Crime, Detective & Spy > Murder

It is 1964 on Chicago’s far south side. A young man is drawn into mystery after a friend and once-famous writer dies mysteriously. A visitor from the spirit world decides to help solve the writer’s death, bringing the writer’s young friend along for the ride. One of the more fun stories I’ve had the pleasure to write.

Detective Dell and his team of old fashioned investigates are called in on a homicide case in Florida town that has stumped the local police. With few clues available. hot women in bikini's and middle east drug lords all involved and with very few clues to offer any direction, Dell has his hands full

When two individuals die within a few minutes of each other with no apparent foul play involved, its a troublesome situation. When one of those individuals is a superstar baseball player, it becomes front page news. When it baffles the best police force in the country, you call on Detective Dell.

While planning his partners and best friend's bachelor party, two individuals close to the incomparable sleuth are murdered. When the police force where he successfully worked turned their collective back on his inquiries, he takes matters into his own hand, facing off against Miami Drug Lords, International Espionage Rings and the horror of his partners going down like dominoes. His keen eye and deductive mind are put to the test as time is not on his side.

Bart Drake has recently returned from the Korean War and is anxious to make his mark in New York City. When his brother-in-law turns up dead and his sister is nearly murdered, Drake is determined to find the culprits, and is thrust into a world of common criminals, mobsters, beautiful women and the top night spots in town. After narrowly avoiding death several times, Drake discovers that the answers are more surprising than he would have ever imagined!

Just four weeks after winning the Academy Award for best actress in a leading role, Melody Young and her fourteen-year-old daughter disappear on their way home from a celebration party. Sergeant Rita Magill believes that this is a publicity stunt to promote her latest picture and yet she must fulfill her duty by going through the motions. She enlists her team of detectives as they question everyone who is close to the actress. As she follows the trail of the actress’s Midnight Blue Cadillac Escalade on CCTV, the car vanishes between cameras. When the evidence suggests that the actress and her daughter may have been abducted, Magill pulls out all the stops. But is her insight failing her? ...

Have you lost a child? Have you lost someone to murder? This book is an up close and personal account of the sheer overwhelming intensity of what it is like to lose a child to such a horrific crime. My only son was murdered at 18 years of age. I believe this book not only tells his tragic yet compelling story but it also takes a close look at the grief of any parent with some that have the dreaded complications that come along with murder. I discuss his life, death, and after effects of coping with this huge loss. At the end, I try to bring hope to many going through this trauma. My only motive in the writing of this is to help others to know that they are not alone and offer some encour ...

Trouble in River City. Cold cases and corruption, mayhem and metaphysics, this DoubleNickel Detective story serves up the usual mix of characters, clues and conundrums. Called 'DoubleNickel' as a boy for his thick glasses, 'Nick' as a college man, he otherwise remains without a name. This nondescript fellow is, in appearance, a brown paper sack, a mutt of mixed ancestry. His father was Japanese. His mother was Irish. He is sardonic. He drinks. He is not your gentleman sleuth. He is a private eye who lines up with the hard boiled boys. An Afterward provides both an explication of the format as well as a comment on detective stories generally. Might be more here than meets the eye.

Killings and koans, mayhem and metaphysics, the DoubleNickel Detective stories serve up the usual mix of characters, clues, and conundrums. Called DoubleNickel as a boy for his thick glasses, and 'Nick' as a college man, he remains without a name in the stories. He is a brown paper sack, a rumpled suit, a mutt of mixed ancestry. His father is Japanese; his mother is Irish. He is sardonic with a penchant for wit and whiskey. He is a private cop who lines up with the hard-boiled boys. Might be more here than meets the eye.