Six Minutes to Midnight

DESCRIPTION:

Dana Knowles is the only female nuclear weapons courier at Y-12 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee: the "Secret City" of WWII where uranium was enriched to create the first atomic bomb. She has become frustrated that her training and skills will never be put to the test, but she is unaware that she has become a target of a madman and his gang of misfits. When they attack a nuclear convoy and steal a nuclear weapon, she and the other surviving couriers must locate the weapon before six minutes to midnight. Only Dana can unravel the identity of the psychopath, find him, and bring him to justice.

EDITORIAL REVIEWS:

Cheryl Peyton has a powerful ability to paint a picture with words. Six Minutes to Midnight tells the story of federal agents, charged with the secure transport of nuclear weapons, and a sociopath bent on wreaking havoc on a variety of real and imagined tormentors. The characters are wonderful, and the best part of this thrilling story. Tilmer Wright Jr. - 5 Stars

Cheryl adds the right amount of exposition from her research into nuclear courier duty. It is a world few people knows exists (including me) and she nails the pathway to understanding. See for yourself. Buy it. This one is worth every penny. Ben Boyd Jr. - 5 Stars

FROM THE AUTHOR:

Cheryl Peyton was born and raised in Chicago. As a child, she first developed an interest in writing from her mother, a graduate of Medill School of Journalism, who worked as an editor of Young Adult Fiction. At bedtime, instead of fairytales, Cheryl's mother would read book galleys to her, analyzing the writing style by asking questions like, "How would your friends' conversation differ from this dialogue? What interests you about the story? Which characters are the most interesting to you and why? By the time Cheryl was six years old, she knew it was important to avoid the passive tense and adverbs.

After graduating from college, Cheryl found employment with the Illinois Department of Public Aid as a caseworker on Chicago's south side. After several years, she continued her education art at the Art Institute of Chicago and was hired as an interior designer at a custom drapery shop and, later at a furniture store, on Chicago's North Shore.

Her third career was working as a paralegal for a sole practitioner. Assisting in court, she became acquainted with rules of evidence and courtroom procedures, while honing her writing skills as she worked on legal briefs.

Her series of murder mysteries features Alex Trotter, a nosy female tour operator turned amateur detective who escorts small groups on excursions around the world. Unfortunately, for her clients, these trips become ill-fated when murder intrudes on the itinerary.

Ms. Peyton has also written a thriller that centers on the theft of a nuclear warhead from a weapons convoy out of Y-12 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a biography of a young woman who contracted polio as a toddler prior to the Salk vaccine, a compilation of imagined conversations with her dog, and an informative and uplifting journey of her year-long treatment of breast cancer.

Ms. Peyton now lives near Knoxville, in Loudon, Tennessee with her husband Jim and their Havanese dog, Cody.

PRODUCT DETAILS:

Publisher: Self Published

Language: English

Paperback: Yes

Dimensions: 6' X 9" 

Publication Date: September 9, 2016