The Johnny Denovo Mysteries

The fourth novel in the Johnny Denovo series has proven a little elusive. The main idea is here, and the climactic scene has been envisioned. The main characters, the setting, and the central conflict are all well-understood — yet, the novel remains elusive. Finding time to write has proven to be the main barrier — [...]

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Three years ago when I got the idea for the Johnny Denovo mysteries, imagining a detective who used underlying metaphors to detect, anticipate, and thwart crimes, I thought I was onto something useful. After all, we are dominated by our brains, so why wouldn’t language and action reveal thought? Now, it seems others have caught [...]

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Image via CrunchBase Effective immediately, all sales of either Johnny Denovo mystery through Smashwords will be donated to Doctors Without Borders in an effort to get even a little more money to support relief works in Haiti, through February 15, 2010. You can buy “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” or “The Green Monster: [...]

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“Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” has been named one of the “Top 10 Books for the Holidays” by IndieReader and More.com. Described as a “PI novel, in the tradition of Raymond Chandler, set in the 21st century with a tech-savvy neuroscientist hero,” the book begins the documented cases of Johnny Denovo, which are [...]

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Barnes & Noble recently announced its e-reader, the Nook. I’m pleased to announce that both “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovon Mystery,” and “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” are available for the Nook now. While the Amazon Kindle has become the dominant e-reader, the Nook promises to raise the ante, with borrowing, a [...]

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For the past 2 weeks, both “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” and “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” were part of a giveaway on GoodReads in which the winners could receive one of two free copies of each title. Early this morning, the winners were selected — one from Ohio, one from [...]

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“The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” has been sent to press! The final pages arrived last night via email, and I was able to approve them before going to bed (there were only two changes I had to verify). I’m excited about this second novel, a direct follow-on the the acclaimed debut, “Spam & [...]

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“Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” was recently included in a new publishing venture, Backword Books. The following press release was sent to major media Friday, outlining the initiative and the changes in publishing it’s signaling: Backword Books Authors Receive Critical Acclaim and Smash Self-Published Stigma A new publishing enterprise, Backword Books (www.backwordbooks.com), brings [...]

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