Blood Relative is book one in the Las Cruces series. Book two is in progress and will be released in 2027.
In Las Cruces, New Mexico, a family of four is murdered, execution style. The crime remains unsolved until a series of copycat murders starts happening in the exact same fashion and a local celebrity mysteriously feeds the police victims’ names … before they’re killed. The case is assigned to two detectives, sometimes referred to as ‘the odd couple.’ Det. David Lee Michaels is a veteran, once brilliant detective, now stalled by regrets. Det. Luciana Talker is a young Native American, ambitious and driven to perfection. Michaels’ increasingly reckless behavior leaves Talker alone to pursue the person who set it all in motion, confronting an evil she can’t comprehend, risking her life and her sanity in the process.
Release date: September 15, 2026.
Other works include:
Rabbit Patch, a 60 minute TV pilot.
The First Days of Forever, feature film screenplay.
Nothing But Thunder, feature film screenplay.
Light Through Water, short screenplay.
The Second Horseman, (a produced short film).
The Unnecessary Salvation of Mary McDaniel, (a produced short film).
Fading Light, a full length stage play, (produced in the New York City International Fringe Festival).
Lucille DeWitt, a short stage play.
Sweet Metigoshe, an adapted stage play, (produced at the Black Hills Playhouse).
Short stories;
Where Cats Dance, Holiday Travel (published), Anna Marie on the First Day, Autumn Leaves, Rusty and Pictures of Marley.
Poetry:
Junior Goes to College (published) and On Stars and Other Things (published). Many others not published.
I have published over 30 articles on insurance and investments.