Alan Cook

Mystery/Suspense Novels

"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
Article in the Palos Verdes Peninsula News

Run into Trouble “I really like books by this author. This is another great one. The characters are interesting, and the plot is well laid out…I often felt like I was out there running with them.” —Dawn Dowdle for Mystery Lovers Corner See larger cover ISBN 9781438923505 Watch the Video Trailer Read a synopsis Read Chapter 1 Read a Review Review 2 Review 3 Review 4 Review 5 Running Times Magazine September 2009 Buy the book at Amazon.com Amazon Kindle (iPod iPhone) Barnes and Noble Publisher 888-280-7715 Amazon UK Hotline to Murder "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." See larger cover ISBN 9781420838251 Read a synopsis Read Chapter 1 Read about crisis hotlines--who are the listeners and who are the callers? Read a review Read another review Buy the book at Amazon Amazon Kindle (iPod iPhone) Barnes and Noble Publisher 888-280-7715 Amazon UK Buy these books at the following bookstores: Four-Eyed Frog Books, Gualala, CA Book Carnival, Orange, CA Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, CA Neighbors Bookstore, South Lake Tahoe, CA The Well Read Coyote, Sedona, AZ or your favorite bookstore Aces and Knaves a mystery about gambling and baseball cards and other hijinks is available on Amazon Kindle (iPod iPhone) Read a synopsis See the cover My short story "Hot Days, Cold Nights" appears in the anthology A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime edited by Jeffery Deaver Read my Mystery limericks Mystery Links Home Page

Honeymoon for Three the second Gary Blanchard mystery --Winner American Author's Association Silver Quill Award --Best Mountain West Book by Reader Views See larger cover ISBN 9781434309501 Trade paperback ISBN 9781434309518 Hardcover Read a synopsis Read Chapter 1 Read a review Review #2 Review #3 Review #4 Buy the book at Amazon.com Trade paperback Amazon.com Hardcover Amazon Kindle (iPod iPhone) Barnes and Noble Trade paperback Barnes and Noble Hardcover Publisher 888-280-7715 Amazon UK Trade paperback Amazon UK Hardcover The Hayloft: a 1950s mystery the first Gary Blanchard mystery "I finished (The Hayloft) at 5 a.m." "I read the whole book in one day." See larger cover ISBN 9781425942212 Read a synopsis Read Chapter 1 Read a review Review #2 Review #3 Bottom of page Review #4 Buy the book at Amazon Amazon Kindle (iPod iPhone) Barnes and Noble Publisher 888-280-7715 Amazon UK Catch a Falling Knife the second Lillian Morgan mystery See the cover Purchase through Amazon Amazon Kindle (iPod iPhone) Read a review Read another review Read Chapter 1 Thirteen Diamonds the first Lillian Morgan mystery See the cover Purchase through Amazon Amazon Kindle (iPod iPhone) Read a review Read Chapter 1