{"id":46278,"date":"2023-01-17T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=46278"},"modified":"2023-01-07T10:17:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T16:17:59","slug":"simply-held-january-authors-vince-flynn-and-raeanne-thayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/simply-held-january-authors-vince-flynn-and-raeanne-thayne\/","title":{"rendered":"Simply Held January Authors: Vince Flynn and RaeAnne Thayne"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want the hottest new release from your favorite author? Want to stay current with a celebrity book club? Love nonfiction and fiction? You should join\u00a0Simply Held<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Choose any author, celebrity pick, nonfiction and\/or fiction pick and the Davenport Public Library will put the latest title on hold for you automatically. Select as many as you want! If you still have questions, please check out our list of\u00a0FAQs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New month means new highlighted authors from Simply Held. January’s authors are Vince Flynn for fiction and RaeAnne Thayne for romance.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Our January fiction author is Vince Flynn. Flynn was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1966, as the fifth of seven children. After college he worked for Kraft General Foods as an account and sales marketing specialist. He then left Kraft to accept an aviation candidate slot with the United States Marine Corps. However, one week before he was supposed to leave for Officers Candidate School, he was medically disqualified due to concussions and seizures he had growing up. While attempting to obtain a medical waiver, he started thinking about writing a book, which was a shock because he was diagnosed with dyslexia in grade school and had trouble reading and writing.<\/p>\n

After not getting anywhere with the Marine Corps, he took a job with a commercial real estate company. After two years of working with them, he quit his job, moved to Colorado, and started working full time on his first book, Term Limits<\/em>. Flynn bartended at night and wrote during the day. He received more than sixty rejection letters and decided to self-publish his first novel after five years. After doing so, he signed a deal with Simon & Schuster. Flynn writes thrillers. Flynn died after a long battle with prostate cancer in 2013 when he was 47. His bestselling Mitch Rapp series was taken over by author Kyle Mills.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Flynn’s latest book is\u00a0Oath of Loyalty<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, published in September 2022. This is book 21 in the Mitch Rapp series written by Kyle Mills.<\/p>\n

Curious what this book is about? Check out the following description provided by the publisher:<\/p>\n

With President Anthony Cook convinced that Mitch Rapp poses a mortal threat to him, CIA Director Irene Kennedy is forced to construct a truce between the two men. The terms are simple: Rapp agrees to leave the country and stay in plain sight for as long as Cook controls the White House. In exchange, the administration agrees not to make any moves against him.<\/em><\/p>\n

This fragile d\u00e9tente holds until Cook\u2019s power-hungry security adviser convinces him that Rapp has no intention of honoring their agreement. To put him on the defensive, they leak the identity of his partner, Claudia Gould. As Rapp races to neutralize the enemies organizing against her, he discovers that a new type of assassin is on her trail.<\/em><\/p>\n

Known only as Legion, the shadowy killer has created a business model based on double-blind secrecy. Neither the assassin nor the client knows the other\u2019s identity. Because of this, Legion can\u2019t be called off nor can they afford to fail. No matter how long it takes\u2014weeks, months, years\u2014they won\u2019t stand down until their target is dead. Faced with the seemingly impossible task of finding and stopping Legion, Rapp and his people must close ranks against a world that has turned on them.<\/em><\/p>\n

This book is also available in the following formats:<\/p>\n