Alan Cook

Mystery/Suspense Novels

"This recent book (The Good Guy) shows even more similarities to your style. I think (Dean Koontz) has been reading your work."

"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.

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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

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Running Times Magazine September 2009

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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."

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

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Honeymoon for Three

the second Gary Blanchard mystery
--Winner American Author's Association Silver Quill Award
--Best Mountain West Book by Reader Views
Award

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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."

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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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