Alex Blakely is a fiction author focusing on detective/mystery based fiction. A university graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy, his love of the mystery based genre comes from enjoying the works of authors like Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Galbraith and Sue Grafton. He loves old buildings from the Victorian age, castles, secret passages and things that go bump in the night and hopes to bring those elements to his work. Cold Iron is the first in a series of books with our strong female protagonist, Cache Iron. Upcoming books will include Iron Proof due in the fall of 2021, followed by Charged Iron in the winter of 2022. Alex grew up in Ontario, Canada, and still resides there with his family. A two time marathoner and fourteen time half-marathoner he enjoys being physically active.