Ed Gorman: 80 books

Spur Award-Winning Author ED GORMAN Sometimes a man’s reputation can kill him... A MAN IS INNOCENT—UNTIL HANGED... Andy Malloy has always known his father, Tom, is a no-good louse. He drove away his first wife by cheating on her—and has been driven to drink by his...

Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A Catholic priest has been found half-naked and dead in a seedy motel room, with his tongue cut out. Ex-FBI profiler Robert Payne has been called in to investigate by his childhood friend Steve Gray, now a monsignor. With a fund-raising drive coming up, Steve wants to squelch a scandal....

"Gorman's writing is strong, fast and sleek as a bullet."-DEAN R KOONTZ "Gorman is the poet of dark suspense."-BLOOMSBURY REVIEW THE MASTER OF DARK SUSPENSE IN A QUIET MIDWESTERN CITY... ...A community is coming apart at the seams. He is a mild-mannered...

"Gorman's writing is strong, fast, and sleek as a bullet. He's one of the best." —Dean Koontz Senator David Cummings is a revered senior statesman who has sent many blessings back to his home state. District Attorney Amy McGuire owes her career in large part to Cummings's patronage....

"Gorman's writing is strong, fast, and sleek as a bullet. He's one of the best." —Dean Koontz IT BEGAN WITH THE MISSING WEEK OF HER LIFE.... Found in an alleyway, completely dazed, with no memory of who she is, or how she's gotten there, an obviously well-to-do young woman...

In the thick of the Cold War, McCain investigates death threats against an alleged red The citizens of Black River Falls are polite, understanding, and respectful—except when it comes to communism. Joe McCarthy has been dead for two years, but men like Richard Conners are still fighting to...

On the eve of the March on Washington, racial tensions flare in McCain’s small town In the summer of 1963, freedom riders are crisscrossing the South, Martin Luther King is preparing for a march on Washington, and the people of Black River Falls, Iowa, are about to go to the polls. Senator...

With the nation’s eye on Black River Falls, McCain chases a snake handler’s killer Fundamentalist preacher John Muldaur isn’t afraid of snakes—he uses them every week in his services—but he’s convinced that the Pope is trying to kill him. Iowa lawyer Sam McCain, the poorest attorney...

At a car dealership’s big opening day, the festivities are marred by the discovery of a corpse It is September 1957, and America is waiting to meet the Edsel, Ford’s top-secret new automobile, whose promotional campaign has redefined the word hype. Sam McCain, lawyer, detective, and car...

Ex-cop, security guard and sometime actor Jack Dwyer feels a familiar buzz when, after fifteen years, he sees Karen Lane, his old high school flame. But things are going so well with his girlfriend Donna, that he's pretty sure Karen is not what he needs right now. Still, he agrees to retrieve a suitcase...

TV news. There's the story and there's the truth. Anchorman David Curtis would never have made the big time. He was handsome in that bland, TV newscaster's way, but nothing special. Then he was murdered — on camera — and suddenly, no one at Channel 3 could talk of anyone else. But for Jack Dwyer,...

When Robert B. Parker passed in early 2010, the world lost two great men: Parker himself, iconic American crime writer whose books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, and his best-known creation, Spenser. Parker's Spenser series not only influenced the work of countless of today's writers,...

Elly and David Ward lost their daughter three-and-a-half years ago, and nothing reminds them more of this than seeing the children trick-or-treating on their street during Halloween night.   She was twelve.  Neither parent has dealt very well with the loss of their child. David has...

From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. Here is the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of… Dean Koontz's City of the Night They are...