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RECORD OF WRONGS
Freed from prison when a new round of DNA testing casts doubt on his guilt, Quentin Price is about to confront a figure from his past who will make him an offer difficult to refuse: the chance to help solve the crime that put him behind bars. There is only one problem. What if Quentin is guilty? And what if the person he is about to meet appears the unlikeliest ally of all?





COLD QUARRY
Shamus Award Winner 2004

In the skies over West Virginia, an invisible predator hunts its prey. When friend and master falconer Chester Carew is found dead in the woods, private investigator Frank Pavlicek doesn't buy the official report of an accidental shooting. The trail leads to a shadowy group of domestic terrorists—and to Frank's former NYPD partner, Jake Toronto, who is accused of being involved with their plot. To prove Jake's innocence, Frank will have to trap the real killers before they can carry out their terrifying agenda.





A KILLING SKY
Anthony Award Nominee 2003

When her twin sister, Cartwright, disappears, Cassidy Drummond can't help wondering if her father—a congressman known as much for his philandering as for his politics—has something to do with it. Desperate and deeply frightened, she turns to Frank Pavlicek for help. But Frank isn't convinced it's foul play. And soon the falconer is following a treacherous trail of family secrets and scandal to the most dangerous discovery of all—the truth....




A WITNESS ABOVE
Anthony, Agatha, and Shamus Award Nominee 2002

Falconer and private investigator Frank Pavlicek is hunting with his red-tailed hawk in the Virginia woods when he stumbles across a young man's body—and evidence that implicates his own teenage daughter. Soon, his daughter is in jail. Frank's past as a disgraced former NYPD homicide detective is coming back to haunt him. And his reputation—and life—are on the line....





Books

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Private Eye Novels
COLD QUARRY
"A breath of fresh air in the field of private eye fiction." -- Jeffery Deaver
A KILLING SKY
"Expert plotting, three-dimensional characters and a plausible story make A Killing Sky soar..." --South Florida Sun-Sentinel
A WITNESS ABOVE
One of "Ten Rising Stars in Crime Fiction" feature. --Publishers Weekly



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