About the Author

Former U.S. Air Force Vietnam Veteran era aviator, author Lawrence Edward Holmes was raised in the tough neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen off Times Square on West 42nd Street in the late 1940s and 1950s. With the writer's outstanding U.S. Air Force training, education and after an honorable discharge, he was offered a management position with Rockwell International in California, and then transferred to Atlanta, Georgia. Later, he accepted a position with Digital Equipment Corporation/Hewlett Packard as an executive. The Clearstream Style narrates one of the great mysteries confronting the United States, how is terrorism getting their money to fund terrorism? The argument presented in the Clearstream Style is that the funding is coming from hidden Swiss bank accounts stolen from the Jews in World War II. CIA agent John Style investigates the connection between the Swiss banks and terrorism conducted by Al-Qaeda, including the 911 hijacking that led to the death of over 3000 Americans. Prior to his over forty years in the high technology field of mainframe software, Holmes was assigned to the Tactical Air Command as a reconnaissance pilot, flying high altitude missions photographing and filming terrain, military targets, photo interpretation, intelligence gathering and tracking weather for tactical and strategic deployment of men and material. Often he would interface with the CIA and the FBI to share intelligence information, providing an insightful understanding of both agencies. Holmes is a member of American Writers & Artists Inc. (AWAI), Mystery Writers of America (MWA), and Professional Photographers of America (PPA).