"As a forensic psychologist specializing in psychopathy, I have been researching authors who write fiction in the field of forensic psychology. I am impressed with Banfelder's well-researched, credible, and unique plots regarding the criminal mind. The Teacher was an easy, enjoyable read. The author painted an excellent picture of a psychopath through Clarence Emery. I noticed quite a few subtleties such as his inability to be nervous, always in control, and establishing relationships only for secondary gain. Bravo. It is always nice to see the field advanced." - Dr. Jason D. Dunham, Licensed...

TRACE EVIDENCE is inspired by Long Island, New York's first death penalty case in nearly a quarter century-the Robert Shulman serial killer trial-1998. On a daily basis, the author spent an unprecedented fifteen months following pretrial, jury selection, trial, and penalty-sentencing phase; lectured at Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center for the criminally insane, Ward's Island, Manhattan where Shulman had been evaluated]; then interviewed the head of Suffolk County Homicide, Detective Lieutenant John Gierasch, for the finishing fictional touches. Additionally, scores of folks connected to law...

Mark Reid, Editor, NBR. "Robert Banfelder has turned up the suspense content in "The Author," which speaks volumes for his newest work. Malcolm Columba is a mastermind turned serial killer who has placed his agents around the globe, both into terrorist groups and law enforcement agencies with equal success. It has long been thought that genius is next to madness, but could Columba's madness be a diabolical means to an end? "The Author" is filled with twists and unexpected turns that will keep readers on the edge of their seat until past where you think this one will end. But wait, this is...

KNOTS is the third novel in the award-winning Justin Barnes series. Down-and-out insurance salesman, Kalvin Matheson, enamored with two notorious serial killers, strives to surpass their deeds. Justin Barnes, Suffolk County Long Island Homicide's covert operative, is called in to untangle the web of clues left by this extraordinary murderer. An atypical ending will floor the reader. Justin Barnes is back to solve yet another series of vicious murders in which the victims are tied with intricate knots. Kalvin Matheson is enamored by the deadly acts of Malcolm Columba and Clarence Emery-his two...

Justin Barnes returns in "The Good Samaritans" as Suffolk County Homicide's covert operative, assisting Team Three's detectives in apprehending a politically connected, ruthless serial killer who wreaks havoc across several states. The murderer's weapon of choice is a single-shot pistol widely known for its MOA (Minute of Angle) accuracy. Sep Cramer (a.k.a. Sam Carper, Mac Pace, Marc Espe, Case Reece, and Ace Reaper) is to give this year's keynote address at the prestigious Bohemian Club in California, a club whose members are among the country's elite in the world of politics, corporate...

Wallace Markfield, author of To An Early Grave, Teitlebaum's Window, You Could Live If They Let You says: "Only Earl Thompson's Garden of Sand has come as close to rendering the hands-on hurt and horror of a young American life." Robert D. Crozier, Ph.D., Hemingway scholar states: "DICKY, RICHARD, AND I is a marvelous novel, beautifully written structurally with unbroken suspense and its premise, ever present of tragedy. The style and wit are thoroughly fascinating, endlessly pleasing, and even awesome in power. I really savored the pathos. DICKY, RICHARD AND I is a psychological thriller...

A murderous cult is hellbent on creating chaos and the eventual collapse of our government. Richard Geist, the Inner Circle of Friends' charismatic leader, has a hidden agenda no less ambitious than his followers' goals. Richard Geist wants control of a promising author, Robert Redler, and the man's extraordinary gift-the writer's alleged ability to predict the future-which even Redler has trouble understanding and reconciling.
Robert Redler's writing talents are also in demand by an unassuming housewife, Barbara Giordano, who hires the wordsmith to pen and expose certain practices of a...

THE TRIUMVIRATE is a tale concerning three powerful men who virtually control governments around the globe. On the fringe exists a notorious drug cartel on its way to becoming an empire, ruling across three continents. A mystery within a mystery begins to unfold, revealing well-guarded fifty-year-old secrets. Secrets to be kept at all cost. Secrets encompassing Adolf Hitler's progeny; the truth behind the Manhattan Project with regard to the experimentation of plutonium 239 on humans; the gospel respective to Nazi gold and its exploitation since World War II. THE TRIUMVIRATE is the story of a...

This work of fiction is an amalgamation of composite sketches concerning battered women whom I have interviewed at considerable length over the course of many years. Its fusion was additionally inspired by one battered woman's jury trial and her subsequent imprisonment for the shooting death of her husband. Therefore, this narrative is based both on fact and inspiration, a roman a clef, translated, a novel with a key]; that is, a thinly-guised account of many actual events. The courtroom scenes are virtually verbatim. Back-and-forth bimonthly (in this case meaning twice a month)...