David Bishop: 13 books

This novelette lets the reader decide whether this is the story of: a perfect murder, or a botched attempted murder, or simply a death by accident. The Kile/Bishop collaboration came in response to numerous emails from readers asking: If Matt Kile writes fiction when he isn’t...

Judge Snider’s Folly. Some murders are big, splashy, front-page stories. This isn’t one of them. Judge Snider’s Folly is an intimate story involving people who could live down your street. Judge Snider knew Carleen was a mistake. But some mistakes are too much fun to only make...

Find My Little Sister. In 1938, Frances Hopkins ran away from home to chase the glitz of movie stars and the titillation of rubbing shoulders with gangsters. Her older sister, Calandra, hires Matt Kile to help locate Frances and bring her home safely. Matt and Callie soon find themselves embroiled...

Judge Snider knew Carleen was a mistake. But some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. Another story in the popular Matt Kile Mystery Series. All the Matt Kile mysteries have 4 plus average stars, and been on Amazon bestselling lists, including the coveted number one position. A...

During and after the ceremony she smiled and played kissy-face while steeling herself for the expected worse. Frank Merriweather thought he was getting the better, but soon learned he was mistaken. The two of them settled in to co-exist in their matrimonial forest. Then came the murder. Everyone knew...

He pays his bills, loves his mother, and lives by the rules. Then he meets Mary and everything changes. Scandalous Behavior is a mystery and a story of American Drama. The second in the collaboration of Matt Kile and David Bishop. Enjoy.

Maddie Richards is an efficient and resourceful detective with a secret wish that she could handle her messy personal life as well as she handles her work life. As a homicide sergeant for the Phoenix, Arizona Police Department, she has one of the highest solve rates in America. Her success leads her...

Matt Kile, ex-cop and ex-con, and current smart aleck has built a career writing mysteries. Garson Talmadge sold weapons to Saddam Hussein, then came to America and married Clarice, a woman half his age. When Clarice is arrested for murdering her husband, Matt takes the job of investigator for her defense attorney, with suspects stretching from the U.S. into Europe and the Middle East.

Linda Darby is a seven-year divorcee, living quietly in a small let-the-world-go-by beach town on the coast of Oregon, who day trades for a living. Her only close friend is a widowed elderly woman who manages a small consulting company, which, as is later discovered, never has visitors, sends and...

Memories are funny things. The way they quietly hang around. Linger. Waiting for something we see or hear, or an unexpected event to slam them forward into our consciousness. To strike us the way headlights assault a dark road. Some memories bring along a smile, others foreshadow danger and there...

A mother and her daughter in Oregon are threatened. Relentlessly, Linda Darby and Ryan Testler are pulled toward these seemingly disparate events until their only way out is to confront what is quickly becoming unavoidable.

Who Murdered Garson Talmadge (A Matt Kile Mystery Book 1) Matt Kile, ex-cop and ex-con, current smart-aleck, and a neighbor of Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge has built himself a comfortable career writing mysteries. Garson Talmadge sold weapons to Saddam Hussein, then moved out of France, came to America and...

Linda Darby accompanies Ryan to create the look of a couple of tourists. That cover story fails. Meanwhile, back in Washington, D.C., a lone terrorist, after four years as a sleeper, is activated. He wants to complete his sworn duty and make his family in Egypt proud. At the same time, his years in...