Bøger af Mike Thorne

He can't get rid of the excruciating headaches-or the horrible fantasies that accompany them. Tortured by violent obsessions, he hopes that acting them out will silence them. But it doesn't. He knows they will be looking for him. In their small college town, everyone has heard about the killing. What he needs is an insurance policy. Hating himself, he pins his crimes on a hapless soul: the impressionable Dr. Jon Evans. Using hypnosis, he plants false memories of committing the murders in Evans's head. A second murder goes awry when his victim nearly escapes. Feeling worse than ever, he leaves for the Christmas break to see his wife and daughter. Finding no relief with them, he returns to Harper to complete his indoctrination of Jon. In Harper, the police chief has followed the leads to Dr. Evans. But things don't quite add up, and he begins to suspect someone else. The killer, meanwhile, sets his final plan in action. This time he has more than one victim in his sights-and even if the truth comes out, it may be too late.

Harper, Alabama, is one of those tiny college towns where nothing bad happens. The population blooms every fall with fresh young faces, the students bright and eager to learn, and settles back into a gentle hum each summer as the year-round residents are left to their gardening and barbeques. Until, one day, that quiet breaks.There is a senseless murder-and then more. And Police Chief Grady Noland is challenged to find what links a teenage friendship, a family's poisoning, a jailbreak, and an abusive ex-spouse. Can he, before someone else dies?Author Mike Thorne, himself a professor in a sleepy college town for years, was inspired to write the crime novel Harper's Bizarre by two horrific murders in his hometown. In real life, they happened decades apart, but in his fiction, Thorne weaves them together to explore new possibilities of plot. Fans of Thorne's previous crime novel, Murder in Memory, will recognize Harper and some of the town's inhabitants.

Do you consider where you've been, and where you want to go? And who do you call on for guidance? After learning he was adopted out of the blue, Mike Thorne struggled to find his place in the world, plagued by perfectionism and fears of abandonment that followed him into adulthood. But he identified a path for himself through sports, along with two key concepts that helped him transform a better way forward: that we need to Build, Belong, and Believe to make progress effectively, and that we must have others on our journey. People we can rely on to hold us accountable and for support-a Personal Trust Community. With his story, Mike teaches readers of all ages how to learn from his experiences and reach their North Star by employing the tools he built along the way. He's proof that by hustling with heart on the field and beyond, we can transform and thrive at home and work.MIKE THORNE is a Transformer and personal growth mentor. Using his "Personal Trust Community" model, Mike helps leaders find belonging; build toward their greatest dreams; and believe in themselves, their work, and others. He has held numerous executive leadership positions, including President of Team Sports at Russell Athletic and President of the Wholesale Division at Yankee Candle. In 2020, he decided to step away from the C-Suite to further his mission of spreading the value of trust and vulnerability in relationships. He leads group workshops and one-on-one sessions that help transform human beings toward greater performance and fulfillment in their personal and professional lives. This is his first book. You can learn more about Mike and his work at mikethorne.co