Books by Ken Morris

Ken Morris, ChFC(R), a 40-year veteran of the financial services industry is Executive Vice President and co-founder of the financial planning firm Society for Lifetime Planning. Additionally, he is a member of the Financial Life Planning team at Lake Trust Credit Union and he has recently facilitated launching Retire to 100, a shared experience community dedicated to maximizing success and enjoyment throughout the members' retirement years.Ken's column has been published in The Oakland Press for more than twenty years. "A Thought for Your Pennies" is a collection of some of his favorite articles, especially those with a focus on financial life lessons for people of all ages. Ken is always on top of the latest financial news, issues and trends. He is known for his ability to break it all down into clear and easy to understand terms for both seasoned and novice investors.

What would happen if a respected American corporation agreed to develop chemical warfare on behalf of an anonymous client who turned out to be enemy terrorists? That's the central question in Morris' second novel, which blends high-end finance with international intrigue. At the centre of it all is Tim Mack, a trader who left a New York firm to begin anew in San Diego. Just as his life is starting to feel on track again, his new firm suffers a monumental blow when the research lab of a key client explodes, apparently exposing survivors and clean-up crew to a mysterious virus. San Diego detective Bob Moore senses there's more behind the explosion than a mere lab accident, and he and Tim unite to try to unravel the mystery.

Charmain Burns, Hollywood's sexiest, most talked-about TV actress, wills top at nothing to rise to the top of Hollywood's A-movie list. So when the cutting-edge tabloid, The National Revealer, begins to uncover shocking information about her scandalous past, and threatens to expose her violent, narcissistic present, she directs a powerful third party to physically intimidate the newspaper from running the story. But, in an odd and undesired twist, Charmain's vicious, brazen action triggers the accidental death of Revealer reporter Steve Bellini, and the raven-haired, voluptuous actress must move swiftly into cover-up mode, which only compounds her problems.Enter Cameron Tull, the Revealer's striking, intelligent star reporter, who's determined to flesh out the cause of his young colleague's murder. Also enter a mysterious stalker who holds the dark compulsion that Charmain is the key to survival for millions of people. And re-enter Charmain, who's obsessed with one driving ambition: She's competing against every star actress in Hollywood for the coveted title role in Medusa, a new, high-profile film about an actress who'd literally kill for a part. As Tull pursues the truth about the murder--and all paths seem to lead directly to Charmain-the stalker sets a diabolical trap for her that ends in an extraordinary, explosive climax.With episodes of sadistic worship and ritual sex, plus the brutal story of Charmain's turbulent Southern childhood, National Enquirer gossip guru Mike Walker offers readers an intense, shocking, thoroughly entertaining inside-Hollywood escape to a hot, exhilarating world--a novel that feeds curiosity like alcohol feeds a hangover.