Mystery and Thriller

Amateur sleuth. Rick Montoya, deals with antiquities smuggling and murder in this debut thriller.

As the cover blurb tells us, “Sometimes death is only the start of your problems.”

When darkness is hidden in the shadows of small town America, it is up to a flawed police officer, anangry teenager, and a father down on his luck to turn the tide.

Delve into the darkness and cultures of voodoo and zombies found deep in the jungles of the Dominican Republic.

"Are we shaped more by our Nature or our Nurture? I’ve landed on a 50/50 split, with each providing both weaknesses and strengths."

A sinster past haunts a young woman who only finds out she is adopted when her beloved father dies. Can she live with the past that unfolds?

"The biggest struggle is trying to herd my characters; sometimes it's a lot like herding cats."

"I scour the local newspapers for true-crime stories. When one strikes my fancy I use it as the basis for my story and plot, and then turn it into fiction."

"I write crime thrillers because those are the sorts of books I like to read."

"My urge to write came to life as a fiction that reveals some of the darker things that many of us face at some level."