The crime fiction novelist presents another anthology of short stories with More Shorts in the Dark, a collection all at once insightful, dark, humorous, and pleasing. Together, the stories allow the author to comment on human behavior, as in "The Aggrieved," the cost of dying in "For Services Rendered," the life of seniors in "The Bus to Foxwoods," or the effect of family attempts to help in "The Intervention." His highly received crime fiction stories are also part of the collection, with twists in tales such as "Jealousy," "The Passenger," and "Missing Him Dearly." In addition, excerpts...

The crime fiction novelist presents Running in Lane One, set largely on Boston's North Shore. Jerry Leary is aging, disgraced, an ex-cop and an ex-con caught up in memories of a wife who deserted him and his daughter. When his son-in-law asks for his assistance, in a family matter, Jerry finds himself involved in an armored car heist. And when the robbery goes all wrong and double-cross follows double-cross, he is on the run from a vicious ganglord and three killer brothers. Gritty and mesmerizing, Running in Lane One excites us with the chase, while also providing a backstory of the 1950s...