mission. Covington and his team consistently scored
slightly better on evaluations than Team 2. A few weeks later, a hostage
situation emerged at a commercial bank in Bern, Switzerland. Following the
official order, Team 2 was deployed to handle the situation while Team 1 was
put on stand-by in case anything happened to Team 2. Annoyed that his team
would not be deploying for their first mission, Covington decided to join John
Clark and Bill Tawney at Rainbow's command center. Clark asked Covington of his
thoughts on the situation to which he stated that the leader, Ernst Model, was
"not awfully bright" for killing a hostage so early in negotiations
and that it only make it harder for them to escape.
After Team 2 was successful in their mission, Covington praised their efforts
and Chavez's leadership.
After the second
instance of Rainbow deployment, terrorists took control of World Park in Spain,
prompting Clark to deploy both Rainbow teams to the mission. Chavez' Team Two
deployed from the roof of the terrorist's base, whilst Covington's Team One
attacked from below, killing off the survivors of the terrorist group. It was
then that Rainbow had it's first set-back.
Provisional IRA terrorists took control of a hospital in direct proximity to
Rainbow's Hereford base, with the intention of killing as many Rainbow
operatives as possible. Covington's Team was on call, and deployed to the area.
PIRA insurgents armed with AKMS assault rifle opened fire on the Team, causing
two fatalities, and wounding Covington. Both cells were defeated by combined
support from the remainder of Rainbow.
At the end of Rainbow Six, Covington had resumed his post after
recovering in hospital.
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A NEW EDEN (novel by William Post) – characters Lord &
Lady Covington (2014)
A New Eden takes a young man, Gary Moore,
through the Civil War and then through his next fifteen to twenty years. Gary
is educated while driving a supply wagon during the war. His helper was Prof.
Adam Stewart from Brown University. He lectures Gary for the next three years
as if he were in the classroom. Lord & Lady Covington appear as characters
in this book. 1st reference is on page 82.
Author, William Post was reared in the West
Texas town of Colorado City. He was educated at Texas A. & M. then served
in the United States Navy. After his service he became a land surveyor for The
Southern Pacific Railroad
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