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Mystery Writers of America, Inc. was established in 1945 by a dozen or so like-minded mystery writers for the purpose of promoting and protecting the interests and welfare of mystery writers and to increase the esteem and literary recognition given to the genre.

The Gentleman Poet:
A novel of love, danger, and Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”
Publisher: Avon Books
A young servant girl, along with 149 other passengers, is shipwrecked on the island of Bermuda in 1609, thus inspiring Shakespeare's beloved play, "The Tempest"

Diamonds For The Dead
Publisher: Midnight Ink
A man comes home to bury his estranged father and finds an old Russian Jew living in the basement.

Killer Routine
Publisher: Midnight Ink
A stand-up comic searches for his missing protegee.

Deadly Campaign
Publisher: Midnight Ink
A stand-up comic investigates shady happenings in a congressional campaign.

Death at the Old Hotel
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
In this third installment of the series that features the brave, perhaps foolhardy, but definitely likable bartender Brian McNulty, Christmas festivities are marred by murder. Brian’s buddy sets his eye on one of the luscious waitresses at work. But when it turns out she’s married to a cop with a mean temper,an unnecessary distraction turns to murder. Next their nasty boss is killed, and it falls to Brian to solve the murder before he ends up behind bars in more ways than one.

Beware the Solitary Drinker
Publisher: Pen Press
Brian McNulty, veteran bartender at Oscar's on the Upper West Side, respects his customer's privacy. And their space. But when one—a tarnished but innocent young woman seduced by New York's bright lights and glitter—is murdered, and another battered innocent charged with killing her, he reluctantly begins his own investigation.