My third novel, Novak’s Mission, will be published in August. It’s a police procedural, but, like all my books, it’s a “mystery with a message.”

It centers on the relationship between a retired Pittsburgh police detective who gets pulled back into action and his supportive wife, who serves as his sounding board and often asks the right question at the right time. So it’s also a bit of a love story.

The borough council resists his spending another minute on the case, but don’t try telling a veteran Pittsburgh cop he can’t do his job. Whoever wants the case dropped wants Novak out and is using a secret from his past against him. 

When one of his officers disappears while investigating the old case, Karol Novak has only hours to bring her back, solve all three murders, and save his job and reputation.

The gritty detail of police work is reminiscent of Ed McBain’s police procedurals, while the relationship between Karol and Barbara Novak recalls Donna Leon’s Venetian mysteries.

Will Novak answer the nine-year-old’s plea before the council forces him out? Find out for yourself by buying this engaging novel of small-town policing. 

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