Book covers of the Shutdown list and flames

The Shutdown List  –  Now available for sale

People are disappearingAnita may be next. 

​​​​​​​Anita’s life was shattered when her adult son was killed in a fire two years earlier. Now her husband has disappeared after leading a protest by climate activists, and she learns she is also in danger. She cuts her electronic ties and begins a perilous search for her husband, despite their rocky marriage, unaware he has kept a crucial secret from her.

Twists and turns, corruption, and betrayal abound in this fast-paced, conspiracy thriller. Anita must fight to stay alive while the stakes keep growing higher.

Other books by Sharon Dukett:

No Rules: A Memoir

In this coming-of-age memoir, Sharon takes you with her on a nail-biting adventure through the early 1970s after leaving her sheltered home life at sixteen years old to join the hippies. 

In this colorful memoir, she reflects upon the changes that reshaped her during that decade, and how the ways in which she and her peers threw off the rules meant to keep women in their place has transformed and empowered the lives of girls and women today.

Award Winner 2022 Memoir Prize for Books (Adventure)

Award Winner 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Memoirs (Historical/Legacy)

Bronze Award 25th Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for Autobiography III (Personal Struggle / Health Issues)

Winner of the 2021 Sponsor’s Choice Prize National Indie Excellence Awards 

Finalist Award 15th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards for Memoir.

Finalist Award 2020 Chanticleer International Book Awards.

Finalist Award 2020 International Book Awards in Autobiography / Memoir.

Finalist Award 2020 Readers Favorite Book Awards in Non-fiction – Women’s.

Finalist Award 2020 Best Book Awards in Autobiography / Memoir.

Finalist Award 2020 Best Book Awards in Women’s Issues.

Sharon Dukett

Sharon Dukett is an award-winning author who writes thrillers and memoir. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association.

Sharon worked in information technology as a consultant, programmer, and project manager in the private sector, and as a deputy director in government. This taught her the infinite possibilities of how plans go awry, and the creativity needed to rescue them: a useful insight for writing thrillers.

Sharon lives in central Connecticut with her husband, within driving distance of her children and grandchildren, whom she hopes will have long lives in a healthy world.

 

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Sharon Dukett

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Sharon Dukett is the author of the award-winning memoir No Rules, published by She Writes Press. She is also a blogger, traveler, retired IT deputy director and project manager.  Her next book is a thriller. The Shutdown List is about a woman trying to solve her husband's sudden disappearance while struggling to cope with grief over her son's recent deathonly to find out she may be the next victim.  

No Rules Playlist Decoded

No Rules Playlist Decoded

In the 1970s, music was our connectivity to one another in a world without smart phones. It both influenced and reflected our shared experiences. Concerts were abundant and inexpensive. When a song from the 70s is played now, nearly everyone who was young at that time...

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Summon The Courage To Be Heard

Summon The Courage To Be Heard

I was afraid to speak up for fear of being wrong, so when the teacher asked a question, I would whisper the answer to him. He would raise his hand and speak my words.

Welcome to my new website and blog

Welcome to my new website and blog

Welcome everyone to my new website and blog. I am thrilled to be launching this at last! Mentally I feel like the people in the photo above. Despite thirteen years of managing web development projects and people, actually sitting down to figure this all out and pull...