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110: Part 2: Ryan Steck is a Spy - The Real Book Spy

Game of Crimes

Game of Crimes

True Crime

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

What do Jack Carr, Brad Thor, Brett Baier, and Jake Tapper all have in common? Ryan Steck. Ryan has worked with the biggest names in media and thrillers. And now he’s penned his second novel called Lethal Range, a Matthew Redd thriller. How does a Marine Raider go from disgrace to the tip of the spear again? It all starts with Fields of Fire and the introduction to the world of Matty Redd. Ryan takes us inside the elite publishing world, spills some secrets, and tells us what it takes for crime to become a thriller.

Get his books at RyanSteck.com or TheRealBookSpy.com. You can also find his books our book list HERE.

Make sure to get your copy of Lethal Range on August 8th - available wherever great books are sold.

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0:00.0

At TFL, we're making journeys safer for everyone, and that includes improving safety on London's roads.

0:07.4

That's why we and London boroughs are lowering more speed limits to 20 miles per hour,

0:12.3

because 20 miles per hour roads have already reduced collisions resulting in deaths

0:16.6

or serious injuries by 24%. That is how we're making journeys in London safer and brighter for everyone.

0:24.8

Such TFL improvement plan to the Mayor of London and TFL every journey matters.

0:42.0

Navy SEALs are so played out, the Delta boys are so played out. I look for good reason.

0:46.3

I'm not putting them down. I mean, come on. There's a reason why we all know about them,

0:50.7

but I thought, you know, who's left? And the more research I was doing, the more people I talk to,

0:56.3

like, who's the biggest badass that's not a SEAL or a Delta boy? And it was like, finally,

1:03.6

someone said to me, what do you know about the Marine Raiders? I was like, you know, not much.

1:07.1

So the more I looked into them, the more I thought, this is this is more Red's

1:11.3

groove coffee right here. Yeah, my character, Matthew Red. I just saw it instantly, man. It just clicked

1:17.6

and I kind of just ran with it. Yeah, because the Raiders, I mean, and there's been some

1:23.4

variations of stuff. So one of my friends was a, came out of Naval Academy FBI agent,

1:28.0

but was a captain in the Marines. He was force recon. And there's this great picture of him. It

1:32.8

used to be on his Twitter page. He's doing a, he's doing a halo jump in white. It's winter time,

1:38.9

but he's doing a halo jump in white. And it's like, you know, that's some cool shit. But when I,

1:44.5

when I first started reading about Matthew Red, it, like you say, he almost, it reminded me of what

1:49.8

you would get if you kind of put together like a, a, a Mitch rap and a, uh, uh, uh, Jack Reacher,

1:56.8

you know, and a couple other folks, you know, somebody got some street smart as well as smart,

2:01.2

knows how to operate tactically, but I liked the fact that you set it out and states that

2:05.2

tend to be flyover countries. You know, I came from Kansas, flyover country. Now, um, I do have to ask

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