Here we encounter the controlled madness of two men, one a former cop, the other a misfit and killer of women. The ex-cop Thomas Haftmann, formerly of Cleveland Homicide, is recently divorced and working as a private investigator in the resort town of Jefferson-on-the-Lake. Barely surviving financially, and haunted by his own twin demons of gambling and alcohol, Haftmann gets swept up in the statewide manhunt for a killer who meets women on swingers’ Internet sites and kills them. Ohio pol...

"An exciting novel of suspense, based on a fight to the finish between an honest and courageous young man and a cynical business tycoon who believes that anything can be had for a price."--Horn Book. An ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults, Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Writers Award, A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year, New York Public Library--Books for the Teen Age.

Denim, Diamonds and Death offers a fine collection from authors supporting the 50th Anniversary of the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Dallas, Texas.Here are fifteen stories that run the gamut from heists to revenge, intricate plots to secrets uncovered, and more than a few tales that defy easy classification.Proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the 2019 Bouchercon’s official charity, Literary Instruction for Texas (LIFT).Edited by Rick Ollerman with...

Our 240 page Issue Nº10, Summer 2019 edition of Mystery Tribune is a must-have featuring Reed Farrel Coleman, Erica Wright, and Casey Barrett among others.Issue Nº10: Summer 2019 features:A curated collection of short fiction including stories by Reed Farrel Coleman, Rusty Barnes, Casey Barrett, Brett Busang, Vincent H. O’Neil, David Rachels, Scott Loring Sanders, Mark Slade, and Robb White.Interviews and Reviews by Alex Segura, Nick Kolakowski, Tobias Carroll, and ...

Thomas Haftmann didn’t recognize the word Saraband when the girl said it. He had to look it up: “a stately court dance from the eighteenth century in “slow triple time.” Haftmann was a down-on-his-luck private eye with an ex-wife and debts, so he did skiptracing for a local bondsman. But then he takes an assignment to go to Florida to retrieve a runaway girl, a scholarship student named Raina Toivela. This job, I thought, will be easier than most. However, the assignment doesn’t go as smoo...

Do you know someone who was an addict, and now, they are sober? Do you know someone who was an addict and couldn't beat their addiction in time? Do you know someone who is currently struggling with addiction? Show them you care by purchasing this anthology. Help raise awareness so your best friend, brother, parent, or anyone in your life isn't taken by the drug epidemic in America. The education for addiction post rehab/sobriety isn't pushed as much as the need to get sober. Many people fe...

It was another kiddie hunt. Ex-cop Thomas Haftmann is a private investigator in the resort town of Jefferson-on-the-Lake. What do you want me to do?” he asked the man sitting across the desk from him. “I want you to find her and bring her home,” he replied.” Hauptmann countered “I have to ask this, you understand. What if she’s dead?” The answer: “Then tell me where she’s buried so I can bring her home.” Thus Hauptmann faces another case, another venture into that dark world of murder and ...

"No one else working today crafts such fully-realized characters and puts them through so much strife."—Christopher Black, Fahrenheit Press"I was weaned on Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, so I'm delighted to add Robb White's private eye novels to my library. I've become a big, big fan!"- Hayes Brandwell, THE POLEMICIST POSTHow does a 27-year-old ex-cop trying to make it as a private eye intersect with a social misfit seaman with anger management probl...

It's dark...You're tired. Not thinking straight. It's the worst time of all for you to make decisions, and maybe that's why you take a… WRONG TURN.In this new anthology offered by Blunder Woman Productions, you'll take a trip down twisty roads into forests, back alleys, and even across the border between life and death. Together these tales are funny, creepy, weird, contemplative, traditional, and speculative. This is a perfect collection for dark ...

While still a young boy, Robb White built his first boat, hewn from the tin roof of an abandoned chicken coop in the back yard. Today, without any formal training, White constructs some of the most sought-after wooden boats around.In How to Build a Tin Canoe, this Southern raconteur and self-taught, expert wooden-boat builder builder recounts tall tales of a life lived on the water, from his childhood exploring the Gulf of Mexico to growing up—or not really growing up—to s...

Ex-cop Thomas Haftmann, formerly of Cleveland Homicide, works as a private investigator in the resort town of Jefferson-on-the-Lake. You will follow his cases in these 15 short neo-noirs. Among them are “The Kneeling Woman,” “Ni Escape, No Turning Back,” “The Riding Boy,” “The Slave Master’s Dungeon,” “Archangel’s Daughter,” “A Woman With Tea-Colored Eyes,” and “The Dog Returneth to His Vomit.” These have been collected from a variety of outstanding publications and blog sites, ranging fro...

Cleveland homicide had access to their profiling apparatus as early as September eighty-eight, but we didn’t start looking for similarities until ninety-three. You all have the same information in front of you. By then, seventeen women had turned up as dead bodies found. Fifteen in vacant lots on the East Side. All but two were black females between fourteen and forty-one. More than half were found nude. Twelve had been beaten severely in the face and head. Nearly all had drug problems or ...