I'm a writer. And a cop. Father's Day is my debut novel and won the Best First Novel Competition sponsored by the Private Eye Writers of America and St. Martin's Press. The publisher is Minotaur Books. My second detective novel is due out 10/27/2011 from Severn House. The title is My Brother's Keeper. The story, Devil's Pocket, featured in the anthology Philadelphia Noir from Akashic Books was recently nominated for a Macavity Award.