Michael A. Black
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Michael A. Black is the award winning author of 50 books, most of which are in the mystery and thriller genres. He has also written in the sci-fi, western, horror, and sports genres. A retired police officer from the Chicago area, he has done everything from patrol to investigating homicides to conducting numerous SWAT operations. Black was awarded the Cook County Medal of Merit in 2010. Black was also inducted into the Illinois Boxing and Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2023. He is the author of over 100 short stories and articles, and wrote two novels with the late television star, Richard Belzer (Law & Order SVU). He did eleven novels under the name Don Pendleton in the Executioner series and numerous westerns in the Gunslinger series under the name A.W. Hart (Killer’s Choice, Killer’s Brand, Killer’s Ghost, Killer’s Gamble, and Killer’s Requiem).His Executioner novel, Fatal Prescription, won the Best Original Novel Scribe Award in 2018. His recent novels are in the ongoing Trackdown series (Devil’s Vendetta, Devil’s Breed, Devil’s Reckoning, and Devil’s Lair). His western novel about lawman Bass Reeves, Legends of the West, was just re-released in hardcover and large print. A paperback version is forthcoming, along with a second Bass Reeves novel. His latest novels are Devil’s Lair, Concho: Border Blood, (written as A.W. Hart), and his new western Where Legends Lie-Amazon
Books
The heist
Gabriel Allon, art restorer and occasional spy, searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio. Sometimes the best way to find a stolen masterpiece is to steal another one.
A killing frost
A terrible secret haunts Dr. Jama Keith. But she must return to her past—her hometown of River Dance, Missouri—and risk exposure. She owes a debt to the town for financing her dreams. If only she can avoid ex-fiance Terell Mercer—but River Dance is too small for that.When Terell's niece is abducted by two of the FBI's most wanted, Jama can't refuse to help—Terell's family were like kin to her for many years. The search for young Doriann could cost Terell and Jama their lives. But revealing her secret shame to the man she loves scares Jama more than the approaching danger....
Windy city knights
Detective Ron Shade is back, investigating the death of a former lover, on a trail that will lead him through the seediest parts of the Chicago underworld.
Random Victim
A special task force has been assigned to investigate the high profile murder of a woman. Frank Leal, a sergeant on the task force, has to find the killers while dealing with an unknown dirty cop on the take.
Freeze me, tender
Years ago a rock-and-roll star was cryogenically frozen after his premature death. Now a series of murders makes magazine reporter Harry Bauer wonder if the rock star is really dead or not. Many twists and turns appear in this mystery and Harry's life is in the balance.
Dead Ringer
Chimes at midnight
Things are starting to look up for October "Toby" Daye. She's training her squire, doing her job, and has finally allowed herself to grow closer to the local King of Cats. It seems like her life may finally be settling down ... at least until dead changelings start appearing in the alleys of San Francisco, killed by an overdose of goblin fruit. Toby's efforts to take the problem to the Queen of the Mists are met with harsh reprisals, leaving her under sentence of exile from her home and everyone she loves. Now Toby must find a way to reverse the Queen's decree, get the goblin fruit off the streets--and, oh, yes, save her own life, since more than a few of her problems have once again followed her home. And then there's the question of the Queen herself, who seems increasingly unlikely to have a valid claim to the throne ... To find the answers, October and her friends will have to travel from the legendary Library of Stars into the hidden depths of the Kingdom of the Mists--and they'll have to do it fast, because time is running out. In faerie, some fates are worse than death. October Daye is about to find out what they are.