Novak’s Verdict now available.
The third in my series of Pittsburgh-based police procedurals, Novak’s Verdict, brings several threads of this series to a close and launches the main characters in new roles.
Boyleston Police Chief Karol Novak investigates the murder of a real estate agent, the borough’s former mayor. As Novak and his team interview witnesses, one with an obvious motive stands out, but Novak can’t accept the man’s guilt.
An officer’s death interrupts the investigation and sends Detective Lydia Barnwell’s life into a tailspin. While the investigation continues, Novak prepares to assume leadership of a regional police force, but politics intervene. Barbara Novak wages her own battle with the school district over the behavior of a teacher. As the hunt for the murderer reaches its surprising conclusion, Karol and Barbara question whether public service is worth fighting entrenched bureaucracies.
The Quadrant Conspiracy has engaged readers
Three years in the making: As Anglo-American leaders gather to plan the defeat of Nazi Germany, Hitler orders the death of President Franklin Roosevelt to derail the conference. Brandon Armitage, a Canadian veteran of the Great War, has joined Canada’s Volunteer Guard to oversee German prisoners. When a Luftwaffe pilot escapes. Armitage pursues him to a remote island in Lake Huron, where FDR is fishing. Armitage alerts security officials the prisoner may be out to assassinate the president, but they refuse his help, insisting their security is tight. He must act alone, even as he seeks to rescue his failing marriage.
Praise for The Quadrant Conspiracy
“At a pivotal time in World War II, did the Third Reich try to kill the U.S. president? Deep inside Canada? Allied records surviving today leave only intriguing hints. Evidence from the German side – if it existed –is said to have been destroyed in the bombing of Berlin. From the hints to motive, means, opportunity, and actions, James Lewis has skillfully woven a suspenseful story of what might have happened in his novel, Quadrant Conspiracy.“
Philip Padgett, author, Advocating Overlord
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