Alan Cook

Mystery/Suspense Novels

"I don't expect to get anything meaty from (well-known author), like I do with you and Sue Grafton."

"It's just amazing to me how you can take the perspective of such a variety of characters, both male and female, and be so right-on with it. It's like you have been able to inhabit their bodies, at their particular ages, and divined how they would think and what they would say."

Read my short story, Moon Over Murder, at Amazon Shorts for only 49 cents.

Upcoming Mystery Appearances and Photos

Honeymoon for Three

--Winner American Author's Association Silver Quill Award
--Best Mountain West Book by Reader Views
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Hotline to Murder
my California mystery

"I just finished...(Hotline to Murder). Stayed up
until 1 a.m. one night reading it. I thought it was
excellent! Your characters stayed in character and
they were very believable. I liked your treatment of
responsible teens."

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Buy these books at the following bookstores:
Four-Eyed Frog Books, Gualala, CA
Dutton's Brentwood Bookstore, Los Angeles, CA
Book Carnival, Orange, CA
Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, CA
Neighbors Bookstore, South Lake Tahoe, CA
The Well Read Coyote, Sedona, AZ
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The Hayloft: a 1950s mystery

"I finished (The Hayloft) at 5 a.m."
"I read the whole book in one day."

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Catch a Falling Knife

the second Lillian Morgan mystery
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Thirteen Diamonds

the first Lillian Morgan mystery
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Catch a Falling Knife synopsis:
When her granddaughter's boyfriend, Mark, is accused of sexual harassment soon after starting a teaching job at a small college, Lillian Morgan tries to help him and finds that the "harassment policy from hell" could end his career. Then a student is murdered and Mark becomes the chief suspect. While attempting to clear Mark, Lillian forms an unlikely alliance with the owner of a strip club and finds that life on campus isn't what it used to be (if it ever was).
Praise for Catch a Falling Knife:
"I thought you handled the sensitive issues in Catch a Falling Knife very, very well."
"This is a fast moving story featuring an
engaging senior citizen with wit,
intelligence and a few weaknesses of an
aging body. The dialogue is witty. The
problems of prejudice are clearly depicted.
The atmosphere of the retirement community,
the strip club, and the college is very
realistically portrayed."
--Barbara Buhrer

Thirteen Diamonds synopsis:
Lillian Morgan is bored with life in a retirement community, but the residents aren't as retiring as she is led to believe. One of them drops dead at the bridge table while holding a perfect hand of thirteen diamonds. Knowing the astronomical odds against this, Lillian uses her mathematical background plus help from her beautiful granddaughter and friends to prove that he was murdered and to go after the murderer--but not everyone wants her to find out the truth.
Praise for Thirteen Diamonds:
"I do love to real thrillers and this one was great. Had everything a good thriller needs. You have a good imagination and it should be used more. I am ready for another chiller. Get to work..."
"I couldn't put it down. I was up until 1 a.m."
"The writing is energetic and very funny, which is also a good way to describe Lillian."

My short story Hot Days, Cold Nights appears in the anthology A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime edited by Jeffery Deaver

Aces and Knaves

a mystery about gambling and baseball cards
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