Legal Thrillers
The other two legal thrillers are stand-alone novels. Criminal Intent, the author’s first novel, spawned a legion of admirers – at least of the title, which has been borrowed by legal thriller writers and made famous by the TV series, “Law and Order: Criminal Intent.” Sample the original, keeping in mind that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Guilty Knowledge begins with Alan Dougherty plunging immediately into girl trouble and floundering from there into money laundering and murder.
A Straight-up Mystery
Slack Tide: With a river at their back doors and a little fishing boat, fourteen-year-old Josh and his friends have no need of a car to get where they want to go—though a lot can happen with the turning of the tide. When he and Lauren discover a body on a yacht anchored just inside the river mouth, Josh becomes a person of interest to the police, to the dead man’s widow, and to her conniving brother.