Crimetime Press: 6 books

What if a large part of your past turned out to be a lie? Crime consultant Scott Drayco is already in the middle of a possible career-ending legal battle when word comes that his mother, who disappeared 30 years ago, is very much alive — and charged with murder. With Drayco’s father washing...

In this prequel novelette to the novel Elegy in Scarlet, crime consultant Scott Drayco and “the world’s most diminutive defense attorney” Benny Baskin find themselves on the Eastern Shore of Virginia fighting for the innocence of Baskin's client, who's jailed for the murder of his business partner....

The Sequel to Shamus Award Finalist and Next Generation Indie Book Award Best Mystery, PLAYED TO DEATH "Lawson’s book was so good, I read it twice from beginning to end." - Reader's Favorite Reviews Crime consultant Scott Drayco is in the middle of a thorny case in Washington,...

Shamus Award Finalist and Named Best Mystery in the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards For fans of PBS and BBC mysteries! A body in a rundown Opera House. Simmering resentment in a small Virginia coastal town. A missing manuscript. A dark family secret. Crime consultant and...

The third installment in the Shamus-nominated Scott Drayco series A mysterious music puzzle. A murdered coed. Explosive secrets. Three years ago, Scott Drayco left the FBI after an incident involving his partner, Mark “Sarg” Sargosian. Now a freelance crime consultant, Drayco often...

Read the first three books in the Shamus Award-nominated series that Library Journal called "worth putting on your reading list"! Scott Drayco is a former classical piano prodigy turned FBI agent/private consultant who has chromesthesia (a form of synesthesia) and plays Bach to help him puzzle...