{"id":6869,"date":"2015-04-08T19:17:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T19:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/?page_id=6869"},"modified":"2026-02-11T19:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:55:20","slug":"buy-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/buy-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

All of Chris\u2019s books are avail\u00adable in ebook for\u00admat through Ama\u00adzon and Google Books, and they are avail\u00adable in print at Ama\u00adzon.<\/p>\n

The Bodaciously<\/em> Teen Epic<\/h1>\n

Bodaciously True & Totally Awesome:
\nEpisode I, Bad Boy<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"Front<\/a>Book 1 of 9 of Bodaciously True & Totally Awesome<\/em>.<\/h5>\n

Episode I, Bad Boy<\/strong><\/em>, the 1st book of Boda\u00adcious\u00adly<\/em>, takes read\u00aders back to 1986\u201387 high school life.<\/p>\n

Com\u00ading-of-age and teen romance col\u00adlide in a boda\u00adcious and authen\u00adtic jour\u00adney through the 1980s\u2026<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

In Feb\u00adru\u00adary 1986, once-invis\u00adi\u00adble sopho\u00admore Avery \u201cAce\u201d Craig sud\u00adden\u00adly becomes the most mag\u00adnet\u00adic guy at Han\u00adcock High. Armed with a Walk\u00adman and mix\u00adtapes packed with every\u00adthing from A\u2011Ha to ZZ Top, Avery charges toward man\u00adhood with con\u00adfi\u00addence, charis\u00adma, and a genius IQ\u2014but has no clue how to han\u00addle what\u2019s next.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dur\u00ading a school trip to D.C., Avery shakes hands with Pres\u00adi\u00addent Rea\u00adgan, gets a glimpse of his future, and has a sex\u00adu\u00adal awak\u00aden\u00ading, set\u00adting off a chain reac\u00adtion. Girls notice him, his hor\u00admones det\u00ado\u00adnate, and his friends are clue\u00adless. With no adults to turn to, Ace must nav\u00adi\u00adgate the thrilling, ter\u00adri\u00adfy\u00ading ter\u00adrain alone\u2014with only a Boy Scout Hand\u00adbook, his instincts, and a Princess Leia poster to guide him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buy:<\/strong><\/span> Ama\u00adzon<\/a> (Kin\u00addle & Paper\u00adback) | Barnes & Noble<\/a> (Hard\u00adcov\u00ader & Paper\u00adback) | Or through your local book\u00adstore<\/p>\n

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Bodaciously True & Totally Awesome:
\nEpisode II, True Blue<\/em><\/h2>\n
<\/a>Book 2 of 9 of Bodaciously True & Totally Awesome<\/em>.<\/h5>\n

Episode II, True Blue<\/strong><\/em>, the 2nd book of Boda\u00adcious\u00adly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s 1986, and as the cold March winds blow, Avery \u201cAce\u201d Craig\u2019s life heats up with more com\u00ading-of-age adven\u00adture and steamy teen romance\u2026<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

New\u00adly intro\u00adduced to the affec\u00adtions of the oppo\u00adsite sex, Avery becomes entan\u00adgled with a teen siren. The pair are burn\u00ading up with their mutu\u00adal attrac\u00adtion, mak\u00ading it impos\u00adsi\u00adble for Ace to stay true blue to his girl\u00adfriend. Between his bur\u00adgeon\u00ading friend\u00adship with a bril\u00adliant girl who gets him, and poor rela\u00adtion\u00adship advice from his Scout leader, Ace is start\u00ading to feel the heat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fric\u00adtion with an over\u00adpro\u00adtec\u00adtive father, a sar\u00adcas\u00adtic guid\u00adance coun\u00adselor, a rook\u00adie town cop, and a spe\u00adcial request from an FBI agent, turns up the heat. A self-appoint\u00aded mis\u00adsion to retrieve a friend\u2019s stolen belong\u00adings proves more per\u00adilous than he thought, but it\u2019s noth\u00ading com\u00adpared to what hap\u00adpens at a par\u00adty on the ides of March, or what Avery learns are the three most dan\u00adger\u00adous words in the Eng\u00adlish lan\u00adguage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buy: <\/strong><\/span>Ama\u00adzon<\/a> (Kin\u00addle & Paper\u00adback) | Barnes & Noble (Hard\u00adcov\u00ader & Paper\u00adback)<\/p>\n

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Bodaciously True & Totally Awesome:
\nEpisode III, Danger Zone<\/em><\/h2>\n
<\/a>Book 3 of 9 of Bodaciously True & Totally Awesome<\/em>.<\/h5>\n

Episode III, Dan\u00adger Zone<\/strong><\/em>, the 3rd book of Boda\u00adcious\u00adly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As the win\u00adter of 1986 drags on, an irri\u00adtat\u00aded and frus\u00adtrat\u00aded Avery \u201cAce\u201d Craig plum\u00admets into the dan\u00adger zone\u2026<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Avery is try\u00ading to be a good boyfriend, but her father and Avery loathe each oth\u00ader, and their ani\u00admos\u00adi\u00adty cul\u00admi\u00adnates in a <\/span>mon\u00addo<\/span><\/i> argu\u00adment. Mean\u00adwhile, Avery is becom\u00ading more than friends with his study part\u00adner, his junior high crush is falling for him, and a cen\u00adter\u00adfold-cal\u00adiber col\u00adlege girl gives him her phone num\u00adber.<\/span><\/p>\n

When a fight with an adult bul\u00adly results in a girl res\u00adcu\u00ading him with an unex\u00adpect\u00aded ali\u00adbi kiss, Avery feels the spark of true romance, but as the town cop pur\u00adsues him, Avery stages a <\/span>Mac\u00adGyver<\/span><\/i>-style escape from Han\u00adcock High. Then, dur\u00ading a late-sea\u00adson ski trip with a friend and her fam\u00adi\u00adly, Avery\u2019s courage will be test\u00aded like nev\u00ader before.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buy:<\/strong><\/span> Ama\u00adzon<\/a> (Kin\u00addle & Paper\u00adback) | Barnes & Noble (Hard\u00adcov\u00ader & Paper\u00adback)<\/p>\n

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The Dakota Stevens Mystery Series<\/h1>\n

A Real Piece of Work<\/em><\/h2>\n

<\/a>The Ama\u00adzon Best\u00adseller that launched a series\u2026<\/p>\n

A Real Piece of Work<\/strong><\/em>, the 1st nov\u00adel in the Dako\u00adta Stevens Mys\u00adtery Series by Chris Orcutt, delves into a world of forged and stolen art, secret iden\u00adti\u00adties and mur\u00adder.<\/p>\n

Buy: <\/strong><\/span>Ama\u00adzon<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Rich Are Different<\/em><\/h2>\n

<\/a>The high\u00adly-antic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded mys\u00adtery sequel\u2026<\/p>\n

The Rich Are Dif\u00adfer\u00adent<\/strong><\/em>, the 2nd nov\u00adel in the Dako\u00adta Stevens Mys\u00adtery Series by Chris Orcutt, explores the rar\u00adefied world of a Long Island heiress and her mur\u00addered broth\u00ader who owned an Old West resort in Mon\u00adtana. To hunt down the man\u2019s killer, Dako\u00adta and his asso\u00adciate Svet\u00adlana Kr\u00fcsh must go under\u00adcov\u00ader as actors in a make-believe min\u00ading town straight out of 1885.<\/p>\n

Buy: <\/strong><\/span>Ama\u00adzon<\/a><\/p>\n

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A Truth Stranger Than Fiction<\/em><\/h2>\n

<\/a>He\u2019s BACK. Dako\u00adta Stevens, the tough, wise\u00adcrack\u00ading New York pri\u00advate eye\u2026<\/p>\n

A Truth Stranger Than Fic\u00adtion<\/strong><\/em>, the 3rd nov\u00adel in the Dako\u00adta Stevens Mys\u00adtery Series by Chris Orcutt, delves into the bizarre, inter\u00adcon\u00adnect\u00aded world of for\u00adeign spies and fan\u00adgirls, mob\u00adsters and mur\u00adder\u00aders, gov\u00adern\u00adment bureau\u00adcrats and cor\u00adpo\u00adrate prof\u00adi\u00adteers.<\/p>\n

Buy: <\/strong><\/span>Ama\u00adzon<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Perfect Triple Threat<\/em><\/h2>\n

<\/a>See Dako\u00adta Stevens and Svet\u00adlana Kr\u00fcsh before<\/em> they took down glob\u00adal con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcies\u2026<\/p>\n

In The Per\u00adfect Triple Threat<\/strong><\/em>, the 4th install\u00adment in the Dako\u00adta Stevens Mys\u00adtery Series by Chris Orcutt, Dako\u00adta and Svet\u00adlana solve cas\u00ades in the Green Moun\u00adtains of Ver\u00admont; Dutchess Coun\u00adty, New York; and the mean and glam\u00adorous streets of L.A., tan\u00adgling with chain\u00adsaw artists, sev\u00aden-foot tall Native Amer\u00adi\u00adcans, motor\u00adcy\u00adcle gangs, ex-cons, crooked cops, nude celebri\u00adties, and Chi\u00adnese gang\u00adsters.<\/p>\n

Buy: <\/strong><\/span>Ama\u00adzon<\/a><\/p>\n

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A Study in Crimson<\/em><\/h2>\n

DAKOTA BEGINS\u2026<\/p>\n

<\/a>A Study in Crim\u00adson<\/em><\/strong>, a pre\u00adquel and the 5th nov\u00adel in the crit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly acclaimed Dako\u00adta Stevens Mys\u00adtery Series, shows a younger, dev\u00adil-may-care Dako\u00adta at his charm\u00ading, wit\u00adty, and resource\u00adful best.<\/p>\n

Dako\u00adta has just thrown off the shack\u00adles of the FBI and launched his own pri\u00advate detec\u00adtive agency, but that doesn\u2019t stop the Direc\u00adtor of the FBI from com\u00adpelling him to go under\u00adcov\u00ader at an Ivy League uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. His task? To res\u00adcue a col\u00adlege coed from the clutch\u00ades of a Sven\u00adgali-like sex researcher.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buy: <\/strong><\/span>Ama\u00adzon<\/a><\/p>\n

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Other Books by Chris Orcutt<\/h1>\n

One Hundred Miles from Manhattan<\/em><\/h2>\n

One of IndieReader\u2019s Best Books of 2014.<\/p>\n

One Hun\u00addred Miles from Man\u00adhat\u00adtan<\/strong><\/i> is a nov\u00adel about an upscale  rur\u00adal community\u2014Wellington, NY\u2014where the hills and the seem\u00ading\u00adly quaint vil\u00adlage con\u00adceal lives of love, lust, adul\u00adtery, tragedy and small wars.<\/p>\n

Buy: <\/strong><\/span>Ama\u00adzon<\/a><\/p>\n

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Perpetuating Trouble<\/em><\/h2>\n

Orcut\u00adt\u2019s livin\u2019 the dream! Or is he?<\/p>\n

In Per\u00adpet\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading Trou\u00adble<\/strong><\/em>, a mem\u00adoir, Orcutt chron\u00adi\u00adcles the ago\u00adnies and the ecstasies of being a full-time nov\u00adel\u00adist. Whether pick\u00ading up two female hitch\u00adhik\u00aders who lat\u00ader turn out to be aliens from anoth\u00ader plan\u00adet, or divest\u00ading him\u00adself of a hoard of tacky paint\u00adings, or using phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy to get out of a traf\u00adfic tick\u00adet, Orcutt finds the humor and the art in his tri\u00adals.<\/p>\n

Buy: <\/strong><\/span>Ama\u00adzon<\/a><\/p>\n


\nThe Man, The Myth, The Legend<\/em><\/h2>\n

One of IndieReader\u2019s Best Books of 2013.<\/p>\n

The Man, The Myth, The Leg\u00adend<\/em><\/strong>, Chris Orcutt\u2019s new short sto\u00adry col\u00adlec\u00adtion, show\u00adcas\u00ades his fer\u00adtile imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion and writ\u00ading artistry as applied to the per\u00adfect genre for busy readers\u2014short fic\u00adtion.<\/p>\n

Buy: <\/strong><\/span>Ama\u00adzon<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nThe Ronald And Other Plays<\/em><\/h2>\n

In this col\u00adlec\u00adtion of plays, Chris Orcutt\u2014author of a crit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly acclaimed mys\u00adtery series, and award-win\u00adning lit\u00ader\u00adary nov\u00adels and short stories\u2014reveals his full range as a sto\u00adry\u00adteller.<\/p>\n

All of the plays in this col\u00adlec\u00adtion, includ\u00ading the polit\u00adi\u00adcal satire The Ronald,<\/em><\/strong> may be per\u00adformed roy\u00adal\u00adty-free by ama\u00adteur the\u00adatre com\u00adpa\u00adnies (high schools, col\u00adleges and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty the\u00adatre groups).<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re an ama\u00adteur the\u00adatre com\u00adpa\u00adny and would like to per\u00adform one of the plays in this book, con\u00adtact Chris<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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