{"id":6,"date":"2014-10-09T20:03:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T01:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2015-12-10T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T17:11:25","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boy Who Knew Too Much"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><em>&#8220;This fabulous Young Adult novel mixes a Hitchcockian &#8216;man on the run across country&#8217; plot with Bond-like spy stuff, and it brilliantly succeeds. For a debut novel, <strong>&#8216;The Boy Who Knew Too Much&#8217;<\/strong> is extraordinary. It moves at a brisk pace, it&#8217;s got a great teenage character at its helm (and great female foil), and a twisty plot. The book is suspenseful and a lot of fun, and perfectly fine reading for adults as well as &#8216;young&#8217; adults.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;Raymond Benson, official James Bond continuation novelist<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EVEWOrYlFFk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Boy Who Knew Too Much<\/em><\/strong> is an action-charged YA adventure that blends the suspense of Alfred Hitchcock\u00a0with the thrills of James Bond.<\/p>\n<p>While on a school trip to Europe, Milwaukee teenager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/books\/an-interview-with-brian-parker\/\">Brian Parker<\/a> hopes for\u00a0just a taste of the glamour and excitement of his favorite spy novels. Brian gets way more than a taste, though, when he stumbles across a wounded spy in a Lucerne alley.<\/p>\n<p>The man\u2019s dying words catapult Brian into a desperate chase across the continent. America\u2019s latest super weapon is at stake, and everyone from a rogue CIA officer to a sadistic criminal mastermind is after it \u2013 and Brian. New enemies emerge at every turn, but Brian soon\u00a0finds a welcome ally\u00a0in\u00a0Larissa, a beautiful French girl who loves the Ramones and is handy with a blast of pepper spray.<\/p>\n<p>Brian faces a deadly path, but reading all those spy novels has taught him a few tricks of the trade. They just might save his life.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/tb-books\/the-boy-who-knew-too-much\/\">Buy the Book!<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chapter-One.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read Chapter One!<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Chapter-5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read Chapter Five!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/smallcover.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-623\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-623\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/smallcover.jpg?resize=249%2C339\" alt=\"smallcover\" width=\"249\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/smallcover.jpg?w=249&amp;ssl=1 249w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/smallcover.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>The Boy Who Knew Too Much, <\/em><\/strong>from<a href=\"http:\/\/intriguepublishing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Intrigue Publishing <\/a>is available at\u00a0bookstores and through online retailers. Buy it now!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Follow the book&#8217;s Twitter feed:<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Knew_Too_Much\" target=\"_blank\"> @Knew_Too_Much<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Keep visiting this page for updates!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This fabulous Young Adult novel mixes a Hitchcockian &#8216;man on the run across country&#8217; plot with Bond-like spy stuff, and it brilliantly succeeds. For a debut novel, &#8216;The Boy Who Knew Too Much&#8217; is extraordinary. 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