All Comments on 'Learning the Smuggler's Blues'

Brilliant! I know The Wendy shows up in other stories, but how about another one about her?

That is one serious story! Loved the drama, intrigue and humor all thrown together to make for great reading. So glad I found this author and intend to follow up by reading more of them.

5 stars! You had me LOL a few times!

Fun!

Super entertaining. I LOL’d a least 5 times. My greatest fantasy is to dream of writing as great as you. TFS…

For those complaining about the reading order - Click on the Author's Name and then click the Biography. He gives the proper reading order there. Here it is:

Weirdly, the best order to read them in is not the order we wrote them in. I've listed the best order The Missus and I have come up with below.

1. Learning the Smugglers Blues

2. Gun Gun Teddy Bear

3. Shameless

4. Monster

5. Pogo and Spooky

6. Tales from the Shack: Nobody

7. The Shack: Necessary Evil

8. The Shack: Guardians

8.5 The Marker - (It isn't, properly speaking, a Tale from the Shack, but it does give the background of one of the minor characters SO READ IT!)

9. Pogo's Very Long Day

10. Blue Topaz Eyes

11. Blue Topaz Eyes II (Emma's Tale)

12. Behind Blue Eyes

13. The Shack: A Parable of Wolves

14. The Shack: Ladykiller

15. The Shack: An Angry Man

16. The Shack:An Unreasonable Man

17. The Shack: An Implacable Man

18. The Shack: And Unstoppable Man

19. The Shack: The Milk Run

One day, I might write something a tenth as good as your work. That is the day pigs will fly.

I came across "An angry man" by chance. I now aim to read them all in the order you set out. Hopefully, you will have written some more by then. If not, I will happily begin at the beginning and go on ad infinitum.

Thank you and all the best

Ally

I come back and reread these from time to time just because. It just dawned on me. The frozen Bass was the missus' idea, wasn't it.

Still a great read. Five stars. Love the Wendy!

JPB

Man i wish i had read this one first, makes a lot of things I was only conjecturing about much more understandable now lol still have a few to go through so off to it great series

Great story. Thanks.

A pelican case is an airtight/water tight case. Several sizes but about 3’x3’ by 14 inches is a common one. Very good very thought and meant to stay intact and floating after an ocean water aircrash

Shame on me. For some reason I never left a comment on this story. Great story but all your stories are!

5

Your real life experiences gave a solid foundation of realism that grounds the characters and story lines.

I really love your writing. That said your submitted nothing in the last 2 yrs +. You two still with us.?????

Assault with a frozen black sea bass!! I think you've watched too much Monty Python.

Great opening, BTW. Chuckling too much to continue reading. Had to leave this comment first. Now, back to our story.....

Great story. Wish you were still posting here.

I like all the Shack, Mill Run, Blue Topaz Eyes, etc. Bought your Amazon book of Needles and Delaney. Thank you for writing them and I hope you write some more.

Very enjoyable story.

That was VERY entertaining. I liked it very much. James Bond with some obvious first hand knowledge. Good job!

Still a great story for the umpteenth time I have read it.

Thank you and The Missus for your great writing.

Loved it! That's why I gave it five stars. I love the entire "Shack" series. I'm a big fan of almost everything Todd172 writes, but I'm particularly fond of the "Shack" series. I especially enjoy how the primary characters are interlocked and interwoven. Great character development...good stuff.

Great story well written kind of on the edge of your seat action packed

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That was really good! I've read Shameless first before I saw the right reading order on your series in your bio. I'm going to read through it.

Great read my friend! Bravo!

Larger than life. But consequences can be fortunate as well as disastrous. A win-win? An expanded version and logistically from Air America.

5 Stars on another great read . Not my first time reading this story . I wish that all of This writers stories were done so that I would know which one to start with

I always liked Mike Hammer better . He was one tough cookie

Great story, one of many from the Shack series. To the anons that don't know what order to read them click on Todd's name and go to his bio and there is a list there with the order to read them, It will help with the time line of all the characters, Have fun. Thanks to ur talented author and his partner in life and of course to all his editors and proof readers. Can't do much better than excellent free stories, better than TV these days, much better.

If you can't find here's the reading order for The Shack:

Weirdly, the best order to read them in is not the order we wrote them in. I've listed the best order The Missus and I have come up with below.

1. Learning the Smugglers Blues

2. Gun Gun Teddy Bear

3. Shameless

4. Monster

5. Pogo and Spooky

6. Tales from the Shack: Nobody

7. The Shack: Necessary Evil

8.The Shack: Guardians (You can read "The Marker" here too - it isn't, properly speaking, a Tale from the Shack, but it does give the background of one of the minor characters)

9. Pogo's Very Long Day

10. Blue Topaz Eyes

11. Blue Topaz Eyes II (Emma's Tale)

12. Behind Blue Eyes

13. The Shack: A Parable of Wolves

14.The Shack: Ladykiller

15. The Shack: An Angry Man

16. The Shack: .An Unreasonable Man

17. The Shack: An Implacable Man

Splendid tale

Fast-paced, enjoyable read.

I’m already thinking about the movie!

Love Wendy. She really makes a lot of the Tales work. Always great to have her in a story, and particularly her story.

Rereading - have to say I'm looking for the next offering from the Shack. Another Needles and Delaney story (aka the Camp Mayhem Girls), or the next Needles and Delaney book.

Enjoyable read, thanks!

One fine story, fact or fiction, doesn't matter. Either way, an excellent read, written well and deserving a huge two thumbs up! Thankyou!