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      • Jon Breakfield

         

        View all of Jon Breakfields books available to buy on Amazon

        Welcome


        All titles are available as either an eBook or paperback on Amazon,

        Barnes & Noble, and Kobo. Of course also at your local bookstore upon request. And now too on Bookshop.org

        As an author, I am thrilled with the news about Bookshop.org - a place where everyone can support their local bookstore from the comfort of their own couch.

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        Odette A short story

        Now Available on Amazon as an eBook

        Odette

        A SHORT STORY OF LOVE, ESPIONAGE, AND WAR.

        Doyou believe in love at first sight?
        Do you?
        Love at first sight, simply said, is one of the most powerful,enriching emotions that can come your way.
        And if you are indeed lucky enough to have been struck by the thunderbolt--that life-changing, intense, romantic attraction--you will cherish that chance meeting and those thrilling emotions until the end of time.

      • The Key West Series

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        Key West: Tequila, a Pinch of Salt and a Quirky Slice of America...a year in Key West

        (Key West Book 1)

         

        What would you do if you were on holiday and your better half said ‘Let’s not go back’?
        Would you stay?

        Available in eBook and Paperback

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        Key West: The Sequel

         

        (Key West Book 2)

         
        In KEY WEST Part II, the adventure continues. Our intrepid couple quit their jobs and gave up everything to live in paradise, but now it's all swirling down the toilet.
        Can they survive or will they have to climb back on the hamster wheel?
        Available in eBook and Paperback
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        Key West: Starting Over

         

        (Key West Book 3)

         

        Do you feel like telling your boss to take a flying leap in Lake Michigan?
        Do you want to kiss the Great White North goodbye?
        Do you want to start all over again in Key West?
        Here’s how you do it.

        Available in eBook and Paperback

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        Key West: See It Before It Sinks

         

        (Key West Book 4)

         

        More toe-curling adventures and late-nite hijinks committed by Jon , his wife and their usual accomplices: French Foreign Legionnaire "Johnny-Johnny" and his side-kick "Popcorn Joe."

        Available in eBook and Paperback

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        Key West: Shrimper, Sailor, Sponger, Spy

        (Key West Book 5)

         

        Want to know where to get laid in Key West?

        Or why folk down here forgo underwear?

        Hop on your bike and come with us for a cheeky peep at Key West’s naughty underbelly.

        Available in eBook and Paperback

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        Key West: Hunting for Old Key West

        (Key West Book 6)

        Have you ever wondered what Old Key West was like?
        Do you wish you could turn back the clock?
        And re-visit 1959?
        1969?
        1980?
        1990?
        I was there and now I’m going back.
        Want to come along?
        How about when we return to the present, you hop on your conch cruiser and tool around the island with Gabrielle and me as we hunt for what’s left of Old Key West.
        It’s still there, you know, you just have to look deeper.

        vailable in eBook and Paperback

         

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        Key West: At Christmas

        (Key West Book 7)

        What would you do if there was an island where Christmas trees were fashioned out of lobster pots, dogs had antlers, palm trees were aglow with red, green, and white twinkly lights, and there was even a Santa dressed dangerously as a seductive nymph, with snow-white hair, a red bikini, red high heels, and a whip…and her stable of reindeer were nine young chiseled bucks cladly costumed in just red Speedo bottoms, a necklace of sparkly-white shark teeth, and a string of jingle bells around their ankles?

        Would you come at Christmas?

        Would you?

        Available only as eBook

      • The "DEATH by..." Crime Fiction Series

        DEATH by GLASGOW available on Amazon

        DEATH by GLASGOW

        Shortlisted by the Crime Writers Association for the Debut Dagger Award.

        Detective Inspector Sharkey has a new partner to fight crime, problem is his new partner wears Gucci suits and Dolce & Gabbana 3-inch heels. When he learns that his daughter has been brutally murdered, he has to hit the mean streets of Glasgow with his fashionista side-kick to find the killer.
        And what he doesn't know just might kill him… his new partner is involved in his daughter's death.

        Available in eBook and Paperback

        DEATH by KEY WEST available on Amazon

        DEATH by KEY WEST

        (Book 2 of the Series)

         
        In balmy and sub-tropical Key West, Florida, a young bride-to-be is abducted from her bed in her parent’s beach-front home.
        In bitterly cold and snowy Glasgow, Scotland, a young bride-to-be is found dead and cannibalized in a derelict hotel.
        Two crimes.
        Over four-thousand miles apart.
        The only connection is an ex-cop.
        And a free-range psychopath.
        Available in eBook and Paperback
      • More Travel Titles

        PAN AM: No Sex Please We're Flight Attendants available on Amazon

        PAN AM

        Pan Am (No Sex Please, We’re Flight Attendants)

        This is not just a laugh-out-loud romp around the world or a historical foray into the beginnings of the great airline nor is it an emotional unveiling of the Facts and the Fun behind the logo...it’s all of the above.

        Available in eBook and Paperback

        The New Naked Europe: Searching for a Soul Mate.

        New NAKED EUROPE

        Searching for a Soul Mate in Paris, Amsterdam, Venice, Austria, Sweden, the Basque Country, the Canary Islands, Iceland, Hamburg, Gibraltar and a bunch more

         

        New NAKED EUROPE is the PREQUEL to the Amazon best-selling book KEY WEST:Tequila, a Pinch of Salt and a Quirky Slice of America...a year in Key West
        Have you ever been to Europe?
        Did you take your guidebook?
        Did you meet that special someone?

        Available in eBook and Paperback

        Key West Celebrities

        Key West Celebrities

        Celebrities & A Splash of Scandal

         

        Ever wonder what Key West is like behind the guidebook pages?
        Behind closed doors?

        Ever been curious about what naughtiness all those celebrities get up to when they're down here on the rock?

        Get ready for some eye-popping facts and just a pinch of dirt and scandal.

        From Hemingway to Tennessee Williams to Fidel Castro to Al Capone to Rudolf Nureyev to Madonna to Hunter S. Thompson to, yes, even the Queen of England (and that rascal of a husband of hers), over 120 celebrities, the famous and the infamous, past and present.

        But wait!

        There's more!

        Included are many of our cool local celebrities who have helped to shape Key West.

        As they should be.

         

        As promised for those paperback readers: Click here to see the links/video clips that accompany the KEY WEST SCANDAL book.

        A short Story

        Liverpool, Texas...London, Arkansas

        A short story for folk with a short attention span.

         

        Have you ever been to Liverpool, Texas?
        How about London, Arkansas?
        Neither have we, but we have to find out why the 'Revolutionaries' felt compelled to steal these British towns.
        Jon Breakfield, author of the best-seller KEY WEST, and his wife endeavour to get to the bottom of this Yankee conundrum.
        And you are welcome to come along.

        Available in eBook only via Amazon

      • My Favorite Independent Bookstores

        I love to read and I love to buy direct from my local bookstore.

        As a tribute to the hardy Indies - here is a list of my top 4 - If you have a special one you'd like to mention - please drop me a line and I'll add it to this list.

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        Key West Island Books

        Fleming St, Key West, FL

        A unique bookstore carrying the best in new & used & rare. For Key West fanatics this is your nirvana.

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        Shakespeare and Company

        Paris

        Perhaps the most famous independant bookstore in the world.

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        FABLES BOOKSTORE

        St. Marychurch, Devon

        A gem of a bookstore, It may not be the largest you've ever walked into but be assured Frances will find the ideal book for you.

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        MEDINA BOOKSHOP

        Cowes, Isle of Wight

        Right on the High Street in the famous sailing town of Cowes, pop in and see Krissy and the team. Look out for community events throughout the year.

         

      • Below are the links that accompany the paperback version of

        KEY WEST Celebrities & a Splash of Scandal

        Chapter 1—Bum Farto

        https://www.flickr.com/photos/97623182@N00/28899679392

         

        Chapter 3—Hunter Thompson

         

        #1 Hunter’s funeral:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ReDDDC0Rg

         

        #2 Johnny Depp talking about Hunter on David Letterman:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkWupnH8Uvs

         

        Chapter 15—Billy Crystal & Gregory Hines

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3WJbJp0s-A

         

        Chapter 16—The Beatles

        https://www.amazon.com/Wester-Florida-Original-Vintage-Postcard/dp/B071RY6LTL

         

        Chapter 21—Steven Spielberg

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3twIloLrdVo 

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I91DJZKRxs

         

        CHAPTER 26—Tennessee Williams

        https://www.kwls.org/archive/1986/attachment/1986-mcgee-wolkowsky/

         

        Here’s a great photo of Burt Lancaster, Anna Magnani and Tennessee Williams at the Key West location for The Rose Tattoo:

        https://www.wlrn.org/post/rose-tattoo-house-reborn-key-west

         

        CHAPTER 40—Jim Croce

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcqauC49Xmc

         

        CHAPTER 41—Kenny Chesney

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhTF65o5v8Y

         

        CHAPTER 42—Jerry Jeff Walker

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0wVmPQZTg0

        Have a listen to Walker and Buffett performing “Railroad Lady” in 1991

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-kiPZ3SDSU

         

        CHAPTER 44—The Beach Boys

        Here for your beachy enjoyment is a short interview with The Beach Boys and Glen Campbell:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KWXFqTgXf0

         

        CHAPTER 45—Michael McDonald

        Here he is singing it, along with some great clips from the Key West movie, plus Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines clowning around with him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-xetxYwyak

         

        CHAPTER 50—The Revivalists

        https://www.facebook.com/KeyWestFansOfTheRevivalists/

         

        CHAPTER 51—David Wolkowsky

        https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/135719

         

        CHAPTER 52—Richard Burton

        Here’s a photo of a young Richard Burton with his adopted father Philip Burton during better years:

        https://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/leisure/whatson/15600457.fluellen-theatre-company-to-stage-granton-street-at-theatr-gwaun/#gallery0

         

        CHAPTER 55—Robert Frost

        Robert Frost's cottage in Key West

        https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/13989296?guests=1&adults=1&sl_alternate_dates_exclusion=true&source_impression_id=p3_1558529715_fnxbXX84Q3JBWgcq

         

        CHAPTER 56—Jessie Porter

        A photo of the siren Sally Rand visiting sailors at the Naval Hospital in Key West:

        https://www.pinterest.com/pin/373376625349292293/

         

        CHAPTER 60—Jimmy Buffett

        Trailer for the “fish movie”:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDy3N5whzII

         

        CHAPTER 68—Colin Powell

        A Video of the president of Azerbaijan and his entourage arriving in Key West by private jet.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NpPwtDMxwg

         

        CHAPTER 70—Thomas Edison

        Historic scenes of Key West; be patient with the quality on offer, it’s grainy and jerky:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx0m5piR1Gg

         

        CHAPTER 89—Will Soto

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggNsWb5qHI

         

        CHAPTER 93—Harry Teaford

        Iconic Radio A1A

        https://radioa1a.com/the-weekly-trop-40/

         

        CHAPTER 94—Cindy Williams

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX-AQr6gss8

         

        CHAPTER 97—David L. Sloan

        https://hauntedkeywest.com/activities/sloans-key-west-ghost-hunt/

         

        CHAPTER 104—Coffee Butler

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH8MYJ3bHYE

         

        CHAPTER 105—Cliff Sawyer

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVP7b5kYguA

         

        CHAPTER 106—Barry Cuda

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oEtczZZiAw

         

        CHAPTER 118—The Swayzees

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPZHlxW1wKk

         

         

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