BULLY FOR YOU
(2017)

Detective Reggie Harper is a man constantly flirting with the end of his rope. From his youth in upstate New York, through his early adult life, and into his golden years, there has been no shortage of hard lessons both learned and taught. No shortage of heartache and pain.

However, through it all, he has had anchors to help keep his rage at bay. Friends and family who provided him with love, hope, joy, and understanding. Loved ones who acted as beacons to guide him through his own inner darkness.

"Bully For You" (volume one of the "HARPER mysteries") follows former NYPD detective Reggie—now a cantankerous, slightly-alcoholic private investigator—as he attempts to track down Michael Waller, a missing eleven-year-old boy in Seattle, Washington.

Before long Detective Harper discovers this is anything but your average missing persons case, stumbling upon a far-reaching web of fabrications, corruption, abuse, and murder.

Will Detective Harper find Michael Waller before it's too late, or will something strike him down before he ever gets his feet on the ground?

"Among the Dirt and Bones" (volume two of the "HARPER mysteries") picks up directly where "Bully For You" left off. While in the midst of investigating a grizzly, horrifying crime scene, detective Reggie Harper gets a call that further derails his night.

The caller? His daughter Elizabeth, bearing news of the tragic murder of a loved one. The victim? A young woman named Robyn Ackerman, a once troubled teenage girl who Elizabeth mentored for a number of years after college.

Fighting through their shared grief, the Harpers set out to get to the bottom of Robyn's murder while an ominous shadow is cast upon Seattle in the form of a series of bizarre, theatrical, brutal killings.

What led Robyn back to Seattle, and is her death at all connected to the serial killings, or just another random, unfair death in a random, unfair world?

In “If I Dig Too Deep” (volume three of the “HARPER mysteries”) it's a high stakes game of cat and mouse as private investigator Reggie Harper and investigative reporter Elizabeth Harper risk life and limb to stop the menace known as the Haiku Killer once and for all.

Through a multi-pronged attack—spanning from the streets to the media, and even to intelligence agencies—Reggie and Elizabeth pull out all the stops, and with the help of a few allies, seem to have their foe on the ropes.

But as the bodies continue to mount, the waters grow muddy, and the taunts pour in from all sides, they find themselves in a race against time that leads to a violent, head-spinning, explosive conclusion that will change the course of not just the rest of their lives, but also the lives and existence of everyone and everything they hold dear.

Who is the Haiku Killer? What is their end game? Will the Harpers be able to stop them before it's too late?