Dave Balcom: 8 books

When retired journalist Jim Stanton learns of the death of long-lost friend Mickey Buchanan, he is drawn into what he thinks is a nostalgic visit to his roots in Michigan’s northern lower peninsula. In reality, this trip forces him to exercise his best traits as an investigative reporter while relying...

In this, his third mystery, retired community journalist Jim Stanton comes face to face with something that had always been missing from his character – anger that boils down to hate. Trained as a young man by the U.S. Navy to be one of a select group of covert warriors, Stanton walked away from...

When state high school track champion Suzanne Czarnopias goes missing her home town is shocked, but as the police find no clues to her fate, that shock turns to anger, first at the Lake City, New York, police, and then, when their newspaper prints letters to the editor claiming to be from the culprit,...

Wins and losses… When Ed Sweet loses his job of 35 years it is devastating. Two years later, when he wins the American Tribute Sweepstakes Grand Prize worth millions of dollars, everything seems to be coming up roses. When Ed starts receiving calls threatening his seven grand-children, he turns...

In this, the second Jim Stanton Mystery, the retired community journalist is confronted by two mysteries, one trivial, the other fatal, but in the end they combine to remind him that even in perfect stories, everything doesn't always "work out" for all concerned. Lucja Rantford, matriarch...

In this, the 6th Jim Stanton mystery, Janice Coldwell Stanton decides to attend her high school class reunion with takes the Stantons back to Jan’s tiny hometown of Stoney, Michigan. Jan has become a poised, beautiful, and successful business woman, but to her classmates and the rest of the residents...

Encoding... In this, the 7th Jim Stanton Mystery, the retired journalist is confronted with deciphering a maze of codes, ultimately requiring him to evaluate his personal code of ethics. A long-time friend has gone missing. Jim has been asked to help in a search to find the man. What follows is a...

The 8th Jim Stanton Mystery finds the retired journalist caught in the middle of a three-way intersection between the past, present, and future involving family trees, predictive genetics and political extremism woven in a spiraling story that involves many more than twenty-three possible solutions.