Pure Instinct [Import] [Paperback]

Robert W. Walker (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 502 pages
• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing; New Ed edition (April 11, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747247536
• ISBN-13: 978-0747247531
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

More About the Author

My latest several novels have been Original to Kindle, exclusvie works. Most recent has been TITANIC 2012 - Curse of RMS Tttanic, a cross-genre, generational suspense thriller with an occult horror twist. It's a new theory, a theory that proves the innocence of the iceberg, ha! Puts the burden of error squarely back onto Captain Edward Smith's shoulders, but it is also science fiction as it alternates chapters between 1912 and 2012. In future, divers go inside Titanic the Wreck to plunder her interiors. But what they find is murder and mayhem and monstrous stuff! See all ten reviews on Amazon.com

Just prior to launching T2012, I placed up CHILDREN of SALEM, romance and intrigue and ecumenical spies amid the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Talk about a "Bad Time to Be in Love" - but Jere Wakely does love the daughter of an excommunicated witch, Serena Nurse, and he vows to put an end to the insanity of the trials. Painstakingly reserached for some thirty odd years, Children of Salem is both my life's work and now my highest grossing ebook to date, selling 255 copies a month and garnering great reviews (as is T2012). Children of Salem is a big ambitious work that all my previous books have led me to return to over decades to rewrite and rewrite again and again until I got it right.

AFTERSCHOCK is among all my backlisted titles sold years ago to NYC publishers. Aftershock is the ebook bread-winner, the one which as sold the most copies and for a long time had been my leading title in sales. I placed up some 40 "odd" previously published titles ranging from horror and supernatural, occult horror and suspense-thriller to mysteries and historical themes, and now i have 46 Kindle titles available. Would be fifty if not for tie-ups on other titles.

One more recent modern day noir PI novels is DEAD ON from Five Star Books July '09 which has garnered rave reviews and wonderful remarks from Tess Gerritsen, Ken Bruen, JA Konrath, David Ellis, Raymond Benson, and Jay Boninsinga as well as Booklist! Prior to this my City trilogy, City for Ransom, Shadows in the White City, and City of the Absent published via HarperCollins and heralded as great books by The Chicago Tribune, winning the coveted Lovey Award, set the stage for my finally being able to get Childen of Salem RIGHT.

A bit about myself: I grew up in Chicago as my father came out of WWII knowing one skill -- how to drive a truck. As a truck driver, he supported five children. I was born in Corinth, MS., siblings born in Tuskeegee, AL., where my mother hailed from.

I struggled in school in inner-city Chicago, but early on found I had a gift for 'talking my way out of fights' and this translated into 'telling stories' to influence others, and soon wondered if I could not do it for money. I began writing at a young age to 'communicate' ideas and always at the root of my tales are ideas, notions, concepts, issues, fears, phobias,the darkside of human nature, twisted religion, the human conditon, and themes I find fascinating like the injustice we see every day, and vengeance, and greed, and skullduggery all around.

In fact, much of my fiction centers on twisted this or twisted that...from twisted fantasies in the minds of killers to twisted religion in the minds of...yeah... killers and others. I have read widely in all areas of human endeavor and use all areas imaginable in the creation of my characters and stories, and my work is character-driven whether it is a suspense novel or an historical novel.

I recieved a full scholarship to Northwesern Univesity out of Wells High School, inner city, which was some kind of feat, and it was based on my writing ability. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education, went on to accomplish a Masters in English Education. I've taught for over thirty-years to 'support' my habit -- writing. I have always taught full-time while writing full-time, and I 'make' time.

While I grew up in Chicago, and many of my books center there and in the Midwest, I am currently living in Charleston, WV where I am still teaching and writing. I live with four step-children and my ER RN wife, Miranda, whose first novel, a serial killer chase down romp called Absolution, is also available on Kindle. I completed my 50th novel for publication with Titanic 2012.

Wish to thank all my readers for the many, many years of support since writing the spoof on disaster films and books, SUB-ZERO in 1979, and those who supported my Instinct and Edge Series as well as my various horror and other suspense series. I have created no less than eight series characters, all of whom I intend to keep "alive" via Kindle original titles in future. I am currently working on a 4th Geoffrey Caine (pen name) Abe Stroud, archology horror title called Bayou Wulf. For a free download of the first chapters, you can contact me on facebook or my website - www.robertwalkerbooks.com

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pure Instinct, June 14, 2010

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Martha McCormick "Kindle Mania" (Woodland Hills, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pure Instinct (Instinct thriller series) (Kindle Edition)

I have read the first 3 Instinct series books with Jessica Coran, M.E. I have been "riveted" to my seat in all of the books thus far. Pure Instinct didn't seem as good to me because there were so many "side stories" involved as well. The introduction of Dr Kim Desinor was the main story as far as I was concerned. The "Heart" killer in New Orleans was the main story. But as it turned out, Jessica's closure with Matt Mattisak was really the main event. I was a bit confused with this book but I still enjoyed it. The back & forth between Jessica & Kim got me dizzy & I had to go back a few pages at times. I've rated it 3 stars because Richard Walters' Instinct Series is riveting and his character's backgrounds & life experiences makes me want to meet them. This was the only book at this time that I haven't "DEVOURED" in a day. It took me 2-3 days to finish. Bottome line: it is still a good story in all!

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Walker's Jessica Coran keeps the pages turning!, May 7, 1999

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"missterious" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pure Instinct (Paperback)

I don't know what book the last reviewer read, but it definitely could not have been Walker's Pure Instinct. Obviously, he/she had never read any of Walker's previous Coran thrillers. Jessica Coran has been face to face and a victim of a slasher and a blood-letting, blood-saving vampire. How that is "ordinary" is beyond my comprehension, but maybe I haven't been living in the same world as some of the rest of us.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Instinct" Series A Hit!, June 5, 2011

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D. Williamson "Hooked on Kindle!" (Moncton, NB Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pure Instinct (Instinct thriller series) (Kindle Edition)

Robert W. Walker's "Instinct" series are the best serial killer books on the market. I read them years ago and was thrilled when I saw them on Kindle. I downloaded all of them and am having such a great time rereading all of Jessica Coran's adventures in capturing the bad guys. These books are so interesting and are real page turners, trust me you won't be able to put them down.